Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Phone System Providers Chart 2010

Quickly see differences between brands like Avaya, Mitel, Cisco, ShoreTel, 8×8, Panasonic, etc. and compare over 94 phone systems by 52 brands for small to big business. The latest Spring 2010 edition of the chart also compares PBX and Business VoIP systems side by side so you can make an educated comparison of your options. This analysis is prepared in an easy to use Excel spreadsheet so you can edit and add information to suit your analysis and presentation needs.

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IT Policy Compliance for Dummies

In this eBook you will discover:
  • What IT policy compliance is all about
  • How laws and regulations govern compliance
  • Ten best practices
  • How automation can ease compliance and save money

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Justifying IT Security: Managing Risk & Keeping Your Network Secure

This white paper discusses the management of Risk and how Vulnerability Management is one of the few counter-measures easily justified by its ability to optimize risk.

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Self-Service: Putting Customers First Makes You a Winner

Enterprises are looking for ways to cut costs. Self-service applications are a proven method for achieving this essential corporate goal. A well executed self-service strategy that prioritizes customer needs can enhance the customer experience and speed problem resolution and order placement while reducing costs.

In this White Paper, you will learn:

  • Business and Call Center Trends Driving Automation
  • Finding the Right Balance between Self-Service and Live Agent Support
  • The Benefits of Self-Service
  • Determining What to Automate via Self-Service

Written by: DMG Consulting LLC
Sponsored by: Microsoft Dynamics CRM

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Service Benchmarking and Measurement: Using Metrics to Drive Customer Satisfaction and Profits

The ability to measure, monitor, assess, and track KPIs is critical to any organization’s ability to manage its service operations. Some may use only the most basic, or standard, service KPIs, while others have developed more sophisticated metrics to hone in on the most critical areas reflecting service performance.

This report is outlined in the following 3 Chapters:

  • Chapter One: Benchmarking the Best-in-Class
  • Chapter Two: Benchmarking Requirements for Success
  • Chapter Three: Required Actions

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Toad for Data Analysts Receives Top Marks from the University of Alaska

The University of Alaska based in Fairbanks, Alaska, depended on Oracle Query Builder 6i Runtime for daily management reporting against an Oracle 8 database environment. They ran into problems when Oracle stopped supporting both Oracle 8 and Query Builder 6i Runtime.

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Keeping Up with the Demand for Data: Querying, Viewing and Validating Data Faster

Today’s volatile business world means more change than ever—especially to the data that drives organizations. Professionals who work with data are under pressure to access and verify its accuracy as quickly as possible.

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The Value of Good Database Development Software: Expert Evaluation of SQL Developer and Toad Development Suite

John is the President and CEO of Excellent Management Systems, Inc., who has more than 15 years of experience in business intelligence and data warehousing, he consults for Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Silicon Graphics, eBay and Sun Microsystems.

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Are your Querying tools right for you?

Here is a breakout of what’s included in this informative video:
  • Who are the users?
  • What are the painpoints?
  • How you can benefit from using the right tool.

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StrategicRISK

StrategicRISK is an indispensable business tool for their rapidly expanding community of risk managers and senior decision makers across Europe, keeping them ahead of the latest developments in the risk management industry.

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Engaged Investor

Engaged Investor is dedicated to helping occupational pension fund trustees carry out their role as guardians of retirement benefits. Accredited by the Plain English campaign for its dedication to jargon-free training and education, everything they do is designed to inform inexperienced trustees and act as handy refreshers for more experienced trustees.

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Insurance Times

Their editorial team work closely with leading industry professionals across the insurance, brokerage, intermediary and Lloyd’s market to provide ground breaking analysis and research on the latest technology, claims, regulation, reinsurance and product information to date, with further exclusive data published every quarter on the property, motor and claims sectors in the Times Supplements.

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Global Reinsurance

Whether written by their own journalists or experts from the industry, the focus of content is consistent – as they aim to provide qualified information to support better decision-making. Content is concentrated on the top level global risks, with the main sectors covered including property, casualty, marine, aviation, energy, life, terrorism and insurance-linked securities. With regular coverage of the most established reinsurance markets in Western Europe, London, the US and Bermuda and emerging markets in Eastern Europe, China, India, South America and the Middle East, Global Reinsurance is global in perspective and distribution.

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Alineamiento Estratgico

Descargue este documento gratuito hoy y aprenda cómo las soluciones de gestión empresarial (EPM)de hoy proporcionan una planificación sólida, y modelaje de aplicaciones que pueden apoyar las funciones de presupuestación, planificación, previsiónes, modelos predictivos, y la planificación de negocio integrada en todas las funciones de la empresa. Un sistema integrado de EPM puede eliminar la dependencia de una organización en hojas de cálculo para su proceso de planificación y previsiónes, ofrecer más control y confianza en el proceso, mejorar las previsiónes del negocio y la calidad de la orientación proporcionada a los interesados internos y externos.

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Excelencia en la gestin de conduccin, paso a paso

Los procesos de gestión requieren flexibilidad, ya que abordan incertidumbres y los procesos pueden dar una serie de resultados diferentes. Utilizando una “estrategia marco para el éxito” como su guía, su empresa puede establecer los procesos de mejores prácticas que conducen a la excelencia de gestión.

Empresas que implementan el “marco para el exito” aplican un enfoque sistemático para las actividades de gestión y aumentan la eficacia gerencial y operativa. Tambien obtienen una mejor comprensión del impacto de las decisiones empresariales y se encaminan al éxito a largo plazo.

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Hosted or Premise VoIP PBX? Free Guide on Making the Right Choice + no obligation quotes from reputable vendors

InsideUp’s free Hosted vs. Premise PBX guide will:
  1. List the pros and cons of both solutions.
  2. Offer insights on how to choose the right solution.
  3. Compare features of hosted and on premise systems.
  4. Give you an overview of top premise and hosted VoIP vendors.

Plus, you get instantly matched with qualified hosted and/or premise VoIP vendors to receive custom, no obligation quotes.

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Electronic Design

Readers are kept abreast of the rapid advances in technology and their applications at the chip, board and systems levels.

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Electronic Design Europe

Electronic Design Europe provides leading edge technical information to electronic engineers and engineering managers in the European community – individuals responsible for design and development of electronic original equipment manufactures’ products and systems. Electronic Design Europe keeps readers abreast of rapid technological advances & their applications at the chip board, & systems levels, tackles issues specific to the European marketplace.

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When Good HTML Goes Bad: How You Can Protect Your Web Applications

The slick interfaces and high interactivity of modern web sites rely on a handful of technologies built into browsers. The combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript provides these rich user experiences and desktop-like applications. Yet these powerful capabilities can also be compromised to steal data and make money for criminals and vandals.

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The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities

New network vulnerabilities appear constantly and the ability for IT security professionals to handle new flaws, fix misconfigurations and protect against threats requires constant attention. However, with shrinking budgets and growing responsibilities, time and resources are at constrained. Therefore, sifting through pages of raw vulnerability information yields few results and makes it impossible to accurately measure your security posture.

This paper cuts through the data overload generated by some vulnerability detection solutions and introduces The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities.

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12 Key Points to Consider When Selecting a Network Scanning Solution

Choosing a reliable and cost-effective solution for Vulnerability Management (VM) is a critical step toward protecting your organization’s network and data. Without proven, automated technology for precise detection and remediation, no network can withstand the daily onslaught of new vulnerabilities that threaten security.

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Web Application Security How to Minimize Prevalent Risk of Attacks

Stories about exploits that compromise sensitive data frequently mention culprits such as “cross-site scripting,” “SQL injection,” and “buffer overflow.” Vulnerabilities like these fall often outside the traditional expertise of network security managers.

To help you understand how to minimize these risks, Qualys provides this guide as a primer to web application security. The guide covers:

  • typical web application vulnerabilities
  • comparison of options for web application vulnerability detection
  • QualysGuard Web Application Scanning solution

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Building a Web Application Security Program

Current web applications exist in an environment markedly different from the early days of businesses entering the Internet. They have become essential tools interconnecting organizations in ways never anticipated when the first web browsers were designed. These changes have occurred so rapidly that, in many ways, we’ve failed to adapt operational processes to meet current needs. This is particularly apparent with web application security, where although most organizations have some security controls in place, few organizations have comprehensive web application security programs.

Author: Rich Mogul (Securosis, LLC)

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Avoiding 7 Common Mistakes of IT Security Compliance

Currently, there is no single standard framework that explicitly defines what your organization must do for compliance. A big challenge for IT security professionals is navigating this ambiguity and achieving the organization’s compliance goals effectively and on budget.

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McGraw-Hill Construction Regional Publications

Every issue includes unique local construction content, detailed descriptions on the processes used to build the project, the people involved, the challenges faced and the solutions rendered. McGraw-Hill Construction covers all aspects of the construction industry. From project features and information to industry news, trends and forecasts, their magazines provide industry players the tools and resources that help them do their jobs better. Ten regional magazines are available that cover most states (not all states are eligible to receive a free subscription).

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Pharmaceutical Executive

When pharmaceutical decision makers need news and insights about pharma’s future and how to respond to it, they turn to Pharmaceutical Executive magazine. From strategy to marketing to the best new ideas about sales, R&D, regulations, finance, meetings and IT, Pharmaceutical Executive covers it all.

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Return on Collaboration

Register for this free white paper and learn how web and mobile technology can help you improve employee collaboration and productivity. This detailed white paper will show you how to facilitate productivity beyond the typical workday. You’ll learn how to:
  • Expand collaboration from the boardroom to the living room
  • Reduce average meeting time by nearly 50 minutes
  • Eliminate meeting travel and operation costs
  • Measure your return on collaboration

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Communication Solutions for HR Professionals

Register for this free white paper and start delivering more consistent, powerful communications to employees. This white paper shows you how PGi web technologies can help you:
  • Host efficient and effective meetings
  • Facilitate the flow of information between employees
  • Overcome barriers to effective communication
  • Improve employee recruitment and retention initiatives

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Education & Training Applications for Web Collaboration

Register for this free white paper and learn how to train and educate employees more efficiently and cost-effectively. This white paper explains in detail the benefits of e-learning, and how it can save your business a significant amount of time, money and resources. You’ll discover how to:
  • Train and educate more workers with fewer resources
  • Provide a more consistent learning experience
  • Replace classrooms with personal workstations
  • Allow employees to learn and develop at their own pace
  • Improve your overall environmental footprint

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Diesel Progress International Edition

Diesel Progress International Edition, published six times a year, is distributed to more than 120 countries outside of North America. It covers the products, technology and industry news in the on-highway, off-highway, stationary and marine industries. Primary readers include design, specifying and purchasing engineers at the original equipment and component manufacturers.

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