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The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up While workers might create outlandish avatars to escape the restraints and monotony of their everyday lives, such behaviour may soon become a thing of the past as they are forced to dress their avatars appropriately for... [16 Oct 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment Motivation, he says, is based on three key elements: autonomy (the urge to direct our own lives), mastery (the desire to get better and better at something that matters) and purpose (the yearning to do what we do in the... [13 Oct 2009]
Avatars made to wear a suit to work as the style police arrive
News While workers might create outlandish avatars to escape the restraints and monotony of their everyday lives, this may soon become a thing of the past as they are forced to dress their avatars appropriately for work and... [09 Oct 2009]
Security, Fault-Tolerance and Their Verification for Ambient Systems
White Paper For the emerging ambient environments, in which interconnected intelligent devices will surround to increase the comfort of lives, fault tolerance and security are of paramount importance. In contrast to the computers in... [04 Oct 2009]
Layered Security: The Right Prescription for Internet-Based Healthcare Initiatives
White Paper From Internet-based disease management to online medical records, the shift to electronic healthcare promises far-reaching benefits for all involved - from saving lives to saving dollars. And while the cost and effort of... [04 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up Mobile phones are undeniably a key part of our busy, modern lives. Over the years, the internet has been blamed for many of the world's ills. Sometimes fairly, though often not. The internet is corrupting the nation's... [02 Oct 2009]
Real-World Emergency Call Handling Services: Saving Lives and Reducing Costs
White Paper This paper describes the technical solution implemented with the participation of multiple partners. One conclusion of this experience is that both e-Call Service providers and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) are instrumental for... [02 Oct 2009]
CoSign Interfacing Options
White Paper Signatures play a crucial role in day-to-day lives. Organizations understand that paper processes are expensive and are looking to migrate from a pen on paper signature (wet signature) to a true paperless environment. [02 Oct 2009]
The Hyperconnected: Here They Come! - A Global Look at the Exploding 'Culture of Connectivity' and Its Impact on the Enterprise
White Paper The Internet, broadband access, camera phones, voice-over-IP, instant messaging, social networking, video uploading - all make obvious the increasing importance of communications and connectivity in daily lives. [02 Oct 2009]
IT Services Provider Cuts Internal Travel Costs in Half With Video Conferencing
White Paper Reduced travel helps employees balance their work and personal lives more effectively, and the use of video conferencing helps employees feel more connected. Dimension Data, a global IT services provider and Microsoft... [02 Oct 2009]
Published Case Study Illustrates How VAI Lives Up to Their Commitment
White Paper Vormittag Associates, Inc.wanted to publicize their S2K Enterprise business software solution suite, highlighting the benefits that one of its customers has gained from implementing a joint VAI and IBM solution. [01 Oct 2009]
A world where your every moment is recorded is coming
News They're the kind of folks who can be found with a Microsoft SenseCam slung around their necks to capture images, sound, and other data as they live their lives. Though plenty of people like to share their... [21 Sep 2009]
VeriSign EV Helps CanadaDrugs.com Save Lives, Boost Conversions, and Build Revenue
White Paper CanadaDrugs.com was a founder of the international mail order pharmacy industry in 2001 and remains its largest participant, with many millions of satisfied customers. The challenge was to distinguish Canadadrugs.com from the many... [19 Sep 2009]
Photos: Motorola's first Android device
Photo Those who use social networking sites heavily and also want a device that can combine work and personal lives. The Cliq is Motorola's first Google Android device. In the US, the Cliq will be exclusive to T-Mobile and... [14 Sep 2009]
Douglas Coupland: "To say the machines have won over people, is like saying people won over people..."
Comment Through novels such as Microserfs, which charts the progress of Microsoft employees during the mid-1990s, and JPod, which tells a parallel tale of computer game developers in thrall to Google a decade later, he has consistently... [08 Sep 2009]
