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Keeping IT green in tough times
News Chris Mines, analyst with Forrester Research explained: "There are companies that have decided that sustainability is a critical corporate initiative or priority for them. It's never been easy being green, especially... [22 Oct 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The initiative was intended to operate partly as a commercial venture, generating revenue from licensing the technology to other broadcasters, and partly as a public service offering - plans that the Trust deemed too... [21 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment Select performance-focused, initiative-related success measures. Stuart Roberts explains how to get it right. Before the downturn, green IT - or environmentally sustainable computing - was one of the common threads on... [21 Oct 2009]
Troops in Afghanistan to get gadget gifts
News The Ministry of Defence has launched an initiative to provide troops in Afghanistan with a range of personal equipment, including portable DVD players, games consoles and solar-powered chargers for MP3 players. [15 Oct 2009]
SOA Maturity Model: Guiding and Accelerating SOA Success
White Paper This experience has been captured in the Oracle SOA Maturity Model such that this collective experience can be used to measure the progress of an SOA initiative and, more importantly, can identify specific capabilities... [15 Oct 2009]
Bridging the Funds Divide
White Paper The time has come for a far-reaching, industry-wide initiative that could encompass a serious dialogue, the development of common principles and a plan to make "open architecture" a reality. The investment-fund industry... [15 Oct 2009]
BBC names new CIO as part of tech shake-up
News The other major part of Hall's role will be to better communicate the BBC's technology strategy to third-party tech suppliers to help them when pitching for business - an initiative instigated by her new boss, BBC CTO,... [09 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative across the company. Speaking at a Microsoft customer event in London this... [09 Oct 2009]
Barack Obama
AS Profile Another initiative, the "virtual town hall", has enabled the public to vote for changes in legislation. US President Barack Obama entered the White House with a pledge to use technology to transform government. [08 Oct 2009]
Keeping the Promise of Privacy: Protecting Sensitive Data in Healthcare Organizations
White Paper The e-Health initiative is well on its way and currently there is a need for better security controls that limit the ability for this data to fall into the wrong hands. Hospitals and healthcare groups need to plan ahead... [05 Oct 2009]
Addressing Compliance Initiatives With Tripwire and the Center for Internet Security (CIS)
White Paper In particular, one will learn about the benchmarks specified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which are often used as a starting point for creating a compliance initiative. This paper provides the background... [05 Oct 2009]
SIM Card Based Security and Trust Management in Mobile Services
White Paper The presented work is part of a cooperative research initiative aiming at an open architecture for mobile services. The paper describes an architecture for mobile services where the SIM card is integrated as a personal... [04 Oct 2009]
The Manycore Shift: Microsoft Parallel Computing Initiative Ushers Computing Into the Next Era
White Paper When major qualitative shifts such as the emergence of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), the Internet, mobile devices, and software services transformed the computing industry, Microsoft has successfully adapted the company, products,... [02 Oct 2009]
Succession Planning: Five Costly Errors to Avoid
White Paper This white paper shows you how to avoid five of the most common --- and costly -- errors when embarking on a succession planning initiative. How a lack of alignment between the succession plan and company goals can... [02 Oct 2009]
Improving Network Security Using Windows Server 2008
White Paper As part of its Secure Anywhere Access Initiative, Microsoft IT has undertaken a multi-year effort to improve the security of the Microsoft network. The improvements have come by using a combination of technologies. [02 Oct 2009]
