Stories about: OfficeMax

The criminal network identified in the US Justice Department indictments this week as having stole tens of millions of credit card numbers used people with skills in technology, finance and black markets -- some whom were notably polite, attentive and productive.

Eleven people have been charged or indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recent U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

One of the potentially hottest items in the software aisle of US electronics retailers this Christmas season is, if you ask Santa's load-bearing reindeer, just an empty box.

Randy G. Burdick, executive vice president and CIO at OfficeMax, reports to the CEO, and he says pleasing the boss is simple in concept. "He is pleased by the business doing better," Burdick explains.

No one can afford to lock down everything and comply with the letter and spirit of every regulation. So concentrate resources where liability is highest.

In a bid to woo small businesses, Microsoft announced Monday a US$100 discount and one year of free support for customers who purchase its Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 software.

Unlike BI – the rear view of business which analysts love, business activity monitoring – BAM to the acronym-philes – gives you the upfront action on whatever part of the business you nominate, live on a PC near you. And the action is attracting not only pure-play vendors, but also BI, apps integration and the heavy hitters too. Leon Erlanger canvasses some early adopters who say, "start small"

OfficeMax had a visibility problem. "Two years ago we started a major third-party drop-ship program that caused us to lose some visibility of the orders after they left our network," says Brian Walmsley, divisional vice president of EAI technology at OfficeMax.

SAP AG has unveiled an enhanced version of its retail software that it says will boost forecasting accuracy and offer customers more flexibility when planning store shipments.

Privacy groups on Wednesday will push federal regulators to look into claims that Microsoft Corp.'s data collection methods tied to its Passport and XP efforts amount to "unfair and deceptive" trade practices.

Microsoft Corp. last week offered another small concession to critics of its upcoming products, this time altering plans for its Passport authentication service.