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Philippines puts brakes on vehicle RFID plan

News Public uproar compels Land Transportation Office to indefinitely postpone country's multi-million dollar project to install RFID devices in vehicles.

Thursday, October 01 2009 05:35 PM

Tags: RFID, Privacy, Local Government, RFID tag, Plan, IT infrastructure, Information Technology, RFID chip, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep.

Asian firms prep for disaster, but not well

News More businesses recognize need to establish disaster recovery strategy, but face challenges deploying such plans successfully, say industry players.

Thursday, May 14 2009 12:04 PM

Tags: Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Business planning, Disaster Recovery, Plan, Survey, Small And Medium Business, Malaysia, business continuity, Business planning

Outages cost large firms US$288K

News update Over 90 percent of firms worldwide had to execute their disaster recovery plan last year, new report notes. Downtime in Asia costs US$150,000 on average.

Wednesday, July 08 2009 10:19 AM

Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery, Service level management, Disaster Recovery, Plan, Asia, Disaster Recovery Planning, Virtual Environment, IT Professional, systems engineering

Sample influenza business continuity plan

Blogs My colleague and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng and I started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IA...

Monday, September 07 2009 05:41 PM

Reviewing pandemic plans has just become job #1

Techguide With the Influenza A hitting over 60 countries, IT managers need to step up contingency planning. One CIO shares his organization's experience and plans.

Sunday, May 31 2009 04:37 PM

Tags: Contingency planning, Remote management, VPNs, Event, Plan, public health, remote access, Contingency planning, VPNs, Server

Emergency response the weakest link in organizational resilience

Blogs I think of organizational resilience as a chain that links security, emergency management (EM), disaster recovery, busin...

Thursday, October 16 2008 10:52 AM

Companies plan for possible swine flu pandemic

News There's no telling how bad the swine flu outbreak will be, but experts say companies should be preparing for the worst.

Friday, May 01 2009 11:36 AM

Tags: Crisis communications, Database management, Employee, Mobile, Plan, Sprint Communications, Gartner Inc., Crisis communications, network, health care

Yahoo rebuts Icahn: You have no plan

News Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock lashes back at Carl Icahn, saying the investor misinterprets facts and has no plan beside selling the company to Microsoft.

Thursday, June 05 2008 10:53 AM

Tags: Investor relations, Corporate communications, Business development/management, Microsoft Corp., Plan, Yahoo! Inc., job, shareholder, asset, talent

Yahoo dishes up FAQ on severance plans

News Yahoo tells its employees the "that's nuts" comment made by its outside compensation consultant was no reflection of the company's severance package.

Wednesday, June 11 2008 10:14 PM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Employee, Plan, Yahoo! Inc., Compensation, Stock, layoff, stock price

Icahn's proxy fight could trigger Yahoo's severance plan

News Billionaire investor's proxy slate may get saddled with Yahoo's controversial employee severance plan. Icahn, meanwhile, is said to be calling for Jerry Yang's ouster.

Wednesday, June 04 2008 08:54 AM

Tags: Investor relations, Leadership, Employee communications, Plan, Yahoo! Inc., software, Carl Icahn, Delaware Chancery Court, job, Jerry Yang

Yahoo shareholders seek to nix severance plans

News Yahoo shareholders are seeking to invalidate a controversial employee severance plan prior to the company's August 1 shareholders meeting.

Tuesday, June 10 2008 10:58 PM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Plan, Yahoo! Inc., Compensation, Stock, Carl Icahn, Delaware Chancery Court, job

Five tips for building a WBS

Techguide These techniques will save you time and rework on your next Work Breakdown Structure.

Wednesday, September 17 2008 08:44 AM

Tags: Project management, IT project management, Work Breakdown Structure, Activity, Plan, Tool, Summary Activity, technique, team, Project management

Kaspersky plans Australian R&D effort

News Russian IT security vendor unveils plans to establish an Australian presence, including local security researchers, to better support customers and partners in the region.

Wednesday, October 15 2008 11:07 AM

Tags: Security, Kaspersky Lab, Plan, Dubai, software, Spain, Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc., researcher, R&D

Google plans first-ever share buyback

News If the company's US$750 million acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset impact of issuing US$750 million in stock by buying back an equal amount.

Thursday, November 12 2009 09:54 AM

Tags: Internet advertising, Mobile advertising