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    Close Fast, Close Smart 26 February, 2007 11:24:37

    As long as they're meeting their regulatory reporting deadlines, most enterprises don't think a lot about closing their books more quickly.

    Maybe they should start.

    Increasingly, the speed with which an organization closes its books and reports its financial results is being looked at by practitioners, analysts and investors as a defining metric for evaluating whether the organization possesses the best possible processes and enabling technologies. And it turns out that many companies don't, even those making huge IT investments and supporting equally large IT departments.
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    Trimming for Dollars 04 August, 2006 15:16:30

    CIOs have been cutting costs for years - and not seeing those savings coming back to IT. That's why you have to learn to cut strategically.
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    The Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing 11 September, 2003 13:53:52

    Moving jobs overseas can be a much more expensive proposition than you may think.
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    Inside Outsourcing In India 14 July, 2003 11:55:38

    Outsourcing to India can provide a huge payback - if you're willing to work at it. Two offshore veterans share their hard-earned lessons to help you determine if Indian outsourcing is right for your company.
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    There's a New APP in Town 11 June, 2003 12:25:04

    CIOs know about ERP, CRM, SCM and other enterprisewide, energy-sapping, three-letter acronyms. Well, it's now time to come up to speed on another: PLM, short for product lifecycle management
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    Turning Green 10 April, 2000 10:25:08

    IT can help save the planet and increase profits at the same time
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    Revolutionary Soldiers 02 June, 1999 12:04:16

    At the heart of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, John Seely Brown boards an elevator in the rabbit warren of a building called Xerox PARC and greets a colleague. "Still making trouble?" he asks. "You bet," comes the hearty answer. "That's good. That's good," nods Xerox's director of research. He means it. Brown encourages his researchers to upset apple carts and hurl the occasional monkey wrench that jams conventional wisdom. Brown believes no company can survive the long haul without accepting the risks that come with a commitment to radical innovation.
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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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