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5 Technologies That Can Save You Money 08 March, 2002 10:30:00
Believe it or not, now's the time to spend. Here's how you can use technology to do more with what you already have. - +
Dire States 08 August, 2003 11:46:13
State budgets in the US are being hit harder than ever before, and state CIOs are having to slash and burn while maintaining high service levels. How do they do it? - +
Extreme ERP Makeover 09 December, 2003 11:43:45
For a company to undertake a single-instance project, there has to be a compelling reason. The CIOs interviewed for this story named three: financial reporting, cost control and competitive advantage.The grand ERP vision of one application and one database for everything your company does may finally be achievable. But does that mean you should rip out all your systems and replace them with a single instance? Here's how to decide - +
Front and Centre Shoulder to Shoulder Back to Back 09 December, 2002 11:28:17
"The medium to big end of town is not as enamoured of technology of itself as it has been in the past. It is pausing for breath."With these words Bob Hayward, senior vice president for Gartner in the Asia Pacific, set the tone for the firm's annual Symposium/ITxpo held in Sydney in mid-November. The message would have been no great shock to the 1400 delegates who had gathered to hear the regional and international analyst line-up. - +
Inside Outsourcing In India 14 July, 2003 11:55:38
Despite its popularity, successful outsourcing to India is still difficult. While the market has matured, telecommunications have improved and English fluency in India has flourished, challenges still remain.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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Socket and see 01 June, 2005 12:16:19
When a newly named IT methodology emerges, two, three or more definitions attach themselves to it but it looks like utility computing is finding its direction. Michael Crawford and Oliver Rist report - +
A new sheriff in town: outbound data monitoring 06 September, 2006 13:31:25
It's 11:32 on a Tuesday morning: Do you know where your data is? - +
Ready, set ... CIOs prepare to spend when the economy improves 28 July, 2003 09:42:34
Even in the economic doldrums, CIOs are planning for better days. "We know we can't do it now, but we can plan now so when things get better we're ready to go," says Tony Romero, CIO at Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America. "If you wait for things to get better, it can take you a year to plan, and you've wasted a year." - +
Blade server shootout: Dell vs. HP vs. Sun 13 February, 2007 09:07:59
The new crop of blade servers is a giant step up from the previous generationDawn broke over Diamondhead on Oahu as I shrugged off my jetlag and drove to the Advanced Network Computing Lab at the University of Hawaii. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, but there was to be no lying on the beach today. By the time 6 p.m. rolled around, Brian Chee and I had uncrated half a dozen huge shipping containers; eaten more than our share of sushi; installed three out of four blade chassis; broken four drill bits, one window pane, and a coffee press; and Brian's eyebrow had finally stopped bleeding from a brief but violent altercation with the business end of L6-20 plug. - +
12 quick IT productivity wins 02 March, 2007 16:14:47
Quick tips to boost your productivityStop us if this story sounds familiar. You've been asked to a) keep your infrastructure humming and b) come up with innovative ways to use technology to boost the bottom line. Meanwhile, your resources are stretched tighter than a US$2 string on a banjo and you spend so much time putting out fires you should be wearing a helmet and carrying a hose.
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Forced to farewell the days of big projects, big bucks and big IT shops, IT managers may be feeling somewhat naked without the cushioning comfort of a mammoth CRM or ERP implementation (and what the hell were those ERP projects anyway?).
Despite feeling a little left out in the cold, IT managers must stride boldly ahead into the uncertain world of squeezed budgets and shrinking CFO support.
That's right, go ahead and start hollering IT's new mantra: Doing More with Less, or simply let 'em know you're going to give 'em more bang for their bucks.
Yep, throw down that shield of technology hype that's protected you from the ROI monster for so long and respond to the boardroom battle cry of: "get a return on IT expenditure".
Let 'em call you neurotic for becoming a bandwidth miser or ISP scrooge, but hey, every cent counts if you're going to make it across this new frontier, baby.
Instead of yearning for the good old days (of just a couple of years ago), it's time to check out some technologies that can actually save cash.
In all honesty, most companies manage bandwidth pretty badly, but there is software out there to handle congestion and prioritise data.
The attraction of bandwidth management is that it lets organisations defer expensive infrastructure changes.
Next on the list is an area that is ripe for big savings: smarter desktop management. This means no new purchases: standardising desktops can knock up to 10 per cent off IT budgets. And don't forget the desktop products that can manage the lifecycle of a computer.
Thirdly, pinch pennies with network policies. Ignore the remarks of "despot", as you march past users and set up rules that dictate which users, departments or applications deserve network priority at which times of the day. The software sets up the network to behave in accordance with the policies and alerts IT shops to unexpected spikes in usage.
Once that is in hand, get stingy with storage. Wasting storage space is a pretty widespread practice, and don't forget to play scrooge with your ISPs and any other suppliers you may have, including vendors; maybe it's time to renegotiate that contract you signed back in the heady days of Y2K.
There is an orgy of justification going on out there. IT managers have to explain every dollar spent so, stripped of big-project protection, show 'em your wares!
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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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Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites 15 May, 2008 08:10:59
Plants SQL injection attack tool on bots, hacks business, education sitesA botnet is now using a SQL-injection attack tool designed to hack legitimate Web sites, a move meant to add more hijacked PCs to its collection, according to a security researcher. - +
Which IT security skills are most important? 14 May, 2008 09:21:43
There are two types of security skills that might be needed in a company: tactical security operations and strategic risk management.I often hear from IT executives that it is hard to recruit and retain "good security people." Many lament the shortage of skills in this area and cannot reconcile the skills offered with the positions that need to be filled. Is there really a shortage of good security people? Or just a mismatch in the skills and the jobs? - +
Icy encryption tool protects laptops from "cold boot" attack, vendor says 14 May, 2008 08:36:43
Vulnerable encryption keys erased by HyBlue's IceLockThe vendor HyBlue says it can prevent the "cold boot" encryption hack discovered by Princeton researchers with a laptop security product announced Tuesday. - +
Great Wall of Australia: Industry cops sanitised Internet 14 May, 2008 16:45:04
Content filtering gets budget go-aheadCommunications Minister Stephen Conroy has pushed ahead with the controversial [[artid:420013177|national content filtering scheme|ISP filtering]] with a $125.8 million budget allocation announced today. - +
Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers 15 May, 2008 07:07:51
A hacker has written rootkit software that works on Cisco's routers.A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
Quantum announces General Availability of Industry's First Solution Designed to Match De-Duplication Functionality to Specific B 16 May, 2008 10:44:00
Hansen Technologies Extends Contract With Tokyo Electric Power Company 16 May, 2008 09:44:00
More Than 140 Higher Education Institutions Worldwide Use RightNow on Demand CRM 15 May, 2008 18:06:00
DST International Names Rob Gould as Director of Business Development and Strategy for Australia 15 May, 2008 15:40:00
WatchGuard Issues 45 Day IT Network Security Reminder for Achieving PCI DSS Compliance 15 May, 2008 11:33:00
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