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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? - +
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 - +
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. - +
9 Paths to Higher Performance 10/12/2007 14:09:23
When an organization brings together talented people in a creative, collaborative environment it fosters a culture of high performance, which in turn leads to superior business resultsLike high-achieving individuals, some organizations seem to have the Midas touch. Virtually every initiative they touch earns them gold and even those that fail never seem to cost them much of anything at all - +
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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The mandate for Payment Card Industry (PCI) security compliance got attention this week from Akamai and IBM, as each promised new services oriented toward helping companies through the PCI audit process.
Akamai said that at the beginning of the first quarter next year, it will make available online reports of Web scans that Akamai must periodically carry out to stay in compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) after undergoing a PCI audit by the Verizon Business Cybertrust unit, a certified security assessor for PCI.
Pedro Santos, senior product marketing manager at Akamai, said making the periodic Akamai PCI-related reports available will assist companies handling credit cards that are now being asked by banks and the card associations, such as Visa and MasterCard, to use PCI-compliant service providers.
"We'll provide the results of the scans through a Web interface," said Santos, adding the PCI reports service, which will be made available under Akamai's Dynamic Site Acceleration offering, has not been priced.
IBM also is seeking to draw attention to its role as both a QSA and a certified PCI scanning service. Today, IBM said it is organizing its professional services to support a five-phase program for preparing enterprises to undergo a PCI audit successfully.
"This is mainly oriented toward the small- and mid-sized customers getting into the PCI audit process," said Kris Lovejoy, director of governance and risk management at IBM.
IBM's five-phase program looks at the area of assessment, to determine where remediation might be required; design, for establishing security strategy and policies; deployment, for product deployment; management, in which IBM would offer security monitoring and management software, as well as staff and emergency response and forensics analysis; and education, which involves product courses, training and awareness for customers regarding PCI compliance over the long term.
Lovejoy, who said IBM itself hasn't gone through a PCI audit, would be recommending both IBM products and other vendor products when appropriate.
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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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