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- KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dud
- KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dudThey just don't get it...The average tech savvy corporate citizen doesn't even know what a blog or wiki is. The tech unsavvy simply have no clue.The KPMG paper, while extraordinarily light on content, was quite obviously targetted at a reality that the average Enterprise...
- Tags: Groupware, KPMG Consulting Inc., E2.0, extreme collaboration
- Discussion threads 2007-09-03
- KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dud
- KPMG's report Enterprise 2.0: Fad or Future? The Business Role for Social Software Platforms is a disappointment. Here we have one of the world's leading consultancies publishing a 19 page glossy brochure that is short on substance and long on consulting sales bait. Perhaps it's a reflection of KPMG's belief...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Strategy, McAfee Inc., irony, Dennis Howlett, KPMG Consulting Inc., E2.0, Olivier, consulting
- Blog posts 2007-09-03
- Dell's mis-statements are not trivial
- Dell's mis-statements for the years 2003-6 are being downplayed as 'trivial.' Rubbish. As Larry Dignan notes:While the restatements were small, Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner notes that Dell would have missed estimates during its first fiscal quarter of 2003, second quarter of 2003 and fourth quarter of 2005 without the accounting...
- Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Audit, Net Income, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-08-17
- SAP's (temporary) accounting 'error' on Q2
- Courtesy of eagle eyed Jason Stamper, it seems that when SAP first released its figures last week, the PDF contained a glaring typo. The circled figure should have read Total Revenue.According to the corrected PDF which carries a date of 07/20 (the day following Jason's story), the original document is...
- Tags: Enterprise applications
- Blog posts 2007-07-22
- Staying in the Know at Internet Speed
- As the Internet and e-commerce are dramatically changing the way that companies do business, KPMG Consulting, as a leader in e-commerce business solutions, anticipated its business's great demand for "dotcom" projects. KPMG Consulting realized that increasing the speed at which its consultants could gain new information about cutting-edge e-commerce strategies...
- Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., DigitalThink, E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, E-learning, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
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- KPMG Raises the Standard of Security Level With Internet Security Systems
- Due to an increase of Global Remote Access Solutions and the introduction of VPN Virtual Private Networks, KPMG IT decided to raise the current level of security inside the organization to prevent major security breaches and avoid loss of client data. As a first security precaution, KPMG IT introduced intrusion...
- Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., Internet Security Systems Inc., Intrusion Detection, Security, Network Security, Networking
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- Getting Government Online for Everyone in Texas
- TexasOnline's combination of technological economy of scale and full-service was built into its design and was made possible by an innovative public-private relationship between the State of Texas Department of Information Resources and KPMG Consulting, Inc. Under the terms of the relationship, KPMG Consulting's investment in the project relieved state...
- Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., KPMG International, TexasOnline, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
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- How KPMG & EMC Improved GSK's Information Infrastructure
- GSK is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company with an estimated seven percent of the world's pharmaceutical market. GSK recognised that they needed a new approach to enable the information infrastructure to be appropriate and cost effective delivering cost reductions across the existing infrastructure, responsive to business demands, flexible and...
- Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., EMC Corp., GSK, Storage, Hardware
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- CIMA Reduces Student Administration Costs by US$430,000 [£250,000]
- To improve the efficiency of its operations, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants CIMA was faced with the need for a wide-ranging redesign of its business processes as well as an IT upgrade. Working closely with its integration partner, Atos KPMG Consulting, CIMA articulated its customer-centric vision in the "PULSAR" program,...
- Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., Oracle Corp., CRM Company, Administration, Atos, CRM, CIMA, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Finance
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- Total spending in network services will grow to $9.1 bln in 2012
- According to IDC, total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management) will grow from $4.7 bln in 2007 to $9.1 bln in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate of 13.7% from 2007-2012. by NB
- Tags: Network, Network Service, Networking, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Evil tech administrators
- Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appear
- First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appearPerception IS reality.The damage is done. Apple is #3 in US home computer sales today. Perception [b]is[/b] reality and unfortunately for microsoft they've got battered, much of it being well deserved. This is the proverbial finger to plug a dyke breach.RE: First hints...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail time
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail timeI dont see spaming as a jail-able offense.I would love to give jailtime to companies that send crap to my mailbox.The issue is waisted time and resources. It costs x dollars to clean that up, so you owe me x dollars, if dont...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption
- UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple's exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors. For years, Apple has paid little attention to products for enterprise users. Now it's pitching its new iPhone 3G as: "The best phone for business. Ever". But...
- Tags: Barrier, Apple iPhone, Phone, O2 Plc., John Romeis, Gordon Barnes, Paul Jarvis, Phil Jackson, Ignacio Toro Lyng, 3G, Cellular Phones, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Natasha Lomas silicon.com, iPhone 3G, smart phones, Apple, IT
- News items 2008-07-11
- CreditDetailer (zip)
- Save time, increase revenues, and lower your cost per client when running your credit repair/consulting business using Detailer's simple & elegant design. This system delivers. Detailer can Network with satellite offices! More than just a "1-click print system", Detailer automates everything from: client's progress status, tracking representatives, client billing, client...
- Tags: Client, Satellite, Credit Detailer, Network Technology, Marketing Research, Networking, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-10
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobsIT has been good to me.I may be in the minority, but as jobs go, my experience in IT has been good. Every job has its low points and mine have been no different. But the high points dwarf the low.Before IT...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT job, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Ticking bombs in enterprise land
- I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...
- Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products
- UPDATE: McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position. In what appears to be either a common scenario of "when the security solution ends up the security problem itself", or a product launch basing its strategy on outlining the increasing number of critical vulnerabilities found in...
- Tags: Antivirus Product, Antivirus, Vulnerability, Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- The nightmare of buying enterprise software
- The nightmare of buying enterprise softwareIt sounds to me...like the blame lays with the salesman selling the user something he doesn't need. But then salesmen are often ill trained on what their company actually offers. Then again, the bigger the software the bigger the price and the bigger the commission.Let's...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Sales strategy, Sales force management, enterprise software, software, software company, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Matasano ships Web-based firewall manager
- The firewall is one of the few security tools that has been proven to be very effective at improving a company's security posture. However, staying on top of policies -- and responding to change requests -- while trying to manage multiple firewalls from different vendors can be a never-ending nightmare...
- Tags: Web, Network, Matasano Security, Network Firewall, Playbook, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
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