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The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08

Round-Up Other benefits claimed include saving time, reducing stress and the pleasure of speaking to the boss wearing a pair of M&S socks and nothing else. Office workers across the UK were urged to stay at home yesterday.

Tags: google sky, amd, apple, work wise

[16 May 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom

Comment Other simple energy-saving measures would involve a move to less power hungry laptops and thin clients, plus of course far more mobile, nomadic and home working. Written during an intensely boring conference session and dispatched via a free wi-fi...

Tags: data centres, green, energy, power

[16 May 2008]

Saving Money With Business Management Software

whitepaper Whether the folding carton business is a small outfit or a large multi-plant organization, knowing the costs is one of the top challenges many converters face. In fact, most converters cannot precisely identify which jobs are making them money and...

Tags: business management

[16 May 2008]

Five Ugly Truths about WAFS and Caching: Why caching can't meet the enterprise application acceleration challenge

whitepaper They sound good in theory -- "saving bandwidth and making files go faster over the WAN" -- but did you know there are serious limitations in the architecture of these approaches? Wide Area File Systems (WAFS) and caching are two approaches used to...

Tags: lan - wan standards

[16 May 2008]

Conference Company Improves IT Management With New Tools

whitepaper This unified framework is saving the company an estimated 180 hours per month, so that IT staff can manage technology more proactively and do not need to travel as much to support a remote office. IT staff at conference manager Kenes International...

Tags: monitoring systems

[16 May 2008]

Create a State-of-the-Art Work/Life Program

whitepaper People can slip in some time-saving resources, introduce dependent-care assistance and supportive policies, or even try some flexible work options. Over the years, the author and his colleagues at Work & Family Connection have learned that it's...

Tags: word processing

[16 May 2008]

Creating an Energy-Efficient Datacenter : Consolidate with Sun technology

whitepaper This in-depth report shows how by moving to high-performance, energy-efficient Sun servers and storage systems, IT organisation can take advantage of the latest advancements while saving on power and cooling.

Tags: server consolidation, take advantage, high performance, saving

[16 May 2008]

Service Provider Cuts Costs, Speeds Development, and Simplifies Remote Access

whitepaper As a result of its new solutions, TUV NORD is saving money, accelerating remote-access setup, speeding application development, and boosting system security and availability. TUV NORD Group provides inspection and certification services for...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

Financial-Software Leader Credits Productivity Boost, Reduced IT Costs to 2007 Software

whitepaper In addition, JHA is saving in hardware storage and networking costs and is better able to demonstrate its technology leadership to customers. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. JHA), a leading provider of software and services to banks and credit unions...

Tags: business management

[16 May 2008]

Judicial Authority Saves $2 Million With Centralized IT Management Tools

whitepaper The result will be an estimated saving of U.S.million on hardware and software. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) of Lower Saxony, the region's highest judicial authority, supports its activities with a complex IT infrastructure.

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

Gov't department readies for Vista rollout

News The Vista upgrade is part of a regular technical refresh of Defra systems and was chosen over XP to avoid another near term upgrade, saving time and resources. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will start to roll out...

Tags: upgrade, encryption, carbon, defra

[15 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs

Comment It's saving money and stopping fraud so more of the money dedicated to benefits can go to those worthy of it. Also, dirty NHS keyboards get an airing, benefit cheats hunted out with lie detectors and the T5 "tech not to blame" fiasco all attracted...

Tags: rim, blackberry, nhs, mobile

[15 May 2008]

IBM and Neighborhood America Ease Dialogue Between Citizens and Government Agencies Restoring the Everglades

whitepaper The IBM-Neighborhood America Public Comment Service, an IBM Software as Services offering backed by IBM e-business hosting, provides one central online resource that allows interested parties to be involved in the planning of eight different major...

Tags: customer support services

[15 May 2008]

UK workers urged to avoid office for the day

News Work Wise expects millions of workers to sample the benefits of working from home, such as avoiding crowded public transport, saving time and reducing stress. National Work from Home day is here again this Thursday 15 May and silicon.com is aiming...

Tags: silicon.com, work, connectivity, home

[14 May 2008]

Put Word to Work for You!

whitepaper with one of the time-saving tools built into Word. Take a minute now to consider these five clever ideas for putting Word to work for, then start saving hour after hour of work in the weeks to come. If one uses Word in the daily work, a few simple...

Tags: word processing

[14 May 2008]

The MDA Adoption Manual: Is Your Company Ready for the Model Driven Architecture?

whitepaper The biggest issue will be convincing people that MDA isn't just about saving time and cost - which for many people would mean layoffs. The business benefits of MDA are obvious. The challenge is in getting one's organization to support the transition.

Tags: software engineering

[14 May 2008]

Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments

News Hospitality group Whitbread has deployed an end-to-end card payment system that is expected to save it £1m per year in payments processing costs. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008...

Tags: pos, chip and pin, pci

[07 May 2008]

Solvay Pharmaceuticals Saves $1.5 Million and Meets Validation Requirements with VMware Virtual Infrastructure

whitepaper VMware infrastructure increased scalability and performance in the datacenter for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, saving more than $1.5 million in hardware costs, reducing paperwork and server procurement costs, and decreasing server deployment time from...

Tags: infrastructure management

[07 May 2008]

Charity Migrates From Linux and Cuts Web Publishing to Just Seconds

whitepaper The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) wanted a Web environment for its staff and volunteers to share information effectively and deliver life-saving services on time. Microsoft Partner Afkar Information Technology transferred the charity's Linux...

Tags: application servers

[06 May 2008]

Remove Personal or Hidden Information

whitepaper By saving a document in a Word file format (.doc or .dot), even those individuals with permission to open the file cannot necessarily find personal information easily. Before one gives others a copy of the document, it's a good idea to review...

Tags: business management

[06 May 2008]

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