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RSS role of manyBeeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News The BBC has appointed former Microsoft employee, Erik Huggers, as the new director of its Future Media and Technology division. Huggers will have responsibility for Auntie's iPlayer and other online output, along with the likes of interactive TV... [18 Jul 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment The results are only too clear to see in the failure of so many of the UK's largest and most oversold public-sector IT projects. At the consumer end of the market, most of us today own a PC and have a fast broadband connection of sorts and yet... [17 Jul 2008]
Performance Analysis of Network-Level QoS With Encoding Configurations for Unicast Video Streaming Over IEEE 802.11 WLAN Networks
White Paper This makes the role of radio resource management extremely difficult. Video streaming has a large impact on the resource requirements of the WLAN. However, there are many variables involved in video streaming, such as the video content being... [17 Jul 2008]
Human Capital Management: How Top Organizations Drive Company Profits Efficiently
White Paper Human resources functions and responsibilities are changing and intensifying at a faster pace, and to a greater degree, than many other areas of the corporate organization. Once relegated to the back office and concerned mainly or even exclusively... [17 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment The bureaucratic bog created by politicians is only part of the problem for IT in this country. Only 20 of the top 300 IT companies reside in Europe and even fewer are in the UK. Questions about the UK government's role in IT excellence and... [14 Jul 2008]
UK games industry needs to go back to uni
News The UK games industry needs to play a more active role in academia, helping to shape the syllabuses of university courses to ensure games development students graduate with the right skills for industry, a Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar... [08 Jul 2008]
Implementing Virtualization: Techniques and Tools for Microsoft Windows Conversion
White Paper Most IT professionals know or suspect that virtualization of computer systems may have an important role in their organization's evolving infrastructure - though where and how are likely under investigation. [07 Jul 2008]
Environment Agency Becomes More Efficient by Integrating Financial and HR Systems
White Paper The Environment Agency's role is to protect the environment in England and Wales and ensure that air, land, and water resources are used in a sustainable manner for the benefit of future generations. Many processes were manual, time-consuming and... [07 Jul 2008]
The Role of Software Management in Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
White Paper This white paper is destined for IT professionals, tasked with evaluating their organization's IT controls as required by the US Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002. While there are many sections within the Sarbanes-Oxley Act this paper will focus on... [03 Jul 2008]
The Vital Role of Web Conferencing in Small & Medium Enterprises: A Wainhouse Research Quantitative Analysis
White Paper While many think of Web conferencing as a large enterprise application, it has in fact shown remarkable attractiveness to small and medium enterprise (SME) users as well. Web conferencing as a general-purpose business tool has undergone tremendous... [03 Jul 2008]
The Vital Role of Web Conferencing in Growing Businesses
White Paper While many think of Web conferencing as a large enterprise application, in fact it has shown remarkable attractiveness to growing businesses of all sizes. Citrix Online, a leading player in Web conferencing services with a particularly strong... [03 Jul 2008]
Trustworthy Storage and Management of Electronic Records: The Role of Optical Storage Technology
White Paper The purpose of this white paper is to examine the role of digital optical storage as it relates to establishing and maintaining the trustworthiness of electronic records. The focus of this paper is on cartridge-based, 5¼ inch write-once, read-many... [03 Jul 2008]
Linux Databases: DB2 vs. Oracle Main Report
White Paper Due to the rapid growth of the Linux Operating system in the datacenter, and in response to customer demand for a powerful Linux database, many vendors are starting to provide database software for Linux servers. [03 Jul 2008]
An Introduction to the Master Data Management Reference Architecture
White Paper In many relevant business processes, entities like customers, products, accounts, contracts and locations play a central role. These entities are known as master data and many companies suffer today from low-quality master data scattered across the... [02 Jul 2008]
Winn-Dixie Gets Groceries to Customers Faster by Enhancing Workload Automation and Systems Monitoring
White Paper With IT playing such a critical role in the retail experience, many of Winn-Dixie's core business processes are subject to stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs). These solutions provide Winn-Dixie with a centralized and real-time view of... [02 Jul 2008]
