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Making Storage Easier for Non-IT Execs to Understand 01 December, 2008 14:15:00
With increasing amounts of incoming data threatening to overwhelm firms, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida wants to make the economics of storage easier for non-IT executives to understand.With increasing amounts of incoming data threatening to overwhelm firms, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida wants to make the economics of storage easier for non-IT executives to understand. - +
Man Behind MasterCard's 100-Terabyte Data Warehouse 22 July, 2008 08:37:42
MasterCard's head of global technology, Rob Reeg, talks about his new job, MasterCard's massive data warehouse, just how fast credit-card transactions really fly and his personal experience with credit-card fraud.Rob Reeg took over as president of MasterCard's Global Technology and Operations in May 2008, the de facto chief of IT at the US$4 billion credit-card and electronic payment provider. - +
Marriott Takes Disaster Recovery, Virtualization Underground 14 July, 2008 11:09:36
Marriott's disaster recovery center is 220 feet underground in a limestone mineHurricane Katrina and the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center caused scores of companies to reconsider their disaster recovery and business continuity plans, whether they were affected by those catastrophic events or not. - +
PDF Key to Digital Preservation — But Not Alone 29 May, 2008 12:01:34
UK organization says agencies must combine PDF/A with a comprehensive records management program and formally established records policiesUK organization says agencies must combine PDF/A with a comprehensive records management program and formally established records policies - +
One Company, One Vision, One Truth 07 March, 2008 12:10:55
As Nationwide grew, its data became siloed and scattered, making it increasingly difficult for the company to get an accurate picture of its finances. Here’s how it brought all that data into focusIn a span of three short years, between 2000 and 2002, Nationwide Insurance got a new CEO, CIO and CFO. Jerry Jurgensen, elected by Nationwide's board in 2000 to replace the retiring CEO, was hired for his financial acumen and his ability to transform a business's culture - +
Dirty Data No More: Five Tips for Data Governance 15 January, 2008 12:22:19
Making sure your data gets and stays clean requires the right approach to data governance.Making sure your data gets and stays clean requires the right approach to data governance. - +
Tasmanian Council Pins Hopes on Document Management 12 July, 2007 10:51:00
Tasmanian council pins hopes on document managementCircular Head Council, based in the isolated region of far northwest Tasmania, is hoping a new document management system will provide at least part of the answer to its prayers for better retention of staff - +
Suit Up Your Storage Network With Business Sense 19 June, 2007 13:57:13
Although difficult to put a dollar value on, isolating critical tier-1 data from the crowd of less sensitive data is the first step in establishing a more business-conscious storage environment — likely the most desirable aspect of employing a tiered storage strategy in the enterpriseNo longer capable of remaining on the sidelines as a separate administrative domain, today's networked storage must be managed with a deeper awareness of business objectives. - +
Storage Resource Management Gets Ignored 09 May, 2007 12:17:16
Without SRM in place — and with no ability to reclaim large volumes of wasted space — capacity management can be a more arduous task. For example, storage allocation can be easily misaligned, affecting resource utilizationMany enterprise customers are dragging their feet on adopting and implementing storage resource management (SRM) offerings, leaving their IT environments in danger of data overruns, capacity planning woes and poor storage strategy execution, according to a study by Forrester Research. - +
Adding Server Capacity As You Grow 11 April, 2007 09:50:03
Companies offering these services are using virtualization software to better assess pricing at a very granular level, even down to the actual CPUs used on a particular server. So rather than paying for the possible use of hundreds of servers, users know exactly how many CPUs they are being charged for.The PGA Tour would have needed a significant personnel and capacity boost for its data centre, including servers, storage, power and heating and cooling, to handle the eventual spikes in usage during each tournament at a cost that would have negated any potential revenue. On-demand computing provided the answer. - +
Data Centre Land Grab: Get Ready for the Rush 03 April, 2007 12:02:13
Two factors are primarily responsible: an onslaught of compliance mandates that require better handling and storage of data and a swell in government pressure to make data centres more energy efficient.Call it the Data Centre Land Grab of 2007. Big-name companies like Microsoft, Google and HSBC have already ponied up hundreds of millions of dollars this year to stake their claim to acres of land across the country, their first step toward building state-of-the-art, next-generation data centres.
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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. - +
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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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CBS website bitten by iFrame hack 02 December, 2008 07:30:00
Russian malware distributors have launched another iFrame attack on a sub-domain of the cbs.com site.TV network CBS has become the latest big name to have it website used to host malware, a security company has reported. - +
Excerpt: Counterterrorism Strategies for Corporations 27 November, 2008 12:36:00
Mike Ackerman calls terrorism "the skunk at the globalization lawn party." His new book lays out 10 principles for how businesses can prepare and respond.Mike Ackerman calls terrorism "the skunk at the globalization lawn party." His new book lays out 10 principles for how businesses can prepare and respond. - +
The 10 Ackerman Principles of Counterterrorism 27 November, 2008 12:43:00
Consultant and author Mike Ackerman's 10 counterterrorism principles for business.Consultant and author Mike Ackerman's 10 counterterrorism principles for business. - +
Survey: Despite Risks, Employees Still Holiday Shop at Work 27 November, 2008 10:02:00
As Cyber Monday approaches, research suggests a majority of workers will use their work computer to shop this holiday season. But despite the continued growth in online shopping, employees and business still don't understand the riskAs Cyber Monday approaches, research suggests a majority of workers will use their work computer to shop this holiday season. But despite the continued growth in online shopping, employees and business still don't understand the risk. - +
Why Cybercrime is Thriving 27 November, 2008 11:52:00
A new Symantec report reveals just how large and sophisticated the online underground economy has grownA new Symantec report reveals just how large and sophisticated the online underground economy has grown.
FrontRange Solutions launches HEAT Plus Mobile to reduce help desk costs and improve service management productivity 02 December, 2008 15:15:00
AARNet Helps to Advance Indigenous Health 02 December, 2008 12:44:00
Orbis selects Telstra International as its data centre partner for the UK, Europe and Middle East Region 02 December, 2008 11:23:00
ComOps Deploys Corporate Performance Reporting Solution For Healthcare Test Manufacturer 02 December, 2008 10:09:00
Mornington Peninsula Shire implements Objective to manage knowledge and deliver service excellence 02 December, 2008 09:56:00
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