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    Building a Commercial Team 21 July, 2008 13:44:16

    In today's weak economy, companies tend to think of IT mainly as an engine for cost reduction and increased efficiency. But in many industries, including the pharmaceutical testing business that my company, MDS, operates in, IT can and should be a differentiator that directly drives top-line growth. The path to being an effective partner in growth begins with an IT team that has a strong understanding of the business, a commercial orientation and a focus on the end customer.
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    How IT Leaders Can Help CEOs Make Innovation Walk, Not Just Talk 09 May, 2008 14:59:48

    A new executive survey shows that innovation is a top business strategy, but execution on the CEO's innovation vision is faltering. And that's an opportunity for IT veterans to show leadership
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    Software-as-a-service now on menu of large companies 28 April, 2008 11:47:30

    Although some would trace back the roots of software as a service to mainframe timesharing, what we would now call SaaS, or on-demand computing, is really experiencing its second coming.
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    Being an Effective CIO Means Focusing on Business Just as Much as Technology 21 April, 2008 08:29:40

    When I started in IT at insurance company MetLife in 1970, my background was as far away from insurance as you could possibly imagine. I was an engineer, and I had studied towards a doctorate in solid-state physics.
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    IS's Seven Levers of Growth 04 February, 2008 13:12:50

    Growth remains the top priority for most business executives. In most enterprises, this means make more profits
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    Three Tips for Creating a Business-Savvy Information Technology Staff 26 October, 2007 12:27:48

    Your information technology staff is a great resource for competitive advantage, but only if you help your employees understand how the company makes money.
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    Stop the Presses 03 July, 2007 11:45:00

    The newspaper business is bad and getting worse. The Web is stealing the industry's readers, advertisers, revenues and even its enthusiasm for the business. But as newspapers struggle to respond, lessons for other industries confronting disruptive technologies are emerging
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    Blog: A secret weapon to drive top line revenue 01 June, 2007 21:33:35

    If there's one goal CIOs want to achieve this year, it's to help drive revenue. Some shrewd CIOs have found a little-known route to get there: Price optimization software
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    Meet 3Com's new boss -- not the same old boss 30 January, 2007 13:56:27

    When 3Com CEO Scott Murray stepped down abruptly in August 2006, after just seven months on the job, 3Com veteran Edgar Masri was called in to take over his old company. Masri led successful enterprise, carrier and network access business units at 3Com in the 1990s. When the company shed these businesses in an ill-fated transformation attempt in 2000, Masri left the firm and became a venture capitalist at Matrix Partners, and later COO at WiMax firm Redline Communications.
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    Money (That's What They Want) 05 September, 2006 09:00:00

    After years of focusing on the bottom line, CIOs are setting their sights on top-line growth
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    Innovate or Perish 07 July, 2006 16:53:11

    Business must innovate to compete, but IT has yet to realize
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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