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Dell Helps SI International Cut Its Time to Deploy a High-Profile Project by 50 Percent

SI International flourishes in Security Standard environment and has successfully served the U.S. Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Commerce, and Homeland Security and the intelligence community since 1998. SI International needed to create a new data center and high-performance server environment to support a large U.S. government contract - in...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Environment, SI International Inc., It Services, Network Administration, Data Centers, Servers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2007-11-01

Network Solutions Provider Saves $120,000 Per Year With Live Meeting

SI International designs, builds, deploys, and operates IT network solutions, including software development and mission-critical outsourcing. The company has 28 locations in the United States and 80 customer sites. SI International needed a Web conferencing solution that would connect these disparate locations and provide them with real-time collaboration and remote...

Tags: Network Solutions Inc., SI International Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Firewalls, Microsoft Office, Networking, Office Suites, Software

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Professional Services Company Facilitates Compliance, Protects Sensitive Data

SI International wanted a better way to encrypt and protect confidential company information. Safeguarding documents with passwords didn't provide the right level of protection. When introduced to Microsoft Partner, GigaMedia Access Corporation, SI International found its solution. GigaMedia develop GigaTrust Enterprise software, which is built on Microsoft Windows Rights Management...

Tags: Professional Services, Compliance, SI International Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, GigaTrust Software, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software

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Portal Site Helps IT Solution Provider Find Resources Quickly and Easily

SI International uses the latest advances in information technology to help its customers in the U.S. federal government respond to new global challenges. Its employees frequently face urgent deadlines on high-stakes projects. SI International wanted to use its employee portal site to help users quickly find internal data such as...

Tags: Portal Site, Information Technology, SI International Inc., Portals, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Workforce Management, Web Technology, Directory Services, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

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The Paparazzi Social Media Problem

Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-01

AlertPay hit by a large scale DDoS attack

Timing is everything. Millions of account holders at privately owned online payment gateway AlertPay.com weren't able to do business through the service yesterday, due to the fact that AlertPay was under a large scale DDoS attack, according to a notice left by a company representative. Seven hours of downtime right...

Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, AlertPay, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft

The first pieces of the International Space Station went into orbit 10 years ago. Now a full-fledged lab facility, it continues to grow. by CNET News.com

Tags: Space Station, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-12-01

New worm exploiting MS08-067 flaw spotted in the wild

Microsoft's Security Response Center and McAfee are warning on increased network scanning activity during the last couple of days courtesy of the very latest W32/Conficker.worm exploiting the already patched MS08-067 vulnerability. What's particularly interesting in the latest wave of copycat worms is that W32/Conficker.worm is patching the infected host in...

Tags: Flaw, Malware, Worm, Tool, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions

Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

From private jets to car pool? Detroit may be getting the message.

Nothing definite will happen concerning the Detroit Big Three automakers before December 2nd. But the saga of the sagging auto sales and the wilting industrial giants in Michigan is rich with plot points and maneuvering. Here are just a few of the things happening or being said: ...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Airline Flight, Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer

Major news sources are reporting that Facebook has won a $873 million dollar judgement against a Canadian spammer. What this means for spam on social networks is not clear, however. Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, CA, had a judgement of $873 million dropped on him by a...

Tags: Facebook, Judgement, Spammer, E-mail World, E-mail, Spam, Social Networking, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisis

DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of letters of credit. Just five months ago it cost about $234,000 to rent a 170,000 tonne Capesize...

Tags: Cargo, Financial, Raw Material, Vessel, Globalization, Great Unwind, Reports, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Deep in the heart of Texas: Electronics recycling infrastructure expanded

The vendor-funded recycling organization MRM more formally known as Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company has inked a deal with Goodwill Industries in Texas that will extend the territory it can cover in the state. MRM was started as a joint venture by Panasonic Corp. of America, Sharp...

Tags: Texas, Electronics, MRM DOES, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration

There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...

Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm

First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Unstructured transparency - the management methodology that pulls us through the crunch?

I've just spent a couple of fascinating days at the HCL Global Meet in Orlando, Florida. As the name suggests this was a very international gathering of HCL's partners, clients, staff and thoughtleaders in the management and collaboration space. I've written before about...

Tags: Innovation, Pyramid, Employee, Financial, CEO, HCL Global Meet, Vineet Nayar, Nayar, HCL Tech, Krishnan, Hamel, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Leadership, Strategy, It Services, Team Management, Branding, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Management, Marketing, Finance, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-19

OS earns highest-ever gov't security rating. Does that make it "most secure?"

I have to admit that I had never before heard of a certification called EAL6+ High Robustness until the folks at Green Hills Software reached out to tell me that they were about to get it for their operating system, formally called INTEGRITY 178B. EAL6+ High...

Tags: Security, Certification, Operating System, EAL, Quality, Operating Systems, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

CRM 2.0 = The Conversation - But First....The Intro

This is my first post for ZDNET.  I'm back from a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean - had a great time - came back to the economy worse than what I left - though gas prices are great - and I'm feeling relaxed anyway - so I thought it...

Tags: Strategy, Community, Customer, CRM, CRM 2.0, Social Customer Thing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

More tidbits about electronics recycling and e-waste

Goodness, they did it. As debate continues over nasty e-recycling behavior and the role of the government, businesses and the average U.S. citizen in fixing the situation, Massachusetts asset disposition company Converge has delivered on its promise to expand its international network with responsible partners. The company says it has...

Tags: Asset, Recycling, Electronics, E-waste, TV, Alberta Recycling, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Collision course for American-owned car makers

America's auto makers were very handy in protecting themselves against having tougher fuel efficiency standards. Just this past year as fuel prices spiralled ever upward the feds finally increased the fuel efficiency standards after thirty years of stasis. So now those auto makers in America and elsewhere are...

Tags: U.S., Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, U.S. Congress, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-17