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Process Trip 04/02/2008 13:07:03
Why Maritz Travel revamped key business processes — and how business and IT came together to make it workWhen Rich Phillips became COO OF Maritz Travel about two and-a-half years ago, he sat down and took a hard look at the big industry picture - +
Hiring Manager: Emphasize Integrity, Attitude 14/12/2007 11:18:07
William Howell shares his hiring mistakes and his secrets for selecting the best job candidates, finding objective references and using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool.William Howell shares his hiring mistakes and his secrets for selecting the best job candidates, finding objective references and using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool. - +
Ticked Off at Tick the Box Mentality 04/02/2008 13:01:15
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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. - +
How to Get Real About Strategic Planning 04/02/2008 12:50:59
Everyone agrees that having a strategic plan for IT is a good thing but most CIOs approach the process with fear and loathing. In fact, the majority of CIOs (and the enterprises they work for) are faking it when it comes to strategic planning. Isn't it time we all got real?Oh, it must be nice to be the CIO of a FedEx or a GE or a Credit Suisse. Places where IT and the business are so tightly aligned you can barely tell the two apart. Where corporate leaders understand that IT is a strategic asset and support it as such
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Local enterprises are taking advantage of a low barrier to entry into content management with the open source Alfresco ECM system for a range of new projects - from records keeping to image hosting.
Alfresco integrates a number of open source components to produce a Java-based ECM system that can be used for document and Web content management, records management, and knowledge management.
Both Telstra-owned Sensis in Victoria and Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia have successfully trialled Alfresco and are now using it in production.
Sensis' program manager for its advertising production unit, Scott Williamson, needed a content system for many "artifacts and art pieces" to be referenced, searched, and retrieved by some 120 design staff.
"We looked at what we had, but everything was cost prohibitive so we looked at open source and some of the IT guys suggested Alfresco," Williamson said.
"We looked at Documentum, which is what we already had, and Oracle, but Alfresco seemed to manage it better."
With Alfresco's feature covering Sensis' requirements, a trial was done in August last year and by November it was in production.
Williamson, who has an IT background and now bridges IT and the business, said Sensis already uses some open source so that wasn't a concern when choosing Alfresco.
"I like the simplicity, speed of search, and the little maintenance that had to be done," he said. "We still have issues with it as the version we are using doesn't handle versioning very well, so we plan to upgrade."
The only integration work required was with the corporate LDAP directory.
"Our dumbed-down Web interface allows you to search and retrieve or store images by importing it with metadata," Williamson said. "It's well and truly underused, but other people are now using it for facets like document management."
Java sits in with Sensis' technology mix, and while Sensis is using the pay-for supported version, Williamson said it is not exorbitant.
"What we have spent is minimal and about 25 to 30 percent of what we would have if we had chosen Documentum," he said.
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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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Did you GET the memo? Getting you from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 Security
Enterprises have forged ahead with the rapid evolution from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 without addressing the inherent security risks. It is imperative for organisations to continue to embrace new technologies to survive, but security must shift from being an after thought to a primary consideration. Read on to find out more.
