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Divide & Conquer: Overcoming Computer Forensic Backlog Through Distributed Processing and Division of Labor

Until an organization is able to efficiently leverage existing resources, it will find itself trapped in the vicious cycle of too much work, too few people. Implementing a solution that amplifies existing resources by streamlining the investigative process and getting the most out of an organization's hardware is a permanent...

Tags: Backlog, Resource, Organization, Computer, AccessData, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-08-21

How do you measure SOA success? Try IT backlogs

Hub Vandervoort, CTO of Progress Software, has a simple and direct way to measure SOA success -- check out the level of IT backlogs. Hub shared this approach as part of a podcast interview I conducted as part of the run-up to recent InfoWorld Executive Forum. (Download MP3 podcast file...

Tags: Hub, Information Technology, Backlog, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-11-14

Local Government Improves IT Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness

Although Baw Baw Shire Council IT Team had an incident management system, they did not have an up-to-date, internal Frequently Asked Questions FAQ page to direct users to proper channels when reporting incidents. All types of user requests were placed in the same queue, making it difficult for IT engineers...

Tags: Information Technology, Backlog, Government, Microsoft Corp., Incident Management, Strategy, Management

Case studies 2007-10-01

Digital Dictation Solution Eliminates Backlogs

In 2001 the Southern General and Victoria Infirmary Haematology Departments in Glasgow were facing administration backlogs. Reports were not being turned around as quickly as the teams wanted them to be. The service the clinics provided was transformed when Voice Technologies installed a WinScribe system, which was extended again in...

Tags: Backlog, Transcription, Clinician, Voice Technologies, Dictation Solution, Team Management, Management

Case studies 2007-08-16

Additional Resources

Apple to give Mighty Mouse a mighty overhaul

Typical journalistic critical thinkingThe mighty mouse gets heaps of scorn from users but is on a two-week backlog.Does the brain even get involved in writing anymore on these web blogs?Yeah, I bet he heard it somewhere that....Mighty Mouse was so bad but has never actually laid his sore (from typing...

Tags: Mice, mouse, aluminum enclosure, Mighty Mouse, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Cash for clunkers: what's new?

So, the 3 billion has been used upbut only 2% has been paid out?You do the math.Wow, maybe proofread the blog?That must be one of the highest errors-to-words blog I have seen in a long time.May be a good program now......but think about this.A friend went to a Toyota dealership...

Tags: Blogging, Document management, blog

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Prepping for an Earning Call â€" CFO/CEO must-do’s

Several of the Enterprise Irregulars were floundering around last week trying to make sense of a SaaS vendor’s recent financial results. Several serious rounds of conversations transpired as to how these earnings numbers could be understood but I think we need to start with the process of how execs get...

Tags: Revenue, Accounting, Booking, CFO, CEO, Accrual, Operational Accounting, Software As A Service (SaaS), Finance, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Ad Hoc Reporting: Self-Service, Personalized Reporting for Any Business User

This paper explains why ad hoc reporting has become a critical component of the BI environment and how easy it is to make this type of analysis possible for the everyday business user. The paper also describes ad hoc reporting in more detail and its benefits. It provides a case...

Tags: Advertisement, Business User, LogiXML, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-08-10

Cash for clunkers? Waiting lists may be next...

Nothing but a scam to raise pricesSorry, but not only is this pure BS, but one only needs to drive in front of a new car dealer to see that they have a huge inventory of qualified vehicles that aren't selling.This alleged shortage is nothing more than a scam to...

Tags: Vibes, car

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

Could open source have built Silicon Valley?

Could open source have built Silicon Valley?Silicone Valley?Isn't "Silicone Valley" down in Orange County, where all the plastic surgeons are? ;)By your own admission, it's Constitutional.I think Silicone valley would exist only they would be a lot poorer for it. The turnover rate for companies would be higher. We also...

Tags: patent, Silicone Valley, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Battling for the Mother Of All Monopolies...

Despite their motto 'Don't Be Evil', Google appear to be making a pretty good effort at attempting to own your online data and computing world, and all at a low, no up front cost to you. The latest Google product, an operating system, adds to the already formidable...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Thin Clients, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...

Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Agilo for Scrum 0.7 (Mac)

Agilo integrates many useful functionalities to support Scrum and more. Wether you are a Product Owner managing your Product Backlog and Release Plan, a Scrum Master coaching and supporting a team or a developer tracking issues and sharing knowledge, Agilo is highly configurable to adapt to your specific workflow and...

Tags: Team, Apple Macintosh, Agilo, Team Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-19

Time for Plan B?

One planet-watcher thinks we've blown it with Plan A. Out of the Earth Policy Institute comes Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown. Brown believes there is only one globally deadly horseman in the apocalypse: famine. "The biggest threat to...

Tags: Nation, Lester R. Brown, Government, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far

Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with  are great. But others, let's face it,...

Tags: Pizza Hut, Brand, Stunt, Social Media, Twitter, Motrin, Nannerpuss, Jack, Skittles Home Page, Ashton Kutcher, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Copyright Office's $52m system leads to 18-month backlog

Copyright Office's $52m system leads to 18-month backlogCan't wait to get me....some of that gov't run health care!Agency Software WoesI work for another agency that also handles hundreds of thousands of applications a year and I can vouch that the software we have is also "prone to crashing" and we've...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Vertical industries, Copyright Office, agency, government

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Copyright Office's $52m system leads to 18-month backlog

Here's some good Government IT. The Washington Post reports that the Copyright Office's "new $52 million electronic process" is responsible for creating an overwhelming logjam of copyright applications. Turnaround has slowed from six to 18 months and the Copyright Office is behind some 500,000 applications. The...

Tags: Copyright Office, Advertising & Promotion, Document Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Cisco's third quarter: Looking for stabilization

Cisco's third quarter came down to the wire and Wednesday after market close Wall Street will get to see whether the networking giant made the cut. Analysts are mixed on whether Cisco can top expectations, but most expect to see signs that demand has stabilized.  Cisco is...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Wilson, Wadhwani, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Dell Services Help Worldwide Medical Research Company ICON Clinical to Speed Its Software Image Updating Process by 50 Percent

Many of the world's top pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies depend on ICON Clinical plc ICON for strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support clinical development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. ICON currently has over 7,000 employees, operating from 71 locations in 38 countries. Updating...

Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Medical Research, ICON, Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2009-05-01

Twitter is Dangerous: revista

I'm probably miles behind some tech complaint curve everyone else knows about, but having spent four hours trying to gain control of my Twitter account I'm at the point of pulling what's left of my hair out. Here's what's happened. The last few days I noticed the...

Tags: Twitter, Scoble, Autoresponders, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Security, Online Communications, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-15