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Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency - but all too often the promises fail to match the reality. At the National Outsourcing Association's Sourcing Summit last week, two... [24 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How the telcos could save themselves
Comment But in reality they can do a lot! Compiled at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi network in a London coffee shop four days later. Over the past six months the internet has seen a... [23 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Although that estimate is set to grow to some 50 per cent of workloads by 2012, it still paints a picture of the reality of virtualisation being well behind the 'must-have' technology image portrayed by vendors such as... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Android smartbook fired up by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
Photo With a tablet form factor, Gilbert said there is more scope to create a tactile, Minority Report-style user interface, involving multiple windows being manipulated on a multi-touch screen, incorporating the likes of augmented... [20 Nov 2009]
Social Networking: The Growing Threat to Businesses and Individuals
White Paper It built what it thought would be adequate security, but in reality, it didn't understand nearly enough about the environment it was trying to control. Social Networking is a phenomenon that has officially grown out of... [13 Nov 2009]
Real World Intrusion Prevention (IPS): For the Demands of a New Security Reality
White Paper Second, what are the criteria for an effective IPS solution within the context of a new security reality? This paper addresses three primary areas that organizations must consider when formulating network security... [12 Nov 2009]
nCircle: IT Risk Management for the Real World
White Paper EMA) has documented several aspects of this reality - a reality that has led not only to increased compliance demands for more effective IT governance and risk management, but to an increasing awareness... [12 Nov 2009]
Wireless Standards Demystified
White Paper Wireless products and technology for sensing & control applications have become a reality. Analysts, technology providers and product integrators agree that widespread adoption of wireless technology is only a matter of... [12 Nov 2009]
Identifiers and Authentication - Smart Credential Choices to Protect Digital Identity
White Paper In a digital age, the reality is that simple identifiers (e.g.e-mail addresses, login names, and identification numbers) are used without any protection and should be considered public information even though they point... [12 Nov 2009]
Interactive Learning 2.0: How Wi-Fi Enhances Learning and Improves Student/Teacher Interaction
White Paper However, as the adoption of Wi-Fi enabled laptops proliferates and schools rollout ubiquitous Wi-Fi coverage, the virtual smart classroom is fast becoming a reality. While quite effective, smart classrooms have had... [12 Nov 2009]
The Target on Your Network Is Growing: Securing Your Network During an Economic Downturn
White Paper Reeling from these painful realizations, it's all too possible to lose sight of overall goals, and default to a plan that only addresses the current budget reality without coming close to delivering the same IT value to... [12 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Okay, enough with the virtual reality of yesteryear. Virtualisation? So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a simulated landscape shooting aliens? We're talking about virtualisation in terms of the creation... [11 Nov 2009]
No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Comment The reality today is that many financial services providers use a portfolio of service providers and any change to these will need to be carefully thought through and negotiated. Lawyers Belinda Doshi and Nick Beecham... [11 Nov 2009]
Dynamic Data Center Compliance With Tripwire and Microsoft
White Paper Compliance is a reality, but IT Operations does not need to become a security expert to monitor the health of their IT infrastructure in real-time. With the Tripwire Compliance Management Pack for System Center, users... [09 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Augmented reality? Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous reality distortion field? Notations could then be overlaid on the phone's camera view to provide an augmented... [27 Oct 2009]