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Tripwire PCI DSS Solutions: Automated, Continuous Compliance

The major credit card companies collaboratively developed the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS to protect sensitive cardholder account data from theft and fraud. Compliance is no longer an option; it's a requirement for all payment card network members and failure to meet requirements can result in monetary...

Tags: Payment, Compliance, Decision Support System, Tripwire, Operational Accounting, Finance

White papers 2008-01-24

Software to ease divorce pains

If you went through a divorce during your life, you know it can be painful. Who will keep the house or the kids? How the money will be distributed? Even if professional mediators are involved, the process can really be unpleasant. According to LiveScience, two programs developed by Australian researchers...

Tags: Software, Decision Support System, Negotiation, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-07

Experiences in Building and Using Decision-Support Systems in Postgraduate University Courses

This paper relates some of the experiences in building and using simple Decision Support Systems DSS for use in two postgraduate subjects at Victoria University in Melbourne. These subjects are not about Decision Support Systems, but are Information Systems IS subjects that introduce, amongst other things, concepts of decision support...

Tags: Victoria University, Author, Decision Support System, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-04-05

Customers miffed over DirecTV with TiVo problems

Customers miffed over DirecTV with TiVo problemsCrashing, tooBeing a DirecTV+ DVR customer myself, I've not only had the problem described here but also others that I'm more concerned about. My DVR has been crashing with alarming frequency, especially when I'm playing back recorded content. The screen will generally either freeze...

Tags: DVR, Tools & Techniques, Digital video, Databases, TV & Home Theater, TVs, decision support system, TiVo Inc., digital video recorder, DirecTV

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

From the OntoBayes Model to a Service Oriented Decision Support System

The aim of this paper is to propose a service oriented decision support system based on an ontology-driven uncertainty model OntoBayes. OntoBayes consists of knowledge and decision model parts. The former is the integration of ontologies and Bayesian Networks while the latter can describe different decision models. OntoBayes gives a...

Tags: Decision Support System, OntoBayes, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-08-25

Fibre Channel and iSCSI Performance Comparison for DSS Workloads Using SQL Server 2005

For many years, large enterprises have relied on Fibre Channel FCP as the default Storage Area Network SAN protocol for high-performance application and database workloads. As enterprises look to drive down costs and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership TCO of IT environments, many have sought alternative, lower-cost mechanisms to...

Tags: iSCSI, Network Appliance Inc., Fibre Channel, Microsoft SQL Server, SCSI, Decision Support System, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, NetApp, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Roi/Tco, Network Technology, Networking, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2006-05-01

Data Quality in the Outpatient Setting: Impact on Clinical Decision Support Systems

Clinical Decision Support System CDSS performance may vary with the quality of the input data. The authors assessed the impact of medical record completeness and accuracy on a CDSS that provides risk assessment for gastrointestinal bleeding and recommends therapy when prescribing NSAIDs. They examined the documentation of six data elements...

Tags: Data Quality, Medical Record, Decision Support System

White papers 2006-03-15

DSS Performance in Oracle Database 10g Release 2

Data warehouses today require high performance database management systems as backbones. Oracle Database 10g Release 2 delivers new features and enhancements that provide significant performance improvements to satisfy the growing data warehousing requirements. The performance gains take effect automatically after upgrading to Oracle Database 10g Release 2 without any application...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Oracle Corp., Performance, Decision Support System, Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Database 10g Release 2, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-07-01

Utilizing Simulation to Evaluate Business Decisions in Sense-and-Respond Systems

Simulation can be an effective way to evaluate alternative decisions in Sense-and-Respond systems prior to taking actions to resolve existing or anticipated business situations. In Sense-and-Respond systems, business situations arise within predefined contexts that specify what aspects of the business need to be monitored and what information is needed to...

Tags: Purdue University, Business Situation, Decision Support System, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2004-11-11

Winter Corp. publishes the largest databases

The Winter TopTen Program identifies the world's leading database implementations based on database size, most rows/records and highest workload achieved. The program recognizes the database practitioners whose accomplishments are advancing the boundaries of database size and power. It also documents the products, platforms and architectures that are operating successfully at...

Tags: decision support system, database

Blog posts 2003-12-11

Demystifying DSS: The Digital Signature Standard

This paper examines the requirements of signatures, outlines the technologies involved in creating digital signatures, and describes the components of the Digital Signature Standard DSS. The basic concepts, not the math, are the focus of the technology investigation. Public key encryption algorithms and secure hash algorithms are explained and discussed....

Tags: Digital Signature, Decision Support System, Signature, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security

White papers 2003-08-22

Technology and Policy in Decision Support Systems

Data warehousing, data marting, online analytical processing OLAP -- these terms dominate discussions of enterprise decision support systems DSS. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that none of these product categories has a particularly stellar track record for improving the quality or quantity of commercial decisions. This...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Decision-making, Decision Support System, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 1998-01-30

A Brief History of Decision Support Systems

Today, a number of disciplines provide the substantive foundations for DSS development and research. Database researchers have contributed tools and research on managing data. Management Science has developed mathematical models for use in DSS and provided evidence on the advantages of modeling in problem solving. Cognitive Science, especially Behavioral Decision...

Tags: Decision Support System, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers

Web-Based Solution for Decision Support Systems

The client is a US-based telecommunications company providing local, long distance and wireless services. There was a need for a system that allowed users to query enterprise data and save the results in Microsoft Access or Microsoft Excel or Text format. It was also essential to build a system that...

Tags: Web, Client, Applet, Decision Support System, WebDSS, Channel Management, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

DSS UK Selects Great Plains From Mentec as a Platform for Growth

In 2002 DSS was a 'green field' site following a management buyout. The company chose Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Edition software, supported by its solutions partner Mentec. The solution provides DSS with a platform to achieve its aggressive growth targets by optimising business-critical processes while avoiding the associated...

Tags: Solution, Great Plains Software, Decision Support System, DSS UK, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

With Mobile Workplace Solution, DSS Makes Significant Gains in Productivity and Cost Savings

DSS UK Limited specialises in the servicing and support of digital and electromechanical hardware. To perform this function it uses field service engineers based throughout the UK. Traditionally, the field service engineers employed by DSS spent a considerable amount of time communicating by mobile phone with their headquarters between printer...

Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Decision Support System, DSS UK Ltd., OfficeLive, Business Structures, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Management

Case studies

T-Online France Improves Operational Efficiency and Customer Service With Decision Support System

T-Online France is the French subsidiary of T-Online International AG, Deutsche Telekom's internet arm. T-Online wanted to provide operating units with control and monitoring data appropriate to their core business areas and improve the precision of decision-making and forecasting processes. The challenge was to optimize customer profitability. The company created...

Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Decision Support System, T-Online France, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Sales, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

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Additional Resources

Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Foxconn snubs Linux users

Several readers have sent me a link to a discussion in progress on the Ubuntu forums which outlines how hardware manufacturer Foxconn crippled Linux support on the G33M-S motherboard by breaking ACPI support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Foxconn, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-07-25