Information Technology News

8 Ways Technology News Can Boost Your Bottom Line

by TEC Staff ... delivered by impartial analysts and industry journalists who understand how to strike the right balance between too much information technology news and none ... http://www.technologyevaluation.com/Technology-News.lp.html - 27k - 2009-04-02 Summary: Breaking technology news can boost your bottom line. Find out how to get the IT technology news that matters for your business software selections-and discover how the latest technology news can help save you tens of thousands in implementation costs. If you'd like the most current technology news delive

Evaluating Strategic Information Technology Investment: An ...

by Igor Grubisic ... Part One of the series Evaluating Strategic Information Technology Investment: An Appraisal of Software Alternatives for Small to Medium Enterprises. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2006/12/research_notes/RN_TS_XIG_12_18_06_1.asp - 13k - 2006-12-18 Summary: The problem of information technology investments particularly concerns small and medium enterprises, as they are much more limited in resources than large enterprises. One of the critical questions is whether to implement an open source or closed source solution.

Aligning Information Technology with Corporate Strategy

by Olin Thompson ... 1. Introduction. 2. Project Planning. 3. Impact of Results. Introduction. The role of information technology (IT) includes supporting corporate strategy. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2006/04/research_notes/CS_EV_XOT_04_05_06_1.asp - 14k - 2006-04-05 Summary: Aligning information technology (IT) with corporate strategy is key to maximizing the business impact of IT investments. Tree Top's structured process of reviewing proposed IT investments will allow an enterprise to understand this alignment, and prioritize investments.

Lean and World Class Manufacturing and the Information Technology ...

by Ron Crabtree ... Lean and World Class Manufacturing and the Information Technology Dilemma—The Loss of Corporate Consciousness Featured Author - Ron Crabtree - September 23 ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/09/research_notes/MI_ER_XRC_09_23_05_1.asp - 23k - 2005-09-23 Summary: Companies relying on manual implementation and support for lean and world class methodologies risk losing corporate consciousness. Avoid the pitfalls of lost information and flexibility; place value on performance gaps and create matrixes of tools and applications to prioritize issues.

Congress Acknowledges Outdated Banking Laws

by L. Taylor ... interest. As well, today's banks are not qualified to decide which Information Technology consultants perform quality audits. Just ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Security/1999/10/news_analysis/NA_ST_LPT_10_26_99_2.asp - 7k - 1999-10-26 Summary: Following a previous TEC News Analysis on the security of financial transactions, Congress and the White House have agreed to put into place new legislation for monitoring banking, including on-line banking. New banking laws that are more current than today's Depression Era banking laws need to be crafte

Robust Systems are Built from the Bottom Up

by J. Dowling ... Business interaction models that depend on information technology to demonstrate these desirable attributes must be constructed on a strong foundation . ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2000/04/research_notes/MI_EV_JFD_04_00_1.asp - 13k - 2000-04-03 Summary: Information technology infrastructure takes a back seat to applications investments for lack of a cost justification method. However, the infrastructure systems are breaking down in public; bringing significant attention to an issue that has been set aside far too long.

Optimizing the Supply Chain and Increasing Customer Satisfaction ...

by Lyndsay Wise ... Optimizing the Supply Chain and Increasing Customer Satisfaction: An Interview with Robert Abate of RCG Information Technology Lyndsay Wise - August 8, 2007. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2007/08/research_notes/PC_BI_LW_08_08_07_1.asp - 11k - 2007-08-08 Summary: Manufacturers must constantly address how to increase customer satisfaction, identify supply chain issues before they become problems, and lower production costs. In this podcast, Lyndsay Wise and Robert Abate discuss the benefits business intelligence provides to help address these topics.

Security Begins on Your Desktop

by J. Dowling ... Laws? The enterprise runs on data, and not all of it is in the repositories that are managed directly by the information technology departments. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2000/04/research_notes/MI_EV_JFD_04_18_00_1.asp - 16k - 2000-04-18 Summary: The documents, spreadsheets, databases and other files on the personal computers used to conduct business are corporate assets. It cost money to create them and that investment should be protected. Additionally, companies have both competitive and legal obligations to assure that such data is kept priv

ERP Demand Being Re-heated

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... As reported on March 5 in The Dallas Morning News/KRTBN -- E-commerce may get all the attention, but information technology experts say the demand for ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/04/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_04_19_00_1.asp - 10k - 2000-04-19 Summary: As reported on March 5 in The Dallas Morning News/KRTBN -- E-commerce may get all the attention, but information technology experts say the demand for enterprise resource planning professionals is almost as hot.

Getting Beyond the Development Stage

by R. Lynch ... Interviews with over 100 executives in Information Technology and Operations areas reveal several common root causes that lead to damaging missteps: ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2000/04/research_notes/MI_EV_RLL_04_21_00_1.asp - 13k - 2000-04-21 Summary: Now that you’ve validated your product or service concept, how do you avoid hemorrhaging money during expansion?