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Queensland Cotton, SAS Partners in Information Innovation
White Paper Queensland Cotton Holdings Limited is an Australian-based public company and a leader in the international cotton market. SAS has helped Queensland Cotton develop a platform with the potential to build profitability through the supply of value... [03 Jul 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Thousands of credit card details have been stolen after high street retailer Cotton Traders' website was hacked. Cotton Traders claim the number is "substantially less" but refuse to confirm the actual number. [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment From the list of options, music has been happening on mobiles for years, just took the manufacturers a while to cotton on and provide decent headphones. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [06 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... MS vs open source, wi-fi risks, being green...
Comment From where I'm sat, I can see lots of things for which there is no evidence of harm - leaves, wood, pottery, mint sauce, cotton are only a small percentage of them. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest... [18 Oct 2007]
Polcotton Integrates Global Operations With Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition
White Paper Polcotton, a Warsaw, Poland-based cotton trading company, is a global operation - purchasing cotton from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, and operating storage facilities in Latvia and Iran. [14 Dec 2006]
SAS Brings Favorable Conditions to Queensland Cotton
White Paper However, competition in this market is tough and that is why one Australian organization, Queensland Cotton Holdings, has turned to technology - in particular, solutions from SAS - to improve services to its customers while also increasing market... [17 Nov 2006]
Apple loses software guiding light
News Tevanian is "leaving the company to pursue other interests," Katie Cotton, vice president of corporate communications, said in an email. Bertrand Serlet, the executive who took Tevanian's post as head of software engineering in 2003, will continue... [29 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Travelling ultra-light
Comment When you travel, always wear your jacket with a pair of cotton pants, placing your business pants in your case, and never sit in your jacket - always hang it up. Written in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Photographs taken in Boston. [27 Sep 2005]
Federal Information Security Management Act: FY 2004 Executive Summary Report
White Paper The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) engaged Cotton & Company LLP to conduct an independent evaluation of its information systems and security program and controls for compliance with the Federal... [30 Aug 2005]
OIG Report to OMB on the National Credit Union Administration's Compliance With the Federal Information Security Management Act 2004
White Paper The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) engaged Cotton & Company LLP to conduct an independent evaluation of NCUA's information systems (IS) and security program and controls for compliance with... [30 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.06.05
Round-Up Fortunately most of us nowadays are aware of the threat posed by phishing but as Charles Caleb Cotton would point out, if he were alive today (which would admittedly make him a none-too-sprightly 225-years-old) there will be those who will fall... [24 Jun 2005]
The Role of Education and Skill in the British Industrial Revolution
White Paper This is largely because educational indicators point to educational stagnation during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and in some industries such as cotton - declining literacy rates are even reported. [26 May 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Social engineering
Cheat Sheet But eventually we'll cotton on and ignore such emails, right? I'm thinking community projects - building irrigation systems perhaps? Then you couldn't be more wrong. This has nothing to do with that kind of engineering and 'social' certainly doesn... [15 Nov 2004]
iPod on your pillow?
News The rooms also feature 37-inch plasma televisions, digital cable and 300-count Egyptian cotton sheets. Music lovers checking into fine hotels may want to ask the front desk about the latest trend in upscale amenities: in-room iPods. [05 Nov 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Is UK's outsourcing addiction unhealthy?
Comment In recent times, for example, the US has spent more on subsidies to cotton farmers than the value of the entire crop. But, asks Martin Brampton, is outsourcing this speciality good for the country and IT? [20 Jul 2004]
