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    Blog: Banking Reform and IT Risk 11 April, 2008 14:23:36

    Unless you work in the financial services industry, the proposal Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson issued last week to reform U.S. financial institution regulations won't have much, if any impact on how your business runs. But it could benefit your IT strategy to pay attention as the debate over the proposal unfolds.
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    The Seven Deadly Sins of IT Recruiting 20 March, 2008 08:50:19

    As a CIO, you need a solid IT team to help you realize your strategic goals, make you look good in front of your peers, and allow you to focus on the most strategic elements of your job. Without a good team in place, especially at the leadership level, you will have a tough time moving up in the organization.
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    What Women Want 10 December, 2007 14:12:59

    Whenever a journalist asks whether or why women hate IT, grumps trot out the usual laundry list of cliches and stereotypes about women's supposed genetic disposition against maths and science, the lack of role models or the profession's geeky image. It is a problem that more women are not choosing technology careers, but I think we'll solve it only if we start asking the right question: Why should women want to be in IT?
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    As CIO Role Evolves, IT's Never Easy 14 November, 2007 10:24:27

    Consumer IT in the enterprise is the new challenge.
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    Blog: Getting a Leg Up On Application Performance 31 August, 2007 09:33:24

    End User Experience Management Software Stabilizes the Three-Legged Stool of Performance Management.
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    Let's Make a Deal 07 May, 2007 12:44:39

    Reflecting the current global economic turnaround, mergers, acquisitions and divestments (MA&Ds) are on the increase
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    Money Goes Digital 02 April, 2007 13:39:26

    From its earliest days, the modern banking system has been built on the assumption that people want both money in their pocket and a chequebook in their hand. Billions of dollars have been invested to help banks address those two fundamental desires. But now, under a phenomenon Robert H Spicer II, executive vice president and CIO for Chevy Chase Bank, calls "the digitization of money", all that is changing - quickly - and banks around the world are scrambling to keep up with a new reality.
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    Whose Business is Process Improvement Anyway? 11 December, 2006 11:20:46

    In the 1990s, Michael Hammer and James Champy's blockbuster book, Reengineering the Corporation, set off a tidal wave of business process improvement initiatives throughout the corporate world.
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    As You Like It 08 June, 2005 15:38:29

    Consistency is not the hobgoblin of little minds; it is the essence of the multi-channel customer interface
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    Where's the Beef? 08 June, 2004 11:43:17

    The first step to determining and measuring value is to create categories for your company's business goals and then prioritize your IT initiatives within them
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    Timing is Everything 08 October, 2003 10:49:28

    Bleeding, leading and trailing edge technologies all have a part to play in the modern enterprise. But how does a CIO pick the right time to invest? The key to mastering innovation, say local experts, is to never fly too high without a safety net.
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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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