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-- COMMENTARY: Data Security's Hidden Problem: Us
-- CASE DISSECTION: Accurate Information: 5 Steps to
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-- COMMUNITY: Wireless Networks: Letting Data Off the Leash
-- DOSSIER: Cisco Systems: A Patient Predator
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COMMENTARY: Data Security's Hidden Problem: Us
It's high time data brokers got serious about accuracy--and
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Wireless network systems have new tricks up their sleeves
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Convergys Targets Financial BPO Segment
Distributor Avnet Launches IBM Blade Initiative
NetEx Recruits VARs for Data Acceleration Technology
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Convergys Targets Financial BPO Segment
Convergys Corp.'s plan to acquire Deloitte Consulting's
business process outsourcing unit will propel the company
into a high-growth opportunity. Convergys last week signed a
deal to acquire Deloitte's Tulsa, Okla.-based unit that
focuses on finance and accounting outsourcing. Convergys'
business process outsourcing mainstay has been human
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Distributor Avnet Launches IBM Blade Initiative
Distributor Avnet Partner Solutions this week launched a
blade server initiative with an eye to boosting sales of IBM
blades to the upper end of the small and midsized business
market. Avnet's blade program, called BladeCentral for IBM,
is designed to give VARs and integrators a quick entree into
a fast-growing market. Included in the program are technical
and sales training, demand generation and special financing,
said Jack Morris, the distributor's vice president of IBM
software and xSeries. To gain a foothold for IBM blades at
end-user accounts, Tempe, Ariz.-based Avnet is providing VAR
and integrator partners with a free chassis for the first
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missing a backup tape with confidential records of almost 4
million people. The tape, containing Social Security numbers
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This Saturday, Soul of our Feet, People of Color Dance Festival
Celebrate the works of the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center at the Soul of our Feet, People of Color Dance Festival 2005. This month long celebration of culture and dance will feature groundbreaking performances by
Grace Chapman,
Echoes of Inner Voices
Women DanceMakers Company on June 25th,
Mixed Nuts on June 30th. All performances will take place at the Long Island University Triangle Theater located at Flatbush and Dekalb Avenues, Brooklyn, NY and start at 8pm.
Tickets are $15/ $12 (students and seniors). Tickets may be purchased by phone at 718-875-9710. THELMA HILL PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER BACKGROUND In 1976, visionary Larry Phillips brought a group of committed dancers and choreographers together to create an organization, which would offer the Brooklyn community a creative performance outlet that is not only experimental and cultural but family oriented as well. He named the young talented group of artists after brilliant educator and dancer, Thelma Hill. Over the past 29 years, Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) has been a staple in the Brooklyn Summer Arts Season, providing dancers with a forum where they can explore their art and share it with a diverse community. THPAC has developed exceptional programs, on in which their “ alumni”, who have gone on to successful careers as dancers and choreographers, both here and abroad, return to the space where they once flourished, to impart what they have learned onto new artists. Located in the Triangle Theater of Long Island University in downtown Brooklyn, the Thelma Hill season runs throughout the month of June, has a reach of 14,000 people through its yearly mailer, email, and physical audience. It is one of the most exceptional multi-cultural institutions of dance and the performing arts in New York City. With tickets being only $15, the June=THPAC Souls of our Feet People of Color Dance Festival is widely attended by the dance community and New Yorkers who take part in summer city cultural affairs. Although THPAC has been in existence for many years, this may be the center’s final season due to limited funding. With adequate support and funding, THPAC can continue to provide opportunities for artists of all backgrounds and create programs that will allow them to enhance their skills and talents. ### Michelle Stoddart ElleDeuce Communications
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Solve Distributed Infrastructure Challenges at EMW, Sep 12-14 in
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APPLY FOR REGISTRATION TO ATTEND ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT WORLD
As an IT professional in an IT end-user* organization, please accept Computerworld's invitation for you (or one of your direct reports**) to apply for registration to attend Enterprise Management World (EMW), September 12-14, 2005, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in North Bethesda, Maryland.
( Apply for registration at http://www.emwusa.com )
At EMW, you'll learn the latest in how today's organizations are securing and managing their data center assets. Co-owned by Computerworld and the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), EMW is the only IT management conference focused on the rapid growth in the implementation of distributed management technologies for the data center and the communications infrastructure. At EMW, you will network with experts, peers, CIOs and technology executives, and you will witness valuable presentations and panels from experts including:
- Jerry Bartlett, Vice President, Application Development, Ameritrade
- Bob Carroll, Chief Information Officer, Apollo Group (The University of Phoenix)
- Michael Crisafulli, Vice President, Core Services, AOL Systems Operations
- Cindy Hughes, Chief Information Officer, Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
- Jim Hull, Vice President, Engineering Services, MasterCard International
- Jaime Sguerra, Second Vice President & Chief Architect, Guardian Life
General and concurrent sessions at EMW will allow you focused opportunities to:
- Gain first-hand experience for understanding and addressing the critical business challenges for data center and enterprise management
- Hear from users and suppliers of management applications that support secure infrastructures of successful enterprises and organizations (database, Internet, email, applications performance management, ERP and other critical applications)
- Discuss and witness practical strategies for justifying, designing, building, or enhancing their infrastructure of computers, networks (LAN, MAN, WAN), networked storage, and telecommunications
- Understand management standards initiatives such as CIM (Common Information Model), WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management), SMASH (Systems Management Architecture for Service Hardware) Server Management, and Utility Computing
- Learn about other technologies and the latest tools and applications
- Take away actionable information for making better data center and enterprise management decisions with speed and confidence
- Examine the industry's major issues and challenges along with the "Road Map" of the DMTF and Alliance Partners
- Network with other IT executives and budgeted implementors to meet potential partners and converge with the industry-wide analyst and press community
- Plan on attending the IDC Analyst Briefing, Essential IT Strategies For 2005: Setting The Foundation For Maximum Value
For more details, see the up-to-the-minute agenda at:
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We look forward to seeing you at Enterprise Management World, September 12-14!
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Jobs: 2 LEDA summer positions (teaching, community service,
college internship)
As the LEDA Scholars Summer Institute finishes its first week with students, we�ve come to realize the need for 2 additional staff members at Princeton.
Both positions are temporary and are available immediately and end on August 19th.
Resident Advisor
An additional RA is needed. The candidate should be a rising junior or senior undergraduate and must be able to start immediately. The Resident Assistants
play a key role at the Summer Institute, providing student support, participating in group activities, and helping to assure the safety and well being of students. RAs are expected to live in the dormitory. RAs work 6 evenings, Saturday and Sunday. Compensation is $2800 plus room and board.
Office Assistant
We also need someone to work in our administrative office at Princeton during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm), answering phone
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If you are interested in either position, please send a brief letter and your resume to me, and I will forward your information to the appropriate LEDA
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Jobs: Business Analyst (New York, NY) REF# MTDU-68820
06/20/2005
My name is Mark Tomassi and I'm a recruiter at RMS Computer Corporation. Our records show that you have expertise reflecting work that I have available at my direct client.
The details are:
Looking for Business Analyst for Valuations group which provides valuations to hundreds of Global Markets clients. The group is a client facing group that deals with trade and valuations queries from clients and front office.
� Compile and send out valuations for various products such as derivatives, FX, OTC, bonds, and structured products.
� Resolve client queries by working with various front, middle and back offices groups
� Perform set ups of new clients in the valuation system
� Confirm disputed valuations with BAC and traders
� Look up bonds on Bloomberg and update static data in the valuation system
� Perform reconciliations between systems and valuations reports
� Produce and format statements to client's preference.
Additional / Stretch Responsibilities:
� Ad hoc reporting and reconciliations
� MIS reporting
Experience working in a valuations or collateral group is a plus.
Skills Required
Managing relationships
� Communication
� Integrity, trust & fairness
� Employee & personal development
� Customer & service orientation
� Global effectiveness & diversity creation
� Negotiation & conflict resolution
Intellectual
� Analysis & problem solving
� Architecture & design skills
� Workflow/process re-engineering
Commercial skills
� Entrepreneurial spirit
� Sourcing & implementation of commercial solutions
� Financial management
Technical and Product Skills
� Technology knowledge & expertise
� Business & product knowledge
� Risk management & control
Change Management
� Strategy development & implementation
� Achievement through leadership & influence
� Program & project management
Adaptability
� Openness to innovation & change
� Performance orientation
� Sensory acuity
Experience in the following applications will be a plus:
Excel
Typing skills
GDD2
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Bloomberg
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Sentry
Summit
Gold
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� Openness to innovation & change
� Analysis & problem solving
� Negotiation & conflict resolution
� Customer & service orientation
� Teamwork � Must be a team player and able to work in a team that works long hours
� Integrity, trust & fairness
Position Location: New York, NY
Position Duration: 6 months
Position Type: Contract
If you are still available, interested, and/or planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please email me at mark@rmscorp.com, even if we have spoken recently about a different position.
When you respond, please include a daytime phone number so that I can reach you.
In considering candidates, time is of the essence, so please respond ASAP. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Mark Tomassi
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Doing More with Less - IT Consolidation for an Adaptive Enterprise
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This white paper discusses how HP IT Consolidation Services are designed to help your organization simplify its entire IT environment, gain agility to better adapt to the marketplace and add value by reducing resources needed, thus increasing profitability. Journey to a more adaptive enterprise: IT Consolidation for NSPs
For Network Service Providers (NSPs) to meet the challenges of increasing competition, fast-paced technology changes, and dwindling budgets, having an adaptive enterprise is key. Find out how HP provides innovative ways to do more with less - helping to develop dynamic infrastructure capabilities that will result in the simplification and increased agility of your enterprise. Consolidating Sun servers on an HP 9000 Superdome: Maximize ROI with HP-UX 11i business value
In this case study, learn how HP helped Belkin rapidly adapt to changes in its customers' business, as well as quickly and effectively leverage data associated with the performance of its own products. Find out more about the reliable and highly scalable infrastructure that HP developed to meet Belkin's needs and exceeded their expectations. Take advantage of these informative resources and download one or all of them today! Best Regards, HP and Ziff Davis Internet | |
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Ziff Davis Internet eSeminars along with eWeek editors have researched
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From the opening Keynotes to Hot Button panel discussions, this unique
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Is U.S. Losing the Innovation Arms Race? (A Ziff Davis Publication)
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June 16, 2005
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1. Is U.S. Losing the Innovation Arms Race?
2. Kodak Refocuses to Keep Up With Customers
3. Can IT Deliver Inspiration and Perspiration?
4. 7-Eleven's CIO: Contactless Payment Is Here
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QUICK FACTS
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1. Is U.S. Losing the Innovation Arms Race?
Globalization and outsourcing have raised the level of
technological competition in global business, even as U.S.
funding for education and research drop. Can the U.S. keep
its lead in the global innovation arms race?
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2. Kodak Refocuses to Keep Up With Customers
"Innovate or die" is more than a good idea at Kodak. New
products and services to follow up on a hot-selling line of
digital cameras are the keys to its very survival.
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3. Can IT Deliver Inspiration and Perspiration?
Genius requires both. But can a centralized IT, designed to
increase productivity, continue to keep the trains running
while also fostering technical creativity?
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4. 7-Eleven's CIO: Contactless Payment Is Here
Testing shows contactless payment is a win-win: Customers
spend more money and enjoy it more, according to Keith
Morrow, CIO of the major convenience-store chain.
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The Ziff Davis CIO Summit
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Garbage In, Garbage Out of Control; Growing Odor of Bad Data
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In This Edition
Lisa Vaas: Garbage In, Garbage Out of Control
1. News: The Growing Odor of Bad Data
2. New: Liberty Alliance Gangs Up on ID Thieves
3. News: CA's Gupta: We and Open Source Are Just Friends. Really.
4. News: Oracle Bats a Come-Hither Eye at SAP Users
5. News: Oracle's North American Sales Force Gets Blender-ized
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Garbage In, Garbage Out of Control
I had to laugh.
There I was, writing a response to Baseline's excellent package
on the spread of bad data and how data brokers such as
ChoicePoint are so very cavalier about innocent people winding
up in jail because of it, in the middle of getting all steamed up
about the people who greedily suck up information and spew it
out at great profit with no regard for its accuracy or the intent of
its purchasers, when the phone rang.
"Hello, I'm so-and-so from blah-blah media tracking company,
and we want to update our information on you," was the rapid-fire
introduction.
The bristles on my neck stood straight up. More people, wanting
more information, disseminating it all over the globe, with not a care
in the world for my privacy or potential identity theft. Luckily, I
recovered my wits in time to update my information as
a media contact -- which, after all, is a professional obligation
that ensures that news can actually get to me -- instead of
ripping the caller a new one.
Read my suggestions on how bad bad data is really going to get
when dirty databases get linked, and make sure to check out
Baseline's package. It will leave you primed to wage war over
protecting your own data, as was I.
Read Lisa's column on the issue.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245256-0-0-0-1
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Database Update
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1. News: The Growing Odor of Bad Data
An innocent man is thrown in jail to rot for a week after a new
employer's background check depicted him as a child molester
and rapist, all thanks to identity theft: namely, the theft of his
Social security number and birth certificate years ago. Think it
would be easy to clean up the mistake? No way, Jose, not with
the powers that be investing their faith in data aggregators and
brokers such as ChoicePoint, who in turn throw up their hands
and say lousy data isn't their fault. Check out the whole Baseline
package to learn how spotty data checking is and how customers
are paying the costs.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245259-0-0-0-1
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2. New: Liberty Alliance Gangs Up on ID Thieves
The alliance, a consortium of 150+ companies, nonprofits
and government agencies devoted to an open standard
for federated network identity, has launched a group to
target the problem through technology, policy and business
activities. Find out what's first on its agenda.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245262-0-0-0-1
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3. News: CA's Gupta: We and Open Source Are Just Friends. Really.
CA likes the business opportunities of managing open-source
technology, but it's got no plans to go and marry the stuff by
becoming an open-source software vendor, says the CTO at
a conference on venture capital.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245265-0-0-0-1
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4. News: Oracle Bats a Come-Hither Eye at SAP Users
We'll give you up to 100 percent license credit to make
the switcheroo, whispers the second-place enterprise
apps suitor. The program, subtly enough, is dubbed OFF
SAP (Oracle Fusion for SAP).
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245268-0-0-0-1
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5. News: Oracle Shakes Up North American Sales
Ted Bereswill, former director of the eastern region, becomes
leader of the whole NA enchilada. Dan Stroks, former western
honcho, takes on global sales and consulting for Retek. Analysts
say: Yeah, OK, just keep working to muzzle that aggressive bunch.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245271-0-0-0-1
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Job Search
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245274-0-0-0-1
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The Channel Insider
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245277-0-0-0-1
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DevSource
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2158-11-96-93771-245280-0-0-0-1
7-Eleven's CIO: Contactless Payment Is Here
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Evan Schuman: 7-Eleven's CIO: Contactless Payment Is Here
1. News: Auto-Parts Chain Goes Modern, Stays Frugal
2. News: Sears, CSC Launch Word War
3. News: Wireless Networks: Letting Data Off the Leash
4. News: The Rising Threat from Bad Data
5. News: Oracle Shakes Up North American Sales
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Evan Schuman
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7-Eleven's CIO: Contactless Payment Is Here
Testing shows contactless payment is a win-win: customers
spend more money and enjoy it more, according to Keith Morrow,
CIO for the major convenience-store chain.
Read the rest of Evan's article.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245142-0-0-0-1
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Retail Industry Update
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1. News: Auto-Parts Chain Goes Modern, Stays Frugal
When the CIO of $1.6 billion auto-parts chain CSK Auto decided
the stores needed a major tech refresh, he wanted electricity via
Ethernet, multimedia displays suspended from the ceiling and an
all-Linux environment. But no RFID.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245145-0-0-0-1
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2. News: Sears, CSC Launch Word War
Sears and Computer Sciences are at war over two words:
"cause" vs. "convenience." This is no mere dictionary debate.
Millions of dollars in termination fees are at stake as Sears ends
a $1.6 billion, 10-year agreement to use computer, server, voice
and data services from CSC--one year after inking the deal.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245148-0-0-0-1
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3. News: Wireless Networks: Letting Data Off the Leash
For Greg McGovern, chief technology officer of Adventist Health,
deploying a wireless network opened up a Pandora's box. The
problem? It's been a victim of its own success.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245151-0-0-0-1
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4. News: The Rising Threat from Bad Data
Commercially available data is rife with errors, whether critical or
not, and many have no formal process to check for mistakes other
than to wait for clients to complain. Added to the danger of mistakes
is the risk that the identity thieves can simply buy the information
they need from ChoicePoint and other companies, which admit to
having been scammed by fraudsters in Nigeria and elsewhere.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245154-0-0-0-1
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5. News: Oracle Shakes Up North American Sales
Reshuffling its North American sales organization is Oracle's
latest bid in an ongoing campaign to file down the teeth of its
infamously carnivorous sales force. The campaign has taken on
new urgency as the database giant seeks to digest its recent
acquisitions of PeopleSoft and Retek without scaring off customers
or partners.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245157-0-0-0-1
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Job Search
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245160-0-0-0-1
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The Channel Insider
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245163-0-0-0-1
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DevSource
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2157-19-91-91765-245166-0-0-0-1
CIO Insider: How to Manage Your Assets
June 16, 2005
CIO Insider - Your Guide to What's New on CIO.com
Managing Assets -- Digital and Otherwise
As organizations struggle to keep track of PowerPoints and press
releases, employee knowledge and worker mindset, there's an
increasing array of tools to help. Among the latest acronyms you
need to know: DAM and SNA.
In this issue:
1. DAM: Digital Asset Management Case Study
2. DAM: PowerPoint and Architecture
3. DAM: A Backgrounder
4. SNA: Social Network Analysis at Work
5. SNA: A Sample SNA Report
6. SNA: Take SNA For a Test Drive
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1. Digital Asset Management Case Study
The inability to track audio, video, text and image assets
efficiently often leads to wasted effort and higher costs. To
solve this problem, public broadcaster WGBH turned to a digital
asset management (DAM) system, a combination of hardware and
software that serves as a centralized catalog.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=4704&PMID=20731672&s=3&f=1
2. PowerPoint and Architecture
WGBH Chief Technologist Dave MacCarn shares his PowerPoint
presentation on the broadcaster's DAM system. It includes a
comprehensive view of the system's architecture.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=4705&PMID=20731672&s=3&f=1
3. A Backgrounder on DAM
General-purpose relational databases have long been able to store
and retrieve unstructured information as "blobs," or binary large
objects. Yet there's a difference between simply storing and
retrieving digital riches, and doing something useful with them.
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4. Social Network Analysis at Work
Food giant Mars wanted to improve its sprawling research and
development division's ability to innovate. Top executives were
concerned that their scientists weren't networking enough with
outside colleagues. To find out who was working with whom and how
scientists were getting new ideas, they decided to map the
group's professional contacts using a process called social
network analysis (SNA).
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=4665&PMID=20731672&s=3&f=1
5. A Sample SNA Report
This survey report, from Rob Cross, assistant professor of
business at the University of Virginia and an SNA expert, looks
at the network of colleagues, advisors and direct reports for a
fictitious employee. Included are action plans for improving her
connections.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=4666&PMID=20731672&s=3&f=1
6. Take SNA For a Test Drive
You can get a peek at your own personal network. To access the
University of Virginia site for the survey, you need to request
an access log-in. Please allow 24 hours, Mon.-Fri., and be sure
to put "CIO magazine SNA Survey Request" in the subject line. The
e-mail address is SocialNetwork@comm.virginia.edu.
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We'd like to hear.
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Resilience Report: Spinning Gold With the Outsourced Sales Force
Making the Most of "Feet on the Street"
by Edward Landry and Jaya Pandrangi
Faced with the need to keep the prices of their goods low and burdened by the rising expenses of promoting and marketing their brands, many consumer products manufacturers have looked to cut costs in field merchandising -- the sales force members who travel to individual stores to place products and to negotiate for better display presence. Outsourcing most or all of its merchandising force can cut a company's merchandising costs by 50 percent. But those benefits may be frittered away, unless the CPG firm teaches its "feet on the street" three critical steps.
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