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- Introduction to BIT
- This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...
- Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- ZIIA EIS (Enterprise information system) (zip)
- ZIIA Zero Investment Instant Access is an EIS Enterprise Information System developed by GHR Software which is provided free thus Zero Investment and is immediately usable online thus Instant Access. You never get locked into ZIIA, you can always, at any time, extract all your data in XML format, for...
- Tags: Information System, GHR Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Marketing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Management
- Software downloads 2008-04-21
- How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring
- How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ringbig brother is watching usIf a governor was watched for suspicious terrorist activities just imagine those with weird names and no fame being checked every day, or worse, detained at undisclosed facilities.The REALLY interesting IT angle on thisI found...
- Tags: Strategy, prostitution, hooker, Eliot Spitzer, information system
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring
- Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's prostitute scandal is all the big news here in New York, but the lesser known tale is how an information system--the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--played a role in his downfall. On the surface, Spitzer's downfall is a New York...
- Tags: Bank, Information System, Transaction, Financial, FBI, Data, Institution, Internal Revenue Service, Technology, Eliot Spitzer, Wall Street, FinCEN, CTR, Federal Government, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Information Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Improving Usability of information systems
- The best-organized information in the world is useless without an effective way to present that information to the interested audience. Poorly designed interfaces, inadequate search and filtering support, and confusing visual displays can severely hamper the success of any information architecture. To make complex information accessible to end users, one...
- Tags: Information System, Information Management, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-03-11
- Hermes Consolidates Information in a Robust Database
- Hermes, an associate company of Brinks Inc., began operating in October 1985. Hermes wanted to unify information systems in a robust, reliable, and high-availability database for secure handling of the transport of valuables and integrated document management and centralize up-to-date information to achieve operational efficiency. The challenge was to automate...
- Tags: Information System, Oracle Corp., Information, Hermes, Strategy, Storage, Databases, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Vincenzo Zucchi Integrates information systems for Greater Accuracy and Synergy
- Vincenzo Zucchi S.p.A Zucchi Group is a leading European home linens manufacturing and distribution group. Vincenzo Zucchi S.p.A Zucchi Group wanted to revise business processes following a generational management shift and introduce an information system model incorporating all business processes: planning, demand, production management, order fulfillment, etc. The challenge was...
- Tags: Business Process, Information System, Oracle Corp., Vincenzo Zucchi, Operational Planning, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Westminster Council Creates First Global information system Portal for Councillors
- Westminster City Council is a Local Authority serving the heart of London. Its 60 elected councillors needed a Members Information Portal that would allow them to monitor critical services such as planning, street care, and licensing in their neighbourhoods in near real time. Artemis Corporation deployed Windows SharePoint Services to...
- Tags: Information System, Microsoft Corp., Westminster City Council, Portals, Web Technology, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- information systems: 'Personal privacy in a public world'
- Information Systems: 'Personal privacy in a public world'http://www.analogstereo.com/isuzu_hombre_owners_manual.htmhttp://www.analogstereo.com/isuzu_hombre_owners_manual.htm
- Tags: Strategy, Personal Privacy, information system
- Discussion threads 2007-12-02
- Rich Rediker has his say about student information systems
- Rich Rediker, CEO of Rediker Software, developer of the popular student information system, Administrator's Plus, responded this evening to my last post on trends in Web-based SIS applications. As a developer of a system whose bread and butter is client-server based, he obviously took exception to my enthusiasm for...
- Tags: Web, Information System, Application, Client-server, Data, Web Browser, User, Feature, SiS, Rediker, Administrator, Edline, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- Planning scalability
- I received a message a few days ago from our student information system vendor. They let me know that the system would be down from 4:00 in the afternoon until 6:00 the next morning so that they could install new servers to handle increased utilization. As it turns...
- Tags: Information System, Performance, Information Technology, Scalability, Server, Story, Computer, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- MegaPing (exe)
- MegaPing is the ultimate must-have toolkit that provides all essential utilities for information system specialists, system administrators, or individuals. It includes comprehensive security scanner, host and port monitor, and network utilities. All scanners can scan individual computers, any range of IP addresses, domains, selected type of computers inside domains, and...
- Tags: Information System, Magneto Software, Domain, MegaPing, Scanners, Productivity, Strategy, Hardware, Peripherals, Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-16
- Why are your information systems not as smart as they should be?
- The cost of information technology in today's organizations is substantial and continues to grow as a percentage of total operating cost -- yet today's information technology IT systems still aren't smart enough. To understand why after years of spending on information technology so many of our systems still...
- Tags: Information System, Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., Strategy, Management
- Book chapters 2007-08-02
- CISA exam prep: Investigate the information systems used for IT delivery and support
- The Certified Information Systems Auditor CISA must look closely at the technology an organization uses, examine its controls, and evaluate its potential vulnerabilities. An IS auditor must therefore understand networking technology and how the various pieces of networking equipment work. In this sample chapter from CISA Exam...
- Tags: Information System, Network, Information Technology, Networking Technology, Strategy, Network Technology, Networking, Management
- Book chapters 2007-07-12
- On Securing Wireless LAN Access to Government information systems
- The success of the IEEE 802.11 series of standards has led to a proliferation of affordable and interoperable wireless networking devices. Wireless functionality is an integrated feature of many laptops, personal digital assistants, and even mobile phones. With the ratification of the security enhancement to IEEE 802.11, referred to as...
- Tags: Security, Information System, Microsoft Access, Government, WLAN, Wireless Functionality, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2007-06-25
- IRS information systems get 2007 tax season report card
- The tax deadline is April 15, but the General Accountability Office has already given the Internal Revenue Service a preliminary report card. And the results arent half bad considering the IRS implemented a bevy of information systems changes. In a...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Government
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Behind the Scenes at the Milan Railway Junction
- The Milan Railway Junction, completed in the 1980s, connects the city's underground transportation system with railway lines arriving in Milan from the northwestern and southwestern areas of the region. The Milan Railway Junction wanted to deliver a comprehensive system to manage railway station equipment including information system devices. The company...
- Tags: Information System, Siemens AG, Transportation, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-02-01
- Tracking Meat Preparation to Ensure Regulatory Compliance
- Treesse Progetti, a leader in the field of automation engineering, recently developed an information system that tracks the progress of meat preparation through an Italian processing facility. Treesse Progetti wanted to create an information system that tracks the progress of meat through a processing facility. The company deployed an automated...
- Tags: Information System, Meat, Siemens AG, Strategy, Regulatory Compliance, Management, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Case studies 2007-02-01
- ND tries to fix troubled campus information system
- The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has voted the increase spending to upgrade troubled software that connects North Dakotas college campuses, reports the Associated Press. After drawing complaints from users, the ConnectND software system is going to get a $9.5 million facelift, consisting of 11.5 new...
- Tags: Education Technology, IT Management, Information Systems
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Improve your certification and accreditation processes by drawing on these four C&A models
- Certification and accreditation processes formally evaluate the security of an information system, determine the risk of operating the information system, and then either accept or not accept that risk. There are four primary certification and accreditation models that agencies use as a basis for developing their standardized C&A...
- Tags: Information System, Certification, DITSCAP, FISMA, NIST, C&A, Chapter Coverage, Quality, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Book chapters 2007-01-10
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