Wednesday | 8 October, 2008
Stories by: Eric Berkman
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How to Staff Up for Security 06 September, 2002 10:30:00
Last year, David Saul, executive vice president and CIO of commercial insurer Zurich North America, pulled a dozen IT staffers away from their daily tasks to combat a virus that was attacking the company's firewalls. They did a good job limiting the damage, but it took two days - two days in which other work did not get done. Next time, Saul hopes to be ready to respond before a threat surfaces. "We want to be in a safety zone that doesn't require that kind of immediate mobilisation," he says. - +
How to Practise Safe b2b 08 July, 2002 12:00:00
IT and security leaders spell out their security requirements for their online partners and explain how they make sure their partners comply. - +
How to Use the Balanced Scorecard 11 June, 2002 11:30:00
You can't tell when you're winning if you don't keep score. The Balanced Scorecard helps track your hits and misses. - +
Enterprise Value Awards - Enterprise Rent-A-Car 05 February, 2002 12:00:00
Enterprise Rent-A-Car's decision to enable insurance companies to book, extend and pay for replacement rentals online has helped it gain command over the market for auto rental replacements. The company has streamlined a once-cumbersome process, making it cheaper and easier for its insurance customers to serve their policyholders, and driving more of their business to Enterprise. - +
Next Stop: Centralisation 12 November, 2001 10:05:00
It was in, it was out, and now it's back and better than before. Is it time for your company to get on board? - +
When Bad Things Happen to Good Ideas 11 May, 2001 09:21:55
Knowledge management is a solid concept that fell in with the wrong company. - +
Stamps Of Approval 09 March, 2001 11:35:45
Security is the biggest concern for anyone engaged in e-business, no doubt about it. However, it's no longer a matter of whether companies have security--if they don't, they won't be in business long--but just how effective that security is. - +
Heartbreak Hotels 02 February, 2001 13:34:19
Alignment doesn't come easy, especially in an industry built on human contact. In this story: Realise the unique alignment challenges facing the hospitality industry Learn what is being done to better align hospitality IT and business objectives Determine how far the industry still has to go to get IT and business in sync - +
Why We're Still Talking About Alignment 24 January, 2001 13:12:46
The stormy relationship between business and IT has been a hot topic for decades. But while the gap is closing, it's still there, and still wreaking havoc. And that's . . . - +
Shark Repellent 17 November, 2000 11:24:57
How CIOs can help keep their companies out of court and the lawyers at bay. - +
Don't Lose Your Mind Share 13 October, 2000 10:47:14
Hill & Knowlton tackles knowledge sharing across global and corporate lines.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Google blacklists ATUG Web site 07 October, 2008 12:46:00
ATUG unaware of breach, Google unwilling to discuss detailsHackers may have hit the Australian Telecommunications User Group (ATUG) Web site, according to Google which has placed security threat warnings across all pages displayed in searches. - +
10 steps to loading dock security 07 October, 2008 11:30:00
Companies in all industries struggle to secure the loading dock, that sensitive spot where goods come in and go out. Follow these best practices and sleep better tonight.It's the stuff of CSO nightmares. Early on the morning of September 2, while most folks were home sleeping off the hot dogs, thieves used bolt cutters to break into an Alltel Communications warehouse and four of its loading docks in Fort Smith, Ark. Sources say they escaped with an estimated US$10 million worth of cell phones, not a bad haul for their Labor Day efforts. - +
Can security's human side stop data breaches? 07 October, 2008 14:29:00
As human error increasingly becomes the top reason for security breaches, behavior-based strategies are making their way into the workplace to supplement technologyShira Rubinoff was a practicing psychologist in 2004. When it came to technology, her experience was simply as a tech user, certainly not a tech guru. Then one day she was phished. - +
Corporate security and the climate crisis 03 October, 2008 11:21:00
How to adapt security and risk management policies - including IT security - to deal with climate change.US military strategists, CIA analysts, international agency officials and Nobel Prize winning economists concur with the consensus of the world's scientific community: the Climate Crisis is a planetary security issue, as well as a national security issue for each of the one hundred ninety two countries that belong to the United Nations. But the Climate Crisis is also, by extension, a corporate security issue, as well as, yes, a cyber security issue. - +
Companies own up to virtual security blind spot 02 October, 2008 11:05:00
VMWorld attendees reveal vast majority of companies have little or no security in place for their virtual systems.The vast majority of companies have little or no security in place for their virtual systems. That is a scary statistic revealed in a survey of attendees at the recent VMWorld 2008 conference in Las Vegas.
VeCommerce Launches Top Ten List of Personal Security Breaches In Lead Up to National ID Fraud Awareness Week 07 October, 2008 15:10:00
Multimedia Technology signs exclusive National distribution agreement with Freecom 07 October, 2008 14:30:00
Open Text: Upheaval in the Financial Markets Sharpens the Focus on Information Governance and Enterprise 07 October, 2008 13:19:00
Symantec State of Spam Report - October 2008 07 October, 2008 11:58:00
AIIA to Reward Sustainability and Green IT Champions at the 2009 iAwards 07 October, 2008 11:56:00
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