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TCO versus ROI 18 April, 2008 12:34:52
Whether return on investment drives more technology decisions than total cost of ownership shows how your company views ITWhether return on investment drives more technology decisions than total cost of ownership shows how your company views IT - +
Facing the Heat 06 August, 2007 13:26:55
Chances are that a good portion of an organization’s environmental footprint, however small it may be, comes from ITAs a matter of personal belief, any CIO is free to count themselves among the tiny and diminishing band of troglodytes that would continue to deny the reality of human-induced climate change until the polar ice caps disappeared and the landscape was reduced to dust. - +
Sweet Charity 12 June, 2007 13:05:00
Charities can be potent mixes of passion, politics and penury. For CIOs working in the sector it can make for a challenging environmentA fifth of America's smallest not for profit outfits spend not a brass razoo on information technology. Most not for profits say they are starved of IT support. IT staff at these organizations are paid less than their peers in corporations and governments. - +
7 Things the CIO Should Know About Telecommuting 05 June, 2007 10:51:18
IT workers who telecommute share advice for their bosses about the process, technology, and attitudes necessary for staff to be productive when they work from homeTelecommuting provides employees with the flexibility and quiet they need to optimize their productivity. Plus, it offers employers opportunities to save money and recruit workers from a more geographically diverse — and potentially cheaper — talent pool - +
Out of Pocket: Financial Questions for Telecommuters and Managers 05 June, 2007 10:58:07
Who pays for the printer paper, toner cartridges and ISP service?Sure, telecommuting can save the company money. But it has unique expenses of its own. Before you and your employee agree on a telecommuting plan, be sure to answer the following questions about what the company will pay for - +
Canadian Province Sweeps Out Toxic E-waste 03 May, 2007 09:36:41
It's shameful how little innovation and concern the electronics industry continues to demonstrate for the long-term consequences of their products in light of their abilities to innovate front-end gadgetry to encourage sales.One Canadian province recently became a showcase of industry's efforts toward embracing its responsibility to clean up the environment. - +
Green Technology Group Launched for UK IT Managers 02 May, 2007 11:31:45
The industry-led group aims to demonstrate how working practices can be changed and efficiency of equipment improved using existing technology to reduce energy use and CO2 emissionsA new organization to help IT directors and managers reduce the environmental impact of their IT infrastructure has been launched in London. - +
Why Environmental Groups Are Wrong about E-waste 23 April, 2007 11:24:16
Unlike other commonly recycled products, such as cans and paper, the processes for recycling electronics are monstrously time-consuming, labour-intensive and wasteful.Environmental groups like the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, among others, have been in the news lately, chiding gadget makers in general and Apple in particular for bad environmental policies. They're bringing attention to the growing mountains of toxic PCs, mobile phones, iPods and other electronics in landfills and pushing governments for "green" regulation. - +
PC Vendors Seek Profits In Recycling 23 April, 2007 10:43:27
Most large enterprise companies have strict rules for IT procurement and deployment, but only vague guidelines for hardware retirement and disposal.Technology vendors have long used Earth Day as an excuse to polish their environmental records every April, but in 2007 many companies are finding they can generate revenue through the practice. - +
E-waste Not 23 April, 2007 15:01:29
Can you imagine being compelled to upgrade to a new car every five years and then having to either give the old one away or pay someone to take it because its net value was effectively zero and it required special handling to recycle? That's the situation CIOs are in with hardware.Unless you've been summering in Antarctica, in which case you experienced the phenomenon firsthand, you've seen the news coverage indicating that global warming is now considered a serious issue. - +
The Liquid Data Centre 23 April, 2007 14:52:04
Energy costs are spiralling upward. Many data centre managers don't see that today, because their power use isn't metered separately and isn't part of the IT budget. As costs rise that's likely to change, forcing IT to retrofit data centres to the new reality.Liquid cooling is coming to your data centre. It's not a matter of whether you want it or not. A migration from air to direct liquid cooling is simply the only option that can address surging data centre energy costs and allow the power densities of servers to continue to increase into the next decade. It will be too expensive not to adopt it. And it's coming sooner than you might think.
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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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Best Western forced to play defense on data breach disclosure 29 August, 2008 08:08:00
Could hotel chain have done a better job of defusing story about system intrusion?The headline in this week's Glasgow Sunday Herald -- "Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist" -- was a grabber. - +
US Terror threat system crippled by technical flaws 28 August, 2008 09:53:00
US Congress charges that US$500m project to prevent another 9/11 is a complete failure.A US House subcommittee is charging that a US$500 million IT project intended to "connect the dots" on terrorists and help prevent another 9/11 is a failure; it can't even handle basic Boolean search terms, such as "and, or and not." - +
Malware infects space station laptops 28 August, 2008 08:15:00
Not the first time, says NASA; astronauts load up Norton AntiVirusMalware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station, NASA confirmed yesterday. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit. - +
Separation of duties and IT security 28 August, 2008 09:40:00
Muddied responsibilities create unwanted risk. Kevin Coleman says auditors may start labeling poorly defined IT duties as a material deficiency.Separation of duties is a key concept of internal controls and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly one to achieve. This objective is achieved by disseminating the tasks and associated privileges for a specific security process among multiple people. - +
How to recruit and retain the best young security employees 27 August, 2008 08:32:00
Today's youngest generation of workers, known as Generation Y, have different career goals than their parents did. What do you need to know to get them to work for you?The final installment in a series of articles about generational differences and security. Part one looked at managing workers in different age groups. Part two examined the types of security concerns that are most commonly associated with different generations in the general workforce. This article provides recruiting and retention advice for security employees.
Tumbleweed appoints O2 Networks to its Australian Channel Partner Program 29 August, 2008 12:31:00
HP ProCurve Brings Big Business Gigabit Switching Features to Small Businesses 29 August, 2008 12:00:00
GlobalConnect Provides Treatment for Healthcare Provider’s Contact Support Requirements 29 August, 2008 09:59:00
Sybase and Logica Partner To Mobilise The Supply Chain 29 August, 2008 09:47:00
New global landscape for qualitative researchers with Spanish and Chinese software releases 29 August, 2008 09:34:00
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