Information Management
266 Stories
Proper data management key to e-discovery
News Singapore kicks off new protocol for discovery of electronic documents to be used as court evidence, which experts say reinforces need for better information management.
Tags: Legal, Data Management, IT Governance, Hewlett-Packard Co., Phone, Security, Protocol, Organization, Keystone Law, Singapore
Park right expertise to stay e-legal
News Firms need to pull expert resources into dedicated team to comply with digital forensics requests, says consultant, who outlines common pitfalls they should avoid.
Tags: Data Management, Legal, IT project management, IT Governance, E-discovery, Asia, Backup, IT Manager, Singapore, QA
IBM unleashes tools to make data 'capital asset'
News IT giant unveils new suite of information management software and services, alongside plans to beef up its Asia-Pacific partner network.
Tags: Content management, Data mining & analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, IBM Corp., Information, Tool, Business Process, business intelligence, software, marketing
Xerox picks HCL in US$100M deal
News The contract will see HCL providing data center hosting and migration, virtualization, consolidation and storage architecture services across Europe and North America.
Tags: Data centers, Data backup, disaster recovery, Xerox Corp., Architecture Services, storage architecture service, Outsourcing Company, document management company, Document Management, information management, data center
Soca game for US$740M tech revamp
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency in the United Kingdom is embarking on a project to integrate about 50 IT systems, which it expects to commence in 2010.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Authentication and encryption, Data security, Firewalls, Viruses and worms, Supplier, National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, Serious Organised Crime Agency, London
Enterprise search: The target is moving
News Lucid Imagination, an open-source enterprise search company, wants to compete with the established players. However, its target is already shifting.
Tags: Search, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise risk management, Autonomy Corp. Plc, Enterprise Search, Interwoven, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Document Management, Endeca Technologies Inc.
Stopping corporate IT break-ins
News Shutting the door to IT systems after staff leave the business and allowing workers to safely log in from home can be a major headache for business.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Business security, Staff, Reed Elsevier Inc., LDAP, project management office, London, Silicon.com, audit
Businesses urged to harness staff Web 2.0 skills
News A Butler Group report claims employees' Web 2.0 know-how can boost workforce productivity and bring positive changes to businesses.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security, Butler Group, CIO, social networking, Silicon.com, network, Web 2.0, information management, workplace
IBM may open source DB2
News Big Blue is looking into bringing its widely used database software under an open source license, a U.K. director acknowledges.
Tags: Storage, Database management, Open source, IBM Corp., IBM DB2, Security, Database, Storage, Environment, data compression
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News The economic downturn is not universally bad news for IT, according to consulting company Frost & Sullivan which says gloomy markets can actually mean good news for certain segments of the tech industry.
Tags: Virtualization, M&A, Information And Communication Technology, electronic billing, leasing, Frost & Sullivan, systems integration, information management, software-as-a-service, information technology
Parity provides free online identity management
News New CardPress service provides a hosted application for associations, organizations, and merchants wanting to issue information cards.
Tags: Web sites, Security, Information Card, Google Inc., Card, ID Card, Password, Novell Inc., financial, bank
'Spoken Web' can bridge India's digital divide
Insight newsmaker Director of IBM India Research Laboratory believes voice-enabled Web portals can unleash "untapped potential" of country's rural communities.
Tags: R&D, IBM Corp., Technology, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Innovation, phone, software, keyboard
Unnecessary distraction from country's e-polls
Blogs If not for the weird story that President Arroyo underwent a breast implant operation in a local hospital, I'm pretty su...
UK police database: 'A major weapon in crime fight'
News A Logica-headed consortium has been awarded the US$113 million contract to deliver the first phase of the Police National Database.
Tags: Databases, Logica, Database, Michael Bichard, Impact Program, consortium, England, Silicon.com, U.K., information management
A clean approach to BI
News Companies that depend on business intelligence systems must focus on data cleanliness and draft more inclusive operational policies around the technology, says HP exec.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Data mining & analysis, Hewlett-Packard Co., Data, Database, CIO, data quality, business intelligence, marketing, information management
