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Using a camera as a scanner needs an HP-style stitch-up
06 Oct 2008Graphical invites are one of the minor irritations of life as a technie journalist (indeed, I guess, anyone who gets these things... More...
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Most Brits Fear Identity Theft
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Information archiving at Citigroup
About two years ago, Citigroup Global Markets needed to completely review its data retention policy in Germany due to the changing regulatory environment and an increased focus on data retention. All departments were asked to analyse their processes and determine what data they were required to store for supervisory purposes and the respective retention periods, as well as the levels of access they needed. Retention periods were determined for each data type: trades, financial statements, customer account data, credit report, etc. For example, human resources data must be stored for 30 years, while trading information has to be retained for 10 years. At around 12,000 securities transactions per day, it is easy to estimate the enormous volume of data that accumulates over the years. More...
CRM: Why companies are still on a learning curve
Customer relationship management is a decade old. Is it delivering results? More...
Marrying technology and the business
William Knight looks at how the IT department and the organisation as a whole can embrace the concept of business process management More...
Looking beyond the BPM hype
Cath Everett braves the vendor rhetoric to find out what business process management really means for you More...
Blue-chip growth for business intelligence
Computing reports from the Information Builders' Summit 2004 in New Orleans. More...
Culture is the key to a real-time supply chain
A successful supply chain means having the right people and processes in place to cope with a new way of working, writes Cath Everett. More...
Top 10 downloads for a new PC
From antivirus to back-up, here's our pick of the essential downloads you'll need to make the best of your new PC. More...
How can you get more from your ERP package?
Cath Everett discovers that most organisations have yet to reap the benefits of ERP systems. More...
Microsoft sets its sights on the SME market
Doug Burgum, senior vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions, talks about Redmond's plans in the competitive SME sector. More...
Ever-changing Windows - Part 2: Longhorn and beyond
We continue our look at Windows past, present and future by consulting our crystal ball to see what could be in store for the operating system. More...
ERP is bringing order to chaos
Manufacturing sector is slowly beginning to quantify the benefits of business software More...
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Nine out of 10 firms put customer data at risk
National ID fraud event reveals lax corporate attitudes More...
Virtualisation set to drive SaaS adoption
Software-as-a-service delivery model was too costly before virtualisation More...
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