The digital revolution in media has made it far easier and less costly to manage media assets than ever before, yet companies such as CNN are only now beginning to realise their value and are starting to implement systems to leverage them.
Technology and standards are improving to guard copyright material online and manage its use. Companies will benefit from better control of files and more sales opportunities.
Videoconferencing is an increasingly popular way for enterprises to keep in contact, but connecting systems together still presents some challenges.
As dot-coms fail and tech giants lay off thousands of workers, employees frequently walk out the door with desktop computers, telephones and handheld devices--even heavy office furniture, copy machines, research devices and sophisticated computer servers.
One of the great challenges of implementing customer relationship management is getting CRM to work together with your existing systems. What is the best approach for connecting CRM?
Although some level of diversity in hardware suppliers is typically unavoidable and beneficial, it does introduce costs that must be understood during the vendor selection process so organisations should strive to keep the number of active vendors low.
Enterprises that don't have processes in place for managing IT assets can find that infrastructure is completely undocumented, argues a visiting technologist.
Sure you know how many PCs are on your network, but can you say for sure how many have out-of-date licenses or pirated software?
special report The use of Web services as an integration technology is starting to pick up speed. We asked four local organisations about their Web services integration projects.
One of the great challenges of implementing customer relationship management is getting CRM to work together with your existing systems. What is the best approach for connecting CRM?
Sure you know how many PCs are on your network, but can you say for sure how many have out-of-date licenses or pirated software?
Intel today launched the vPro desktop platform in Australia and New Zealand, claiming the technology will reduce support costs, improve hardware security and make PCs easier to manage. However, newly found partner Apple has no plans to include vPro in its line of offerings.
SQL Server 2005 will cost more but why aren't customers complaining?
Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.
Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? We look at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.
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