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Canon may follow Xerox's BPO plunge
News Singapore execs say Canon "open" to strengthening partnerships and acquisitions, following rival Xerox's buy of U.S. business process outsourcing firm.
Tags: Services, Components, Customer support, Xerox Corp., partnership, Canon Inc., Singapore, Business Process, BPO, Environment
Four steps to smarter outsourcing
Insight perspective Whether you're new to outsourcing or an old pro, a consultant offers advice to make your deals the best they can be.
Tags: Outsourcing, Offshoring, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Security, IT Security, Outsourcing Company, performance, outsourcing arrangement, outsource
Employers in Asia post fewer IT jobs
News Tech job advertisements in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore dropped during the last quarter of 2008 with decline sharpest in Hong Kong, finds new job index.
Tags: Recruiting, Career, Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Advertisement, Japan, job posting, job, audit
Auditing user accounts in Server 2008 R2
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy permits administrators to audit status changes to user accounts. Here's a look at this feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Security, Event, account management, password change, Windows Group Policy, Password, group policy, auditing
Manage group accounts with Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy permits administrators to audit status changes to user accounts. Here's a look at this feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, group policy setting, Event, account management, group policy, auditing, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Server
H&R Block TaxCut Premium Federal + State + E-file 2008 (1 User, Box Set, Download)
Product Reviews H&R Block TaxCut Premium Federal + State + E-file 2008 (1 User, Box Set, Download)
Tags: TurboTax, H&R Block Inc., Tool, Internal Revenue Service, TaxCut 2008, TaxCut, E-file, audit, desktop, tax
Oracle has customers over a barrel
News As CEO Larry Ellison tries to extend the company's reach into hardware, more corporate clients fret about its high prices and tough tactics.
Tags: Databases, Customer resource management (CRM), Cost control, Customer support, software company, Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., Customer, audit, Oracle Corp.
Five ways to discover unstructured processes
Techguide Many companies tend to focus their IT efforts on larger, structured processes such as CRM and ERP. Here's why taking this attitude can be expensive.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Data Management, Process, CRM, BPM, Environment, compliance, e-mail, accident
Aust immigration dept to upgrade system after damning audit
News Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) will look into adopting a new grants management system after a report found it to be so unreliable staff were forced to complete work offline.
Tags: Databases, Database management, SAP AG, CPU, Database, Australia, e-mail, payment, audit, team
First standard set for UK data protection
News In light of numerous security breaches, British Standards Institute formulates data-protection standard organizations can use for U.K. Data Protection Act compliance.
Tags: Security, Training, compliance, audit, data protection, data management, Security, lawyer, risk assessment, BSI
Audit: No customer data exposed in Kaspersky breach
News Database security expert David Litchfield analyzes attack on security firm Web site and finds no sensitive data was accessed.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Customer Data, Security, Database, Attack, Bitdefender, SQL, Kaspersky, Attacker
Nine charged in Hyderabad in Satyam fraud
News As elections loom, Price Waterhouse auditors, former chairman Raju, and others are accused of falsifying accounts and other crimes.
Tags: Lawsuits, Accounting, Financial statements, Leadership, Services, India, CFO, Hyderabad, Fraud, CBI
UN audit finds weakness in peacekeepers' IT
News IT systems for UN peacekeeping logistics were insecure last year, according to an internal UN report, but some secure transmission standards are being deliberately avoided due to their bandwidth requirements.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Firewalls, Defense/military, Disaster Recovery, Report, IT Security, business continuity planning, business continuity, Defense/military
Tech coalition launches sweatshop probe
News Human-rights group's report on a keyboard supplier in China is leading to an audit of the factory by a watchdog coalition of tech giants.
Tags: Audits, Components, Consumer Technology, Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Supplier, Lenovo Group Ltd., Worker
TurboTax Deluxe 2008 (Federal + State)
Product Reviews TurboTax Deluxe 2008 (Federal + State)
Tags: TurboTax, Business, Knowledge Base, TurboTax 2008, audit, desktop, tax, Income, Intuit Inc.
