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Ticked Off at Tick the Box Mentality 04/02/2008 13:01:15
Does your executive search firm know the difference between an MIS manager and a CIO, and if it does, can it explain that difference to its corporate clients?Does your executive search firm know its MIS managers from its elbow? Does it even know the difference between an MIS manager and a CIO, and if it does, can it explain that difference to its corporate clients? - +
Strategies for Dealing With IT Complexity 24/12/2007 10:30:47
Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business.Every innovation, every business process improvement, comes with an IT complexity tax that must be paid by CIOs in time, money and sweat. Here are strategies to mitigate the increasing complexity of IT as it enables new business.
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NATO is one of the high profile organisations using Drupal. Other well known companies include Mozilla's Firefox, Yahoo and Skype. How exactly does NATO use Drupal?
The NATO work is using Drupal as a platform to support peace and stabilisation efforts throughout the world. They deploy Drupal sites in unstable environments to provide the local community with communication and collaboration capacity. I believe this work is driven by the Space and Naval Warfare division of the US Department of Defence.
One criticism people have of Drupal is that it is slightly more difficult to install than some simple CMS programs or basic blogging tools such as word press. Will Drupal 6.0 include features to make installation easier?
For users, Drupal 6 will come with many usability improvements. The most notable ones will be an improved installer and further AJAX-ification and AHAH-ification of the administration pages.
For designers, Drupal 6 will be a lot easier to theme for. This will hopefully lead to an increase of great Drupal themes.
What are some other additions we can expect to see in Drupal 6.0?
We added OpenID client support, which eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different Web sites. OpenID is still emerging technology, but it will soon start to simplify your online experience.
Drupal 6 comes with many performance improvements compared to Drupal 5. It is rumoured to be 30 per cent faster than Drupal 5, but we still have to check that once the final Drupal 6 version is released.
We also added a module update notification system; Drupal 6 will automatically check for available updates and warn site administrators if they are missing security updates or newer versions.
Drupal 6 also comes with many big localisation (l10n) and internationalisation (i18n) improvements. According to the CIA's fact book, only 4.84 per cent of all the people in the world have English as one of their native languages. While it is believed that one out of every five people on earth knows some English (but not necessarily much), more than 95 per cent of the people in the world, English is not the main tool for communication, nor is English part of their cultural identity. So with Drupal 6's improved l10n and i18n features, we can really start to reach out to many more people in the world.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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