About five years ago Genomic Health began to introduce cloud-based business applications. Ken Stineman, senior director of enterprise architecture and security, quickly became aware of the security risks these apps posed. CSO contributor ...
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New research to investigate effective practices and challenges in long range planning. Ventana Research is conducting new benchmark research to explore how organizations perform long-range planning, the challenges they face and their ...
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SAP has turned heads in recent years with a number of high-profile acquisitions, scooping up SuccessFactors, Sybase and Ariba for more than US$13 billion collectively. But company executives also maintain they intend to increase revenues ...
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SAP is set to unveil a line of cloud-based EPM (enterprise performance management) applications that run on top of its HANA in-memory database platform. EPM software is a subset of the broader BI (business intelligence) market, honing in ...
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“Royal Mail wanted a CIO who is comfortable in a really volatile and changing environment to drive change. And I am. I joined because the scale of the challenge is huge and I would be mad to say no to that.” Catherine Doran ...
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New research to investigate best and worst practices in use of spreadsheets in business SAN RAMON,CA,September 17,2012/24-7PressRelease/--Ventana Research will commence a new benchmark research to educate organizations on the use of ...
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Emulex has announced its acquisition of Endace for $130m in cash. Founded in New Zealand, Endace specialises in network performance management, providing both software tools and network appliances to monitor and analyse switching traffic. ...
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Miravast, a risk management firm has appointed former senior vice president and chief life actuary of AIG/Chartis Risk Solutions David Beckelman as its chief financial officer and chief actuary. Miravast president Bill Taylor said ...
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Insurance intermediary Towergate has selected Tagetik's platform for its budgeting, planning and compliance reporting processes. Towergate finance director Tim Philip said that Tagetik's Performance Management software will ensure that ...
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SAP has turned heads in recent years with a number of high-profile acquisitions, scooping up SuccessFactors, Sybase and Ariba for more than $13 billion collectively. But company executives also maintain they intend to increase revenues ...
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Chancellor George Osborne's Autum Statement today confirmed that a further 12 smaller cities will receive funding for superfast broadband,after the initial 10 were revealed earlier this year.Brighton and ...
Payment processor VocaLink is using Precise application performance management tools to ensure the applications that power the bank automated clearing system(Bacs)and faster payments are running optimally. VocaLink handles all the ...
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Infoworld-Every transition in computing spawns a new market in management tools--the evolution to highly virtualized data centers and the cloud is no different.Virtual Instruments is squarely focused on delivering the next generation of ...
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StoreForce, a leading provider of Performance Management, Workforce Management and Business Intelligence designed specifically for the Specialty Retail Marketplace, announced the addition of Grafton Fraser Inc. to their list of clients. ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark"the end"of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by alternatives,Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff predicted Friday. Windows 8 is a ...
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