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ASG Technologies reported a dynamic trust scoring capability for ASG Data Intelligence, its metadata management solution, which institutes an insightful approach to help Chief Data Officers provide self-service access to [...]

Much has been written in recent years about the need for refineries to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). However, it is fair to say that universal adoption has [...]

In this article... The digital era continues to bring about significant change in terms of information. Certainly, the abundance of information resources, and the subsequent volume of material, can be [...]

Each year with the release of PPI data for January, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the just-completed calendar year. This routine annual calculation may result [...]

XBRL and Web services are being successfully applied to inefficient management reporting processes and facilitating the remediation of data management, quality and integrity issues. During the past several years, straight-through [...]

Despite all the benefits digital technology has provided, recent history has taught us that the seemingly endless hardware, media, and software changes render digital systems unreliable for long-term preservation. Current […]

With IT budgets tightening, and many projects being forced to show a fast return on investment, some nonmission-critical technology initiatives are being delayed, or even scrapped. However, there are projects […]

Industry giants such as Computer Associates International are sharing information operations to enhance security to protect their own systems and the economy in general.

Issues concerning the development of knowledge management as a business tool and the financial benefits knowledge management brings to companies in Australia are discussed.

Data-mining technology allows corporate managers to extract implicit facts from the existing enterprise databases. Data mining aims to reveal a large number of facts about corporate data through a structured online process. This technology can be used to assist corporate decision-making process. This article provides a manager's guide to effectively prepare and implement data-mining methods, technologies, and processes.

An alignment between information technology (IT) and business strategy is required by companies that want to succeed in highly competitive markets. Management can determine if IT is aligned with the strategy by measuring the impact of IT on business results and shareholder value. A scorecard that was developed for this purpose looks at the impact of an IT investment on major determinants of business value, including quality, channels, operational costs, customers, markets, price, and products and services. Successful companies have boosted shareholder value by using IT to identify opportunities for availing of new markets, channels and customers; competitively differentiating themselves through customer service and product innovation; reducing costs; and quality improvement. To ensure a strong IT policy, companies should introduce new governance councils, new processes and new decisionmaking criteria. Guidelines are provided.

A corporate university is a centralized, internally sourced training and education center. It helps companies deal with the shortening shelf life of knowledge and to harmonize employee training and development with the overall business strategies. Corporate universities also help companies be considered as the 'employer of choice' in the labor market. The 10 steps needed for developing a corporate university are discussed. The first five steps are forming a governing body, formulating a vision, planning the funding strategy, verifying the scope and determining stakeholders and their needs. The last five involve the development of products and services, the selection of learning partners, the planning of a formulation strategy, the creation of a measurement system, and the communication of the value of the university., A corporate university can lengthen the shelf life of knowledge and help align training with strategic business goals. Here are the building blocks. A corporate university is a centralized in-house [...]

Call centers, data warehouses, touch-screen kiosks, and Internet information networks are playing major roles as new business enablers, helping health care organizations manage information today and in the future. Editor's […]

The application of the principles of knowledge management would greatly improve a company's profits and market share. Information management is an important component of knowledge management systems and companies are advised to understand its basic components. An excellent model for information management is the Associated Press' global network. Employees who join this network are trained to write in a standardized fashion, thereby, maintaining the network's style of news reporting.

Chief information officers should get the most out of their Y2K funds by gauging their need for outside contractors, evaluating their vendors' capabilities, negotiating the best contracts and maintaining good relationships beyond the problem. CIOs should keep watch for vendors who would try to beef up their prices and should be alert for smaller vendors with the same packages but at a lower price.

The US Coast Guard overhauled its information systems to make work easier for the CIO it will hire in 1995. The agency changed its proprietary systems with an open client/server environment, formed an enterprisewide information technology investment review board and developed its first cross-functional database.

Success in leveraging the enormous power of IT requires more than a committed software vendor with hot technelogy. It requires a management vision equally as advanced. IT'S THE 21ST CENTURY, […]

Financial institutions must focus on product development But the skills to manage vendors are nonexistent Handle it wrong and you lose the best people Technology is playing an increasingly vital [...]

If Efficient Consumer Response is the engine that will transform the grocery supply channel into a lean, mean, distribution and marketing machine, information is the fuel. Continuous replenishment and quick [...]

Information systems IS departments should develop a strategy that is parallel to the organization's own goals. A business' core goals or mission may be innovation, sales, quality or growth or a combination of each, so that the focus of IS technology would involve innovation, marketing, quality and planning and control. Planning strategies such as critical success factors and total quality management can also be integrated into IS planning.

It's every business's logistical nightmare: the information logjam. We asked three consultants how they would use PCs to solve one office's real problem. It's an intolerable way of working, but […]

IS departments searching for new service strategies need to stop relying on outdated assumptions, analyze current services and listen to what internal customers expect from them in the future. IT efforts should also be evaluated in business terms to help convince reluctant IS personnel that changes are needed. Current services should also be benchmarked against other firms to identify best-of-breed processes for delivering IS services.

The Navy is fully onboard with the Defense Department's effort to consolidate individual service, component, and agency IT infrastructure into the Joint Information Environment (JIE). The Navy and JIE JIE [...]

Research suggests that the human brain can be trained to assimilate and process information more quickly. Basic facts need to be learned and memory must be improved by stimulating the senses and recalling information once learned., In one corner stands a stack of magazines. In another sits the Sunday paper. On the counter, the radio crackles with news, while nearby the fax machine hums. The information [...]

All of us have learned about the eventual failure of managerial fire fighters. Rather than developing ways of improving long-term productivity or boosting employee morale, these crisis experts spend their [...]

The University of Akron has begun designing a new online program called 'the Global Polymer Academy.' The GPA will allow people to continue their education throughout much of their lives.

Just as the Higgins landing boat helped win World War II, the modern Marines are faced with the challenge of finding today's 'Higgins boat.' For the Marines, the reengineering plans lead toward increased information management, and improved logistics.

Company managers increasingly face the decision to outsource information technology services. When information technology is viewed as a cost-reduction or a support service, then outsourcing is a viable option. Managers need to analyze where their companies get their cost advantages and how the outsourcing firm can guarantee the value of their service. Risk assessment must accurately show the degree of control an organization has.