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A Matter of Trust: Secure Computing in an Age of Uncertainty PDF, 89K
Network security is a hot topic in most IT shops these days, and rightly so. The Participation Age has ushered in a wave of unwanted participants – hackers, thieves, competitors and terrorists. Securing client computers on “untrusted” networks requires both user security and machine security. This is an article from synnovation Magazine.
Operational Agility
The world’s leading consumer and packaged goods (CPG) companies are focused on sustainable, profitable growth. To become nimbler, more efficient organizations-and support their growth plans-they are pursuing IT transformation. In this paper, we examine their tactics and suggest how other firms in the industry can emulate this model to ensure their own success.
Outsourcing In a Multichannel Environment
Traditional retailers are exploring optimal ways to modernize and expand their direct channels, investing in new, or enhancing existing, online or self-service capabilities. Increasingly, retailers are challenged by changing regulations, such as country-of-origin inspections, enhanced Payment Card Industry (PCI) scrutiny, postal changes, payment options, new e-commerce options and mobile commerce. These changes add complexity and increase the costs required to meet demands and manage supply chains. The majority of retailers are working to cost-effectively create cross-channel, integrated order-entry, customer-service and fulfillment capabilities that improve customer insight and service.
Securing the Enterprise Wireless LAN
The depth and breadth of wireless devices continues to grow, and it's a boon for businesses as workers are more mobile than at any time in the past. But that freedom comes with a very real threat of significant security breaches. Companies must protect themselves by employing solutions that secure the enterprise wireless local-area network.
Service-Oriented Architecture In the Retail Sector
In this viewpoint paper, HP describes a process-oriented, opportunity-driven approach to the implementation of SOA in the retail environment. This phased, results-oriented approach allows companies to create services that respond flexibly to changes in consumer demand, product design and supply chain operations.
Three Ingredients To Improve the Odds of Success During Mergers and Acquisitions
It doesn’t take an expert to tell you that consumer confidence has dropped dramatically over the past year. Even with consumer spending following suit, retailers aren’t giving up. They’re re-trenching and looking at strategic alternatives such as mergers, acquisitions and divestitures to take advantage of the economic downturn and gain market share.
Tomorrow's Shopping World
How will food retailing look for the next generation? How will changing lifestyles and developing technologies shape the way we shop in the future?

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