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‘Exemplary Performance: Driving Business Results by Benchmarking Your Star Performers’ Excerpt Authors Paul H. Elliot and Alfred C. Folsom explain why training is not the default tool for improving performance. 3 files |  PDF When a company brings back the “lessons learned” from a benchmarking experience, it is often difficult or impossible for the company […]

Several high-profile business process management (BPM) programs have recently been dropped, and a recent blog post by Elise Olding, research director at Gartner,  examines why BPM is facing more challenges in recent times. Ms. Olding said there are five reasons why some programs struggle or fail to succeed. Click through for five reasons why some […]

It happens repeatedly. A company adopts a new technology platform that ostensibly will ease the workload, streamline operational processes and result in overall gains in efficiency and budget spending. The intention is spot-on but the execution is decidedly less so. A post-mortem will usually reveal errors in the execution but misses the real culprit: planning […]

There has been a lot of news lately about high-profile attacks on Web applications. Hackers employ tactics like cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injections, which have been around for more than 20 years. Yet, both are prevalent attack vectors now more than ever before – which makes it that much more important for organizations to […]

Everyone tends to focus on the “big” in Big Data, so much so that it’s easy to lose focus on the fact that Hadoop is really about data. Let’s regroup for a minute and really look at what’s going on with the data on Hadoop. First, there’s the core. When people say “Hadoop,” they’re usually […]

Building Security into ‘Off-The-Shelf’ Smartphones Use this NIST document to discuss the key issues surrounding smartphone security and how to bolster security efforts. Recent advancements in hardware have increased the computing power, memory, storage, and wireless connectivity of handheld mobile devices. Smartphone devices are used for everyday activities that range from maps and geo-location tagging […]

Apigee, the API company, recently announced the findings of its 2013 Mobile App Behavior survey of over 760 smartphone owners across France, Germany, Spain, the UK and U.S., conducted online in February by uSamp. “The findings of the study show that people all over the world are becoming increasingly intertwined with their mobile apps and […]

As part of its annual Information Industry Summit, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) recently released a survey of 50 CEOs, vice presidents and general managers of leading digital content and publishing companies. The survey found strong positive signs regarding job and economic growth, along with a clear industry focus on “Big Data,” while […]

So your users just got new shiny smartphones and can’t wait to start downloading all the hottest apps. Hold on a second. Before they do, there are some important facts they need to know. Adam Ely, founder & COO at Bluebox, has identified security facts every mobile user must know before they expose company or […]

Recently, SafeNet released the State of the Data Breach survey answered by hundreds of U.S. enterprise security professionals. Not surprisingly, most respondents (66 percent) say they are probably going to be the victim of a data breach in the next three years. With the epidemic of security breaches from LinkedIn to universities and financial institutions, […]

While the Apple iPad still reigns, new Android tablets are continuing to gain ground and market share. Tablets are also gaining traction in the business world, opening new opportunities for on-the-go functionality and anywhere access. To help you add business functionality to your device, we’ve pulled together 10 top apps designed for use on Android […]

‘The Culture Secret: How to Empower People and Companies No Matter What You Sell’ Excerpt This excerpt discusses the differences between management and leadership and explains why it’s so important to make a distinction between the two. Why is a great company culture so rare? How can you make sure your organization has one? The […]