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WAN Optimization for Government: Accelerating the Distributed Network | 2008-01-29 | Blue Coat Systems |
| Listen to this podcast and learn more about the situation the Air National Guard (ANG) was facing with its network, which connects more than 200 locations in 54 states and territories. Instead of increasing bandwidth, the proper solution turned out to be the Blue Coat ProxySG. Enforcement and acceleration go hand in hand because of the network overhead in policy enforcement.
Tags: IP Technologies, Network Design, Collaborative Web, Enterprise Architecture |
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Web Gateway Strategies for Government: Moving Beyond the TIC Deadline | 2008-07-22 | Blue Coat Systems |
| What are government agencies, like yours, doing to meet the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) deadline and establish a strategic Internet gateway architecture to meet future security, regulatory and application demands? Listen to this podcast to learn how Blue Coat customers like the Department of Homeland Security's US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agency recently consolidated its gateways to comply with TIC. In addition to reducing the number of its public-facing gateways, CBP also found it was able to boost security and implement new policies for managing Web traffic and actually accelerate the delivery of Web content to the end user by implementing the right edge solution.
Tags: Security Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security |
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Creating a Value Driven Change Capability for Executing Organisational Strategy | 2008-10-13 | Cranfield University |
| Investment in change is in an attempt to create a 'better tomorrow' for the organisation. This free article looks at how organisations enhance their capability for executing the business strategy. As the school report might say "More emphasis needed on 'strategy execution' and rather less on 'creating the perfect business direction'".
Tags: Strategic Planning, Financial Management |
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Blackboard Inc. Improves IT Performance by 40% With Flexible and Scalable Enterprise Solution | 2008-09-01 | Oracle |
| Blackboard Inc. wanted to implement a flexible and scalable IT platform to facilitate company expansion into the international higher education and K-12 markets and upgrade existing applications to provide sales and marketing team with increased access to information, to improve effectiveness of client outreach. The challenge was to consolidate enterprise applications onto a single platform to ensure best practices and minimize software customizations and ensure adequate availability and access to support resources. Blackboard Inc. upgraded to Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 9.0 to increase information visibility and position Blackboard Inc. at the forefront of the educational technology sector as well as improved system performance by 40% with a consolidated IT solution.
Tags: ERP, Human Capital Management |
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Northwestern University Delivers Superior Service to Constituents and Improves Operational Efficiency | 2008-09-01 | Oracle |
| Northwestern University wanted to improve operational efficiency to minimize increases in tuition and maintain the quality of academic programs and student services to meet student demands. The challenge was to ensure the highest levels of security and compliance. Northwestern University implemented Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management and PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions to improve operational efficiency and deliver high quality, easy-to-use, secure applications for students, faculty, and staff as well as decreased turn-around for delivering resumes to hiring managers from four to seven days to just one day.
Tags: Database Management, Human Capital Management |
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Hilton Hotels Corporation Effectively Manages Millions of Resumes Annually and Streamlines Hiring Process | 2008-08-01 | Oracle |
| Hilton Hotels Corporation wanted to streamline the hiring process, enabling the company to effectively assess viable candidates from among hundreds of applicants for specific positions and ensure that the company enforces consistent hiring practices in compliance with federal regulations governing contractors. The challenge was to reduce administrative burden of entering paper applications into compliance and human resources systems and deploy an enterprisewide Human Resources (HR) system to standardize processes and improve efficiency. Hilton Hotels Corporation deployed Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Suite as Hilton's HR system of record worldwide, improving productivity, efficiency, and flow of critical data.
Tags: IT HR - Staffing - Training, Human Capital Management |
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Novartis Corporativo S.A. de C.V. Boosts Efficiency of Human Resources Administration With Self Service | 2008-07-01 | Oracle |
| Novartis Corporativo wanted to integrate diverse Human Resources (HR) systems to improve control and authorization of vacation time and employee benefit accounts and automate HR administrative processes to improve operating efficiency. The challenge was to offer self-service HR capabilities so that employees can update their personal information and apply for vacations and loans and give sales representatives online access to HR information such as vacation time and benefit accounts. Novartis Corporativo worked with Quanam Mexico to implement Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management, integrating core HR processes and enabled employees to update their personal information and apply for vacations and loans online and at their convenience, easing the burden on the HR staff.
Tags: Human Capital Management |
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Lufthansa CityLine GmbH's Personnel Management Takes Flight With New Self-Service Application | 2008-07-01 | Oracle |
| Lufthansa CityLine wanted to introduce a modern, transparent human capital management application in the personnel division and create a standardized data basis for all personnel management applications. The challenge was to develop self-service applications for more than 2,500 employees. Lufthansa CityLine implemented Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management's Payroll and Mobile Time Management modules for the complex wage and salary calculations of flying staff and ground staff in different shift models as well as adapted solution to German legislation without deviating massively from the standard application version.
Tags: HR, Human Capital Management |
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Siemens Shared Services Serves 70,000 Siemens Employees Nationwide With New HR System | 2008-07-01 | Oracle |
| Siemens Shared Services wanted to deliver performance, scalability, reliability, and flexibility required to support the HR system for 70,000 employees and implement a foundation to support an extensive increase in information and transactions, while providing users with continuous uptime. The challenge was to provide support for 50-100 super users, each performing payroll for up to 10,000 employees or developing large tax reports and facilitate a daily stream of 5,000 employees accessing the HR portal to update information. Siemens Shared Services enabled easy maintenance and/or upgrades to Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system, including the incremental addition of hardware servers to support growing business needs, without disruption.
Tags: Database Management, Human Capital Management |
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Case Study: 250 Schools Access Apps via Virtualisation Hub | 2008-06-04 | Microsoft |
| Warwickshire, a county in central England with a population of more than 500,000 people, is bridging the digital divide by providing essential computer programs to primary and secondary school students. In December 2007, Warwickshire County Council ICT Development Service (ICTDS) installed a solution based on the Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise operating system. Students and staff from more than 250 schools can now use the applications they need anytime, from anywhere with an Internet connection, through a central virtualisation hub. Using virtualised applications and servers has dramatically reduced the cost of onsite software, deployment, and maintenance, while increasing data security.
Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Enterprise Architecture, Virtualization, Database Applications |
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