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Could you green the world brick by brick?: It's a brick."Well, the mainstream bricks boys do not like CalStar and want to prevent from the use of the very word 'brick.'"Oh, puh-lease. Even when people in third world countries put mud in molds on the ground and use sunlight to bake it, we still call them bricks.Yes, it's...; Tags: CalStar, Oak Creek, ash, fly ash, Oak; Discussion threads 2009-10-19
Don't rely on industry averages for cost of downtime: On a weekly basis, I get at least one inquiry request from either a vendor or an end-user company seeking industry averages for the cost of downtime. Vendors like to quote these statistics to grab your attentionÂ and to createÂ a sense of urgency to buy their products or services. BC/DR planners...; Tags: Risk Assessment, Demographics, Industry, Downtime, BC/DR, Insurance, Financial Planning, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management, Stephanie Balaouras; Blog posts 2009-08-10
Value Engineering Certification 6.0.6.2 (Windows): This is the only online value engineering course approved by "SAVE International" for Mod I - Part I Certification. Lectures include: 1. VE Overview; 2. Value Engineering Concepts and History; 3. Project Scope & Budget; 4. Modeling techniques; 5. Planning for VE services; 6. The VE job plan; 7. Function...; Tags: Certification, Microsoft Windows, Analysis; Software downloads 2009-08-10
Some important truths about pen-testing: Guest editorial by Alberto SoliÃ±o Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or â€œhacksâ€ of their own, or othersâ€™ technologies to test...; Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2009-07-20
SOA's squishy paybacks revisited: A couple of years back, I posted some observations on the issues around SOA payback. Some analysts still say there has been little to no payback from these efforts.Â Since SOA payback is still such a raw and confusing issue, here is an updated reprise of that post: ...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Payback, SOA, Service, Business Agility, David Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2009-07-17

The Benefits of Risk Assessment for Projects, Portfolios, and Businesses: Assessing risk at the project, portfolio, and business levels helps understand risk, make better decisions, negotiate fair contracts, create risk mitigation scenarios, and improve teamwork. This white paper shows how risk assessments lead to accurate plans that are less likely to lead to budget overruns or delays. Primavera Risk Analysis...; Tags: Risk Assessment, Contingency, Benefit, Primavera Risk Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management; White papers 2009-06-01
Successfully Managing Contract Risk by Forming Win-Win Relationships: This white paper identifies some of the risks involved with contract project work and explains how a formal risk assessment can help alleviate those risks. As a result of risk analysis, strong collaborative relationships can be formed with contractors, and projects can be completed on time and on budget. Oracle's...; Tags: Risk, Oracle Corp., Analytics, Risk Analysis, Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis, Strategy, Financial Planning, Security, Management, Finance; White papers 2009-06-01
China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?: Picture a cyber warfare arms race where the participating countries have spent years of building offensive cyber warfare capabilities by exploiting the monoculture on one another's IT infrastructure. Suddenly, one of the countries starts migrating to a hardened operating system of its own, and by integrating it...; Tags: China, Operating System, Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-05-13
Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft: The numbers don't lie An independent study found on-site Microsoft apps - Office and Exchange - cost 20x in capital dollars and 5x-6x more than Google Apps on a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership TCO basis. How can Microsoft compete? The debate Cloud, as...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Network, Data Loss, Downtime, Microsoft Corp., Business Problem, TwinStrata, SATA RAID 5, Capital Requirement, Update:Here, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2009-05-05
Reliability Analysis of the APC Symmetra MW Power System: This paper is a quantitaive reliability analysis of the APC Symmetra MW UPS performed by MTechnology, Inc. MTech. In contrast to common MTBF calculations based on summing component failure rates, this study used techniques of Probabilistic Risk Assessment PRA to calculate the likelihood of over 680,000 potential failure modes. The...; Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Analysis, Productivity; White papers 2009-04-08
Intridea wins: Postman as chief strategist, Present.ly official SXSW microblog platform: Intridea, which creates enterprise 2.0 Web solutions, today announced that communications veteran Joel Postman has joined the company as senior partner and chief enterprise social business strategist. Postman, author of SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate, and founder of Socialized, is responsible for supporting Intridea clients with social media...; Tags: Social Media, SXSW, Intridea, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2009-01-19
Transforming Risk Management Systems: Rapid expansion of its oil sands operations was causing one of the world's largest integrated oil and gas companies significant challenges with its risk management systems and practices. The Project Integration Manager of the company sought Kaiser's assistance to enhance its existing systems in this area. The key challenge for...; Tags: Risk Management, Kaiser Associates, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management; Case studies 2009-01-01
Enterprise Threat Management (ETM): Bringing Security Together Through Intelligence: While IT security spending has been on the increase in recent years, unfortunately so have vulnerabilities and successful attacks. Enterprises are still being infected with undetected, targeted malware - evading traditional perimeter and host defenses. Professional hackers are in it for the profit now and are creating sophisticated ways to...; Tags: IT Security, Sourcefire Inc., Professional Hacker, Security; Webcasts 2009-01-01
New security venture for mid-market application users: Good time for a new offering: When Wipro met Fortify Wipro (one of the worldâ€™s largest outsourcers) and Fortify a major software security vendor are announcing today their plans to offer a new joint outsourcing solution. This solution combines Fortifyâ€™s software security tools with Wiproâ€™s outsourcing...; Tags: Software, Security Professional, Security, Brian Sommer; Blog posts 2008-10-27
eManager 3.0.2.3 (Windows): eManager is a desktop Expert System that allows the user to follow any procedure, from HR; Health & Safety; to Corporate Governance, allowing the user to get it right first time every time. Ultra simple to use, and typically takes two minutes to train a user, after which they can...; Tags: Procedure, Microsoft Windows, X-Genics, eManager, Corporate Governance, Regulations, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Government; Software downloads 2008-10-21
The Vertical Risk: Web-Delivered Malware Impact by Industry: The type and frequency of Web-delivered malware changed dramatically in 2008. Chief among the causative factors was the marriage of profit-motivated attackers to automated tools that streamline both the discovery and the compromise of vulnerable websites. While SQL injection attacks have by far been the most prevalent attacks on websites...; Tags: Industry, ScanSafe, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Strategy, Internet, Management; White papers 2008-10-01
Gauging Your Own Risk, On This Black Monday: Don't you wish you had the same tools at your disposal to assess the riskiness of securities you hold, now that Wall Street is going through a Monday as black or blacker than the one in 1987. Bear Stearns, gone. Lehman Brothers, bankrupt....; Tags: Asset, Stock, Wall Street, Risk Management, XLoss, Asset Management, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-09-15
My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier: Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...; Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-18
AuditPro Enterprise Edition 4 (Windows): AuditPro Enterprise Edition is a comprehensive enterprise security assessment solution featuring critical asset identification, policy compliance, risk analysis, real time vulnerability views, enhanced reporting capability, and graphical progress analysis. Supporting multiple operating systems and databases, AuditPro brings you the state-of-the-art in information systems security evaluation and risk management. This version...; Tags: Asset, Enterprise Security, Network Intelligence, Microsoft Windows, AuditPro Enterprise Edition, Asset Management, Security, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management; Software downloads 2008-06-18
Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction: SCADA scares me, and I've seen enough things on the Internet to be desensitized to many things, but attacks against SCADA threaten our national security in a very real and topical way by attacking power grids, water treatment plants, nuclear plants, etc.Â Hacking networks that SCADA devices reside on and...; Tags: Device, Hacking, Internet, Network, SCADA, Terrorism, Attack, Enterprise Software, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-06-12