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- SOA eased the way for recent shotgun financial mergers
- SOA eased the way for recent shotgun financial mergersBetter governance, lower operational overhead and an improved risk profileFinancial institutions, including banks, have always grown through acquisition. In fact, SOA was originally introduced in the financial services industry to help mitigate the risk of operational disruption during the integration process. Two...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Mergers & Acquisitions, SOA, operational overhead, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-12-12
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- SaaS: Shelfware as a service?
- Software as a service is portrayed to be the future of information technology, but it isn't quite the cure-all it's cracked up to be. Shelfware and lock-in may not save you a lot of money. That's the message from Gartner analyst Rob DeSisto. Here's...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Shelfware, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Tripwire Helps Put This Student Loan Servicing Company at the Head of Its Class
- EdFinancial Services strives to be best in class by streamlining the student loan delivery process across the life of a loan in a completely digital environment. The challenge was to ensure successful deployment of web content changes, to leverage automated controls to minimize audit overhead and increase change management discipline...
- Tags: Tripwire, EdFinancial Services, Tripwire Enterprise, Change Management, File Servers, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-09-19
- Fortune Data Centers uses energy efficiency metrics as competitive differentiation
- Fortune Data Centers, which opened a new "green" data center in San Jose, Calif., back in April 2009, is wooing prospective tenants with its high efficiency claims -- power usage effectiveness PUE measures of 1.37 at full load -- and its likely certification as the first operational data center in...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- PKWARE Case Study: Consulting Services #2
- The company helps organizations confront critical legal, financial, and reputational issues. They offer specialized expertise in five separate areas that operate as a coordinated whole, including corporate finance, economic consulting, forensic and litigation consulting, strategic communications, and technology. The challenge was to standardizing the process for decompressing files from 14...
- Tags: Consulting Service, PKWare, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Case studies 2009-07-21
- Pkware Case Study: Federal Government Agency #12
- The client is a program office within the Department of Defense DoD Health System, provides decision support information to those managing the delivery of healthcare. The challenge was standardizing the process for file compression and processing throughout the organization and reducing operational overhead & network bandwidth. It deployed PKZIP Enterprise...
- Tags: Agency, PKWare, Decision Support, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Government, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-07-08
- The CIO is dead (long live the CIO)
- TechRepublic's Patrick Gray takes on the changing role of the CIO, writing that a C-level position for IT will no longer be warranted unless it evolves beyond the operational, shared-service mentality. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. With the...
- Tags: CIO, Role, Information Technology, Technology, Service, C-level, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- ChangeAuditor for Active Directory
- ChangeAuditor drives the security and control of Active Directory by tracking all key Active Directory configuration changes in real-time. From Group Policy Objects GPO and Schema changes to critical nested group and operational changes, ChangeAuditor tracks, audits, reports and alerts on the changes that impact your directory—without the overhead of...
- Tags: Audit, ScriptLogic Corp., ChangeAuditor, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Download resources 2009-05-26
- AT&T's First (well not quite first) Chief Sustainability Officer
- AT&T's First well not quite first Chief Sustainability OfficerSkepticalThough I usually tend to encourage and hold out hope for even the most dastardly offenders of sustainability, I'm having serious reservations about AT&T's ability to achieve the goals that they've set. Their history and this press release show no...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Chief Sustainability Officer, sustainability
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- AutoSelection (GR) Improves Operational Efficiencies With Customer Relationship Management Solution
- AutoSelection GR wanted to replace paper-based customer records and isolated e-mail histories with a comprehensive Customer Relationship Management CRM system that integrates with the company's mobile workforce tools and deploy a subscription-based software solution to avoid maintenance overhead and costly software license updates. The challenge was to introduce customer tracking,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Software License, CRM, Workforce, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Tools & Techniques, Payroll Solutions, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Human Resources, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- Using open source to reduce business risk
- Using open source to reduce business riskWhat the bottom line?The bottom line is that with Suns failure the open source argument is in trouble. As is two of the products you mention a business should consider switching to:OpenOffice is maintained by Sun. It has been maintained is such a way...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-04-11
- Living with the Eye of the Storm - an Entuity customer profile
- Although I find conversations with representatives of technology suppliers to be useful and interesting. Having an opportunity to communicate with people actually putting the technology to use is even better. Typically these customers will present their experiences and highlight the strengths of a product and where it needs improvement. Recently,...
- Tags: Virtualization, Network, Environment, Entuity Inc., Sheffield Hallam University, Eye, Network Team, University, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Can I.T. and SaaS Live Without One Another?
- SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) is a rapidly growing way of delivering business applications in companies. Today, there are over 120 vendors providing solutions across more than 40 business areas, everything from sales force automation to accounting, web development to dispatch management. The role of I.T is changing rapidly. Long gone the days...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Information Technology, Xenogenix, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Control Compliance Suite 9.0: Security Compliance
- Today, the complexity of managing security and compliance in any organization is made more difficult by the increasing security issues that must be monitored and remediated and the process overhead associated with adhering to multiple mandates with limited IT resources. The presenter of this webcast will review common challenges organizations...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Compliance, Security
- Webcasts 2008-10-24
- Engineering Firm Doubles Revenue, Limits Overhead with Project Management Solution
- Based in Houston, Texas, Commonwealth Engineering and Construction provides engineering and construction management services for the refining and chemical process industries. With the goals of driving operational efficiencies and enabling cost-effective growth, the company chose to centralize project management and accounting. Commonwealth turned to Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner New Vision...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Corp., Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Getting to work without going to work, how green is that?
- A resource management software provider teamed up with an experienced market analysis and research firm. Their goal was to find out how American corporations are using technology to control their operating costs. Building space, operating costs from lighting to HVAC, conference room needs--all are crucial parts of the...
- Tags: Nucleus Research Inc., Worker, PeopleCube, John Anderson, Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- 5 reasons IT is soooo slowwww
- 5 reasons IT is soooo slowwwwIT departments are anti-nimbleIT departments by their very structure and responsibilities are unable to be nimble. They have been required to develop, manage and maintain large & complex systems with high levels of reliability and resilience. This mindset and process orientation works against...
- Tags: IT IS, IT Attitude, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Leadership vs. Management
- Leadership vs. ManagementMy contentionIT leaders still need a current skill set to include project management experience, effective communications skills and an open mind. It doesn't matter how good you are at what you do, odds are there is still someone more technically proficient and possibly more personable. That's...
- Tags: Strategy, Financial services, NEXT Friday, figurehead, leadership, knowledge
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Global Freight Forwarder Capitalizes on Integrated Solution to Speed Business Growth
- National Air Cargo provides express freight delivery worldwide. By leveraging its position as a low-overhead freight forwarder, it has outmaneuvered larger carriers, expanding its market share year after year. When its accounting system could no longer accommodate rapid growth, and as its customer base continued to expand, the company engaged...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Corp., SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reports
- Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reportsIf Vista and XP are so close what is the uproar about?This confirms what I have experienced myself on a dual boot system - both OS are about the same, give or take. Yet so many out there claim Vista is a slow...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Principled Technologies
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
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