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HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS

News Mark Hurd, HP's chairman and CEO, said in a statement: "The combination of HP and EDS will create a leading force in global IT services. HP has completed a $13.9bn deal to create one of the world's largest service providers by buying EDS.

Tags: saas, hp, eds

[13 May 2008]

Food Company Improves Protection With Easily Managed, Comprehensive Solution

whitepaper Recently, the company's work force has grown, which means messaging and collaboration has played an increasingly important role for Del Monte employees, who use Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to...

Tags: security tools

[13 May 2008]

Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment This consequence is beneficial for the industry because it will force banks to focus on improving customer service rather than using a lack of transparency to gain additional revenues. The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

Recognize Employee Achievement

whitepaper Certainly all employees are attracted by competitive wages, but understanding what other rewards motivate the work force can help one build what may be the organization's most valuable asset: human capital.

Tags: hr

[12 May 2008]

Retain Talent in Your Organization

whitepaper Estimates differ, but it's clear that the length of job tenure in the United States is declining and that the work force is becoming increasingly mobile. Studies show that companies with high employee retention rates enjoy high customer...

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[12 May 2008]

Manage Work Forces During the Labor Shortage

whitepaper In fact, the baby bust cohort has been in the labor force for some time. Recent studies warn that the U.S.economy might soon experience widespread job vacancies that can't be filled due to a shortfall of workers.

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[12 May 2008]

Beckman Coulter Empowers Sales Force While Maintaining Control of Sensitive Information

whitepaper Beckman Coulter, Inc.a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests, and supplies, is in the business of simplifying and automating laboratory processes. Beckman Coulter wanted to create an electronic SRM for its team, but...

Tags: sales force automation

[11 May 2008]

Korean Fashion and Discount Retailer Deploys 4 Terabyte Database on SQL Server 2005

whitepaper Based in Seoul, Korea, E.Land Group's Retail Division has become a major force in fashion and discount retailing, partly through its expertise in brand management and merchandising. E.Land Group has four product lines that it sells through 93 of...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Match Training Tools and Learning Objectives

whitepaper To ensure that one's work force is receiving the most effective training possible, a careful evaluation of learning objectives is essential. New technologies such as CD-ROMs, digital video, and the Internet have exploded the tool sets that are...

Tags: learning management systems

[11 May 2008]

The Impact of Work Force Agility on Business Performance

whitepaper Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different organizational...

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[07 May 2008]

Find and Replace Text or Other Items

whitepaper Microsoft Word inserts an "Automatic" (or soft) page break for the user, or the user can force a page break at a specific location by inserting a "Manual" (or hard) page break.and other items. Use Microsoft Office Word 2007 to find and replace text...

Tags: word processing

[03 May 2008]

OOXML row continues

News The UKUUG is also folding in many other complaints about Office Open XML, such as unresolved patent issues and a lack of completion in the specification's documentation, and is calling for the High Court of Justice to force a judicial review of...

Tags: bsi, microsoft, ooxml

[02 May 2008]

Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'

News Another blog post said UAC had been expressly designed to force independent software developers to write code which would work in this way. He wrote: "This is a perfect example of what UAC was actually invented for - to force developers to write...

Tags: hack, uac, vista

[29 Apr 2008]

National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year

News The National Fraud Strategic Authority will become operational later this year and recruitment for a National Lead Force to counter fraud is expected to be complete by the end of summer this year. A national centre to co-ordinate strategy for...

Tags: security, cyber crime, fraud

[28 Apr 2008]

Global security spend to hit $10.5bn

News Increasing competition in certain segments, such as antivirus and email security, from large market entrants, such as Microsoft and Google, will also force prices down and impact overall revenue growth over the next few years, Gartner said.

Tags: smes, security

[28 Apr 2008]

Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches

Video Plus, discover what steps the government and privacy watchdogs are taking to prevent any more embarrassing leaks such as HM Revenue & Customs losing computer discs with the details of 25 million people on them back in November.silicon.com...

Tags: nhs, hmrc, data breaches

[25 Apr 2008]

Hosted CRM Vendor Comparison Guide

whitepaper Sales Force Automation Features Hosted CRM solutions make up a sizable portion of the growing CRM market. This guide breaks down the major players (Salesforce.com, RightNow Technologies, NetSuite, and Oracle) so you can quickly and easily compare...

Tags: customer support services, crm, players, guide

[24 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its shareholders hoped might force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid. Yahoo! Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer had signalled before the...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'

News Microsoft, the dominant force in software that runs on a computer's local hard drive, has seen rivals like Google and Salesforce.com encroach on its turf with competitive offerings delivered over the internet.

Tags: google, cloud, microsoft

[23 Apr 2008]

Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord

News Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a presence on Facebook. Within a day of launch, 750 people had added the application, the police force said. Assistant chief constable, Rob Taylor, said in a...

Tags: facebook, privacy, police, submit

[22 Apr 2008]

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