CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2023

We leveraged lower cost licensing because of our global contracts,” he adds. There wasn’t only an overall 25 to 30% reduction in the licensing cost, but an upgrade of licenses to higher levels also,” he says. To curtail costs, Pal froze new hiring. He also leveraged Heineken’s global contracts. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Enterprise application vendors such as Oracle and SAP now have cloud infrastructure offerings that rival those of Google, AWS, and Microsoft Azure. With a more widely distributed workforce, what does optimal physical and cyber security look like? This is an opportunity to ensure solid and compliant security plans are in place.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

After two years on the market, SAP RISE is becoming increasingly positioned by SAP as a solution for customers looking to move to the cloud. Despite SAP pushing RISE as an ideal option for customers, it is still important to evaluate your options against your own goals and objectives.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2023

With the threat of a recession looming, cost pressures increasing, and the deadline to move off SAP ECC swiftly approaching, SAP customers have a lot to consider as they plan for the year ahead. Here are some of the trends we expect to play out as the year goes on, specifically for SAP customers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SAP’s new platform, SAP Build, aims to give business technologists — or builders, as SAP calls them — secure access to business processes and data to augment enterprise applications and automate processes through a drag-and-drop interface, while letting CIOs manage that access.

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CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

Oracle, Teradata, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, EMC, etc). When including the cost of software, hardware, and licensing/support, the cost per terabyte (TB) of an MPP system is estimated at tens of thousands of dollars [4]. Analysis Architecture Big Data CTO Cyber Security DoD and IC Apache Hadoop bigdata Hadoop'

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Trends in the Living Networks

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Financial market traders started using IM because it was useful, but banks were concerned about security and audit trails. Services then became available that provided secure, auditable IM. This is turning out to be a very similar story to instant messaging in financial services. The same thing is happening with social networks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 12, 2024

And the major players in the CRM market are among the most established names in the industry — Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. He hears two common concerns from CIOs and CFOs: “I bought all these licenses and they’re sitting on the shelf. First, it makes it harder to identify unused licenses and to automate processes.

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Trends in the Living Networks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2005

On one-level “network-centric warfare” (see for example the US Department Defence report to Congress on this) has grown to prominence – or even predominance – in military strategic thinking over the last four years. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 m Kaya wrote:Thank you Ross for the great articl.[

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Dataconomy

MAY 11, 2023

Other potential OCR applications include recognizing text, such as license plates, with the use of a camera or software, sorting letters for mail delivery, and translating words within an image into a specified language. The use of OCR has significantly improved fraud prevention and enhanced transaction security in the industry.

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Data Banking Healthcare Software 57

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2023

That’s why prevention-first security is a best practice for delivering cyber-hygiene across enterprise endpoints. The challenge is that endpoint security and management teams often work in silos, using separate point products. The result is extra cost, complexity, and security risk. The result?

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Licensing SAP Security Tools 52

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

The ambiguity of what’s working today and which users will benefit is driving some CIOs to ask whether adding Copilot licenses to Microsoft 365 is worth the price. CIOs may also want to consider each application’s usage, security, and risks to decide which devops teams should experiment with AI copilots.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JANUARY 28, 2008

Second is that so many employees are already using online applications and web tools because it’s easier than asking IT to get things done, so companies will prefer to offer them robust, secure applications rather than incur the risk of things not being done well. Third is that using Web 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 12, 2006

Supposedly the numbers called by tens of millions of Americans have been provided by AT&T, BellSouth, and Verizon to the NSA. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 m Kaya wrote:Thank you Ross for the great articl.[ more ] ABC TV interview: The future of direct selling (1) James wrote:Ross,I have followed your work fo.[

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Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 10, 2008

Being a bit of a home-security nut, the idea of an autonomous pal roaming about and keeping a robotic eye on the house - with the capability to alert you if trouble arises – will be of strange comfort. Another one Ive read about recently that I cant wait to see for real is the Meccano Spyke. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 22, 2007

story and some of the more balanced media response , Sophos, another internet security company, has released survey results saying that half of all companies restrict access to Facebook. Apparently 43% block Facebook outright, while 7% more give access only when it is deemed relevant. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 16, 2007

As part of a subsequent settlement he is now not allowed to work in the securities industry. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 m Kaya wrote:Thank you Ross for the great articl.[ more ] ABC TV interview: The future of direct selling (1) James wrote:Ross,I have followed your work fo.[

Advertising 60

Advertising Media Trends Network 60

Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 13, 2006

Prosper.com allows lenders to split their loans across many borrowers, giving some loan pooling and security against default. Certainly, an online marketplace cuts out the middleman and the spread it charges – all part of e-commerce 101. However rhe really interesting part of this model is the risk assessment.

Banking 83

Banking Trends Network Media 83

Trends in the Living Networks

APRIL 10, 2008

It is designed to be robust and secure, and appropriate for company-internal communication. At our recent Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 m Kaya wrote:Thank you Ross for the great articl.[ more ] ABC TV interview: The future of direct selling (1) James wrote:Ross,I have followed your work fo.[

Network 60

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 7, 2008

In the chapter I identified four risks that were holding back executives from creating value across boundaries: * Information loss * Systems security * Reputation * Ability to extract value These themes are echoed in the draft Enterprise 2.0 Governance Framework I created earlier this year. Arguably Enterprise 2.0

Network 60

Network Trends Media Social 60

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2023

SalesHub+ acts as a hub and seamlessly connects to other mobile apps such as Salesforce, SAP, Geotab, and other internal and external applications,” Venkat says. “A We tried to use a leading check capture solution but due to some legal issues of that company, we could not acquire the licenses.

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Trends in the Living Networks

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Particularly in a conservative corporate culture, concerns on control and security needs to be addressed. However we will also have access to international experience through the participation of Andrew McAfee of Harvard Business School and Euan Semple, who has overseen a very successful Enterprise 2.0 project at the BBC. Addressing concerns.

Enterprise 60

Enterprise Enterprise Network Trends 60

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2023

For instance, Satyanath deployed SAP HANA because “there was no strategic advantage to be had in building our own ERP,” he says. The commerce application has a headless architecture, which decouples the frontend presentation layer from the backend infrastructure (such as security, pricing, etc). Digital Transformation

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Retail Construction Agile Applications 98

Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For example, almost every technology security expert says that network penetration risks (malicious access to the organization’s IT systems) are no different using Web 2.0 The risks can in some cases be fairly assessed relative to existing risks. technologies if appropriate measures are already in place.

Government 68

Government Enterprise Enterprise Trends 68

Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 23, 2007

It can be run in installed or hosted versions, and has a wide range of integration, security, search and other tools necessary in enterprise environments. The indefatigable Ben Barren launched this Australian blog search engine early last year. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 m Kaya wrote:Thank you Ross for the great articl.[

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 9, 2007

New York reggae and ska band The Pilfers sold 10,000 CDs at its concerts and on its website, using the leverage to secure a favorable record deal with Universal Music Group. In the early stages, use the free flow of the networks to distribute direct, demonstrate that you can tap an attractive market, and attract the interest of a publisher.

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A Screw's Loose

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The Consumerization of IT (CoIT) has led them to realize that they can’t keep selling businesses licenses to their product that will sit on the shelf unused due to the exorbitant control that IT would be exerting on a user’s device. understand the policy and security that follows the data. link] Brian Katz. This is why.

Mobile 83

Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Security 83

Trends in the Living Networks

APRIL 21, 2008

I am finding it very tiresome to continuously hear security consultants and vendors with big PR budgets go on endlessly about risks, without ever mentioning business benefits. Today’s article goes on to quote a ‘security consultant’ and security product vendor who unsurprisingly harp on about dire risks.

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Trends in the Living Networks

DECEMBER 21, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « How to make Facebook secure for organizational use: no more excuses! Main | Away on holidays – Happy New Year! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Trends in the Living Networks

APRIL 18, 2008

I am ultimately far more secure than employees. While its a risk to set up a business venture or work for yourself, ultimately there is far greater security than working for a company or even government. I cant be laid off, and while my income may vary, I can always make money. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Trends Network Media Social 111

All Things Distributed

MAY 15, 2014

For too long customers have been locked in to long term service contracts, costly capital outlays that require equipment upgrades every two-three years, and expensive software licensing fees from ‘old guard’ technology vendors. Recent news stories have brought this topic to the fore.

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Cloud Resources Policies Data 123

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Raj Singh is the co-founder of Concur, the travel and entertainment expense software pioneer that sold to SAP for $8.4 The University of Michigan trained lawyer has worked at RealNetworks since 2012, and leads the software company’s licensing efforts. She now leads Washington state’s employment security department.

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Microsoft SAP Healthcare Licensing 94