May 17, 2012 




Whitepapers and Case Studies
 
Survey: Hong Kong SMBs drawn to unified communications
A study by Nortel shows that Hong Kong SMBs are waking up to unified communications which promise better productivity and lower cost
 
 
Web application security: Too costly to ignore
This paper details why application security addressed throughout the entire software development life cycle will increase the security of your applications, improve regulatory compliance, while also cutting development costs.
 
 
Integrating, modeling, and managing data to drive performance
Organizations are accumulating ever greater amounts of data. It comes from ERP systems, data warehouses, operational data stores, customer-facing systems, and a wide array of other sources; residing in numerous locations, often in different formats and isolated silos.
 
 
A guide to patch cord management
Patch cords have the potential to be the weakest link in copper and fiber network infrastructures. It is essential to follow correct procedures in administration of copper and fiber patch cords to achieve optimum performance and reliability.
 
 
Business intelligence in a weak economy
Reduced credit availability. Falling demand. Earnings pressure. Currency volatility. There’s no doubt that today’s economic conditions have sparked a range of challenges for companies, including compromised cash flows, difficulty managing inventories to meet fluctuating demand, and declining sales, revenues, and profits.
 
 
Enterprise Innovation eGuide to Call Center Manager
Businesses must rapidly transform themselves into truly customer-centric organizations with processes and operations geared to delivering on customer needs. The use of call centers in particular is key in enabling this transformation to occur. The strategies and changes required for this shift are detailed in this Enterprise Innovation e-Guide and highlight the following steps to improving customer relationships and maximizing customer retention through call center initiatives.
 
 
Service-oriented architecture: the foundation for enterprise performance management
The thousands of articles, presentations, podcasts and blogs that have been written about service-oriented architecture are a clear acknowledgement that SOA provides significant benefits for developing business applications. Yet, in a recent survey of almost five hundred business and IT professionals, Ventana Research learned that, while 81 per cent of respondents view SOA as important for business intelligence (BI), many still have much to learn about what SOA is and what it means for BI, a key aspect of performance management solutions.
 
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Headline News
   
1. Number of new tech jobs drops 37.6 percent in Hong Kong
  The number of new IT posts including IT supervisor, manager, programmer, and database administrator dropped by 37.6 percent from Oct to Dec 2008, said Robert Walters.

2. Survey: 59 percent of fired workers steal data on way out
  A survey of 945 individuals who were laid off, fired or quit their jobs in the past 12 months shows that 59 percent admitted to stealing company data.

3. Microsoft lets laid-off workers keep extra cash
  Microsoft has reversed course and will not ask recently laid-off workers to repay money they were overpaid.

4. Gartner says key to BI is talk, not tech.
  Research firm Gartner has warned organisations against splurging on technology for Business Intelligence (BI) projects.

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Blogs & Opinion
Opinion
   Wi-Fi security in Hong Kong: FAIL
Despite increased awareness of Wi-Fi security, not many of the Wi-Fi access points are secure enough.

   Show me how to do that!
Microsoft's announcement of retail store openings has me musing on the transformational effect of technology.

What the Satyam Fallout Means to Offshore Outsourcing
Corruption and fraud are not new to Indians, but few expected to find them in the IT-services industry.

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Computerworld HK Latest Issue
CWHK Dec 2008

2008 screeches to a halt
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

The year that was
The irrepressible Robert Clark breaks down 2008.


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