Does Penetration Testing Pass the ROI Test?
May 19, 2008
Proving ROI on something that a company never wants to use can be tricky.
Supply Chain Help
May 19, 2008
Database Mining Lab has introduced a supply chain business intelligence solution to help companies analyze their supplier performance through scorecards, dashboards and consolidated data reporting.
The implementation of this business analysis tool is geared to the director of the company’s supply chain or logistics and their team to be able to easily analyze every aspect of [...]
Analytic Appliance from Sybase
May 19, 2008
Sybase plans to release in the summer an analytic appliance that combines the company’s IQ database with IBM’s System P hardware and Microstrategy business intelligence software.
Like other similar products in the market, the Sybase Analytic Appliance provides a way for companies to avoid expensive upgrades by reducing the workload of data warehouses, data [...]
Info System Can Help Heal Healthcare
May 19, 2008
Madison, Wis. - The deployment of clinical and business information systems that generate digital information could change the delivery of healthcare in many ways, but perhaps the most profound impact will be in mining the data with analytics - especially if organizations learn to present it in meaningful ways.
An enormous flow of data is generated [...]
All the World’s a Platform
May 19, 2008
Sixteen percent of employees around the world are hyperconnected, says IDC. The number of devices workers use is staggering–and increasing.
Read more »Data Migrations: Four Rules for Avoiding Disaster
May 19, 2008
It is disturbingly simple for a data migration project to go wrong. When this happens, the ramifications are felt across the organization–and in the career of the executive whose misfortune it was to be in charge of the project. Informatica’s John Morris and Arvind Parthasarathi provide four rules to keep migrations on track.
IT’s Integral Role in Compliance
May 16, 2008
DataFlux president and CEO Tony Fisher says that IT can help their employers—and themselves—by proactively overseeing the compliance process and recommending ways to further leverage the infrastructure that has been built.
IT’s Changing Role in VoIP Adoption
May 13, 2008
Jon Arnold & Associates’ Principal Jon Arnold tells The IT-Finance Connection that the rationale for VoIP has gone beyond simple cost savings. IT must help management think about the new telephone platform in a strategic manner. That will help the organization–and help IT raise its profile.
Human Resources Goes Global
May 12, 2008
IT should be the HR department’s greatest ally as organizations globalize. However, it doesn’t always happen that way, says HRToolbox’s Thomas Shelton. The two departments often have conflicting goals and speak different languages. HR, he suggests, can get more of what it wants by improving its knowledge of how IT operates.
T-Mobile 3G Offering Hits High Gear
May 9, 2008
IT departments asked to recommend a carrier for remote and traveling work forces have another option to consider, as T-Mobile looks to roll out to 20 top 25 major U.S. cities.
