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Governance

Corporate governance encompasses the system of policies, processes, laws, rules and directives by which businesses are administered, as well as the reasons for which the company operates and the roles various stakeholders play in pursuing and achieving those goals. Compliance with ethics and other policies, as well as with legislative and regulatory requirements for corporations are, among other things, elements of good governance.

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Managing Return on IT

In “The New Voice of the CIO, a recent report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value, one key concept is that IT success rests, in part, on raising the ROI of IT by simultaneously being both “savvy value creators” and “relentless cost cutters.”  One CIO quoted in the study says, “the balance... More >

What's Your Compliance IQ?

Apparently, Bernie Madoff doesn’t have Internet access in the Butner Federal Correctional Complex. Which might explain why he hasn’t taken our Compliance IQ quiz . Not that I would expect Madoff’s score to be all that tweet-worthy. Anybody serving 150 years in prison for... More >

Microsoft's PowerPivot Puts BI Users More in Control

Ann All spoke with several employees of SharePoint360 , a SharePoint hosting and consulting company specializing in business intelligence that is included in Microsoft's Technical Adoption Program (TAP) for the Gemini technology. (Gemini was recently renamed PowerPivot.) SharePoint360 is the... More >

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Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies

This white paper can serve as a business guide on how to develop and enforce Email and Web AUPs. All employers need to understand that unmanaged personal email and web usage has a negative effect on productivity and heightens the organization's risk. Download this guide and learn how to quickly implement an effective AUP in your workplace.

Employee Web Use and Misuse: Companies, Their Employees and the Internet

This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring and URL filtering together while insuring security with anti-virus and anti-spyware protection.

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Oracle Given More Time to Address EU Concerns

The European Commission has granted Oracle a six-day deadline extension to address antitrust issues in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, reports Bloomberg . That will push the European regulators' ruling back  from Jan. 19 to Jan. 27. The commission earlier this month issued a formal objection to the merger. And... More >

Report: Chinese Cyber Spying Increasing

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission says the Chinese government seems increasingly to be hacking U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to get useful data for its military, reports Reuters. The report notes that China is the most aggressive country engaging in espionage against the... More >

Tech Workers Taking H-1B Visa Issue to Supreme Court

Trying to reverse two lower court rulings, tech workers plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a federal decision to extend foreign student visas from one year to 29 months, reports InfoWorld . The lawsuit, brought by the Programmers Guild and others, claims that the Bush administration decision last year was... More >

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ITIL V3 Foundation - Complete Certification Kit

Enhance your IT career by getting your ITIL Foundation Certificate. It's fast and easy with this complete resource. The 186-page eBook and companion online training course is guaranteed to help you pass the ITIL exam.

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Six Sigma Framework for IT

This collection of tutorials, calculators, and templates will show you how to apply six sigma thinking to IT service management.

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