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RSS magnitudeHow to Navigate Through the Multi-GAAP Reporting Maze During an IFRS Conversion
White Paper The ability to meet challenging multi-GAAP reporting requirements largely depends upon the magnitude of the IFRS and US GAAP differences, other GAAP and/or regulatory reporting requirements, the capabilities of the... [13 Nov 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment So-called 'talent management' programmes pervade the strategy of most leading organisations, yet few have truly grasped the magnitude of the task ahead. Talented staff are not as hard to find as you may think, says Jim... [13 Oct 2009]
Beyond Disaster Recovery: Using Configuration Control to Develop an Effective BCP
White Paper First, the event was beyond the scope of most existing disaster recovery plans - no one expected an occurrence of such magnitude. One of the most significant events involving lost data since the beginning of the... [06 Oct 2009]
Dynamic Power Variations in Data Centers and Network Rooms
White Paper The magnitude of this variation has grown and continues to grow dramatically with the deployment of power management technologies in servers and communication equipment. The power requirements of data centers and network... [01 Oct 2009]
Taking Aim at the Bottom Line: A 10-Step Program to Reduce Communication Costs Through Improved Telecom Consumption
White Paper Wireless services present a particular challenge because, while their usage has become prevalent in today's corporate communications culture, they are extremely difficult to manage due to the magnitude of variable costs... [19 Sep 2009]
Closing the Tax Gap: Accurately Identify and Prioritize Tax Returns That Have a High Likelihood of Underreporting and a High Magnitude of Potential Collections
White Paper More sophisticated revenue departments are starting to augment their rules-based systems with scores generated by analytical modeling. SAS analytical models assess a multitude of data points across the entire tax-filer base -looking at... [16 Sep 2009]
Combating Insurance Claims Fraud: How to Recognize and Reduce Opportunistic and Organized Claims Fraud
White Paper Since insurance fraud is hard to detect, these figures can only hint at the magnitude of the problem. An exaggerated accounting of losses ? an inflated value for stolen property? a body shop estimate that happens to... [16 Sep 2009]
Google says sorry for Gmail's two-hour outage: Blames 'miscalculation'
News Several Google Apps customers who use Gmail for internal email at their businesses and organisations did not return calls Tuesday seeking information on the degree to which they were affected, making it difficult to know the... [02 Sep 2009]
Inside Caffeine: Google's shot in the arm for search results
News Google makes almost constant changes to its search algorithms and infrastructure, but it hasn't made an update of this magnitude since 2006, said Matt Cutts, a principal engineer at Google who is considered one of the... [12 Aug 2009]
'Completely unworkable': The plans to track your web habits
News The level of complexity of standardising the format in linking [data as proposed under IMP] is orders of magnitude more difficult than under current data-retention law. Government proposals to monitor all web... [05 Aug 2009]
Enhancing DNS Resilience Against Denial of Service Attacks
White Paper Furthermore, in combination with a set of simple and incrementally deployable record renewal policies, the DNS service availability can be improved by one order of magnitude. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical... [20 Jun 2009]
The Taiwan Earthquake: A Case Study in Network Disaster Recovery
White Paper The quake of 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale severed eight major undersea cables, flat-lining communications for hundreds of millions of people. On December 26, 2006, an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan severely... [30 May 2009]
Randomized Synopses for Query Assurance on Data Streams
White Paper They generalize this algorithm to allow some tolerance on the number of errors permitted (irrespective of error magnitude), and also discuss the hardness of permitting arbitrary errors of small magnitude. [29 May 2009]
What Happens in a Crisis?: A Case for a Network Media Appliance
White Paper If one calculates the impact of using the IT network to transport and switch digital security video he or she will readily understand the magnitude of the problem to be unleashed on the wary IT organizations. [14 May 2009]
Good Governance: More Than Just Records - Part 7
White Paper Comprehending the true scope and magnitude of an enterprise compliance system can be overwhelming - after all, a plethora of different content types, data locations, and sources need to be addressed. A Good Governance... [25 Apr 2009]
