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- Computer System Standardization Enriches Student Education
- The computers at Trinity Primary School in Marysville, Ohio were a mixture of various brand name and generic models, all obtained through private donations. In addition, they were all legacy systems, at least five years old and pre-Intel Pentium. Similarly, the process capabilities of approximately half of the computers did...
- Tags: Education, Dell Computer Corp., Computer, Standardization, Computer System Standardization, Productivity
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- Standardization: Key to Mass Deployment
- Over the past ten years, the access network has evolved in the three dimensions that are fundamental to the successful offering of services: high data speed, high data quality and high data sustainability. In standardization terms, these are the data, control and management planes, the evolving requirements of which have...
- Tags: Alcatel, Standardization, Strategic Planning, Databases, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- Standardization: Laying the Foundation for an Adaptive Enterprise
- Standardization is the foundation of HP's Adaptive Enterprise strategy, which enables companies to synchronize business and IT to capitalize on change. HP's approach to standardization is composed of three dimensions - industry-standard architectures, reusable components and consistent implementation - which together help customers to simplify change and reduce costs. HP's...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Adaptive Enterprise, Standardization, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2004-02-10
- Standardization Through Macros: The Possiblilites of Using Indirect Referencing to Macro Variables
- In the pharmaceutical industry, standardization is always a goal. The same reports are repeatedly needed but the study data that is used in the reports is often slightly different with a different study design or different number of arms or cohorts. The macro facility is helpful in achieving standardization and...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Standardization, Macro Variable, Macro Facility, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2005-03-09
- Open System Interconnection (OSI) Protocols
- The Open System Interconnection OSI protocol suite is comprised of numerous standard protocols that are based on the OSI reference model.The OSI specifications were conceived and implemented by two international standards organizations: the International Organization for Standardization ISO and the International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). This chapter provides a...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Open System Interconnection Protocol Suite, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2003-02-27
- Introduction for Using UML
- The purpose with this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the Unified Modeling Language UML for programmers and software architects. The focus is on using UML in general, not in combination with a particular tool, problem domain or programming technique. UML has intentionally been developed as a langue...
- Tags: UML, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2003-10-20
- Standardizing Your Reporting and BI: Understanding the Business and Technology Trends Driving Standardization
- Reporting and other business intelligence applications are among the vital services IT departments provide. Standardization can improve business performance and increase top-line revenues by making these tools available to the enterprise with more agility and responsiveness. The Cognos suite does indeed qualify as a complete solution for an enterprise's BI...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Standardization, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2004-11-01
- The Benefits of Business Intelligence Standardization: Why Should You Standardize Your Business Intelligence Tools?
- As Gartner notes, "At most companies, the problems of fragmentation and proliferation of disparate Business Intelligence BI tools have been exacerbated during the past two years." Faced with these problems of BI fragmentation, organizations are moving quickly to implement BI standards. BI standardization involves costs and change management, but as...
- Tags: Benefit, Standardization, Business Intelligence Standardization, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2005-10-06
- Using Group Policy for Enterprise Desktop Management: Standardization, Security, and Compliance
- With the proliferation of the networked personal computer, desktop management has become increasingly important to network security, user productivity, and regulatory compliance. This paper explains how organizations can leverage the Group Policy infrastructure in Active Directory to create their own standard for enterprise desktop management, and by doing so eliminate...
- Tags: Security, Group Policy, Desktop Management, Compliance, Standardization, ITIL, Desktops, It Services, Hardware
- White papers 2005-11-21
- Atkins Improves Service and Ensures Compliance With Imaging and Process Management System
- Atkins was running a number of disparate administrative systems - which were slow and prone to human error - across its 190 sites in the United Kingdom. As a result, employees, customers, and suppliers often had inconsistent experiences depending on their location. Atkins launched an initiative designed to bring many...
- Tags: Process Management, Oracle Corp., Compliance, Imaging, Atkins, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies 2007-05-01
- HSBC Improves Reliability, Security, and Cost Savings for Desktop Standardization Effort
- In 2004, financial group HSBC launched an initiative to reduce the cost of supporting 300,000 desktop computers by 20 percent through rigorous standardization. To help achieve this goal, the company deployed Microsoft System Center solutions as an integral part of its new environment. Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 facilitates centralized...
- Tags: Software, Security, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, Environment, Microsoft Corp., HSBC, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management
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- TechNet Webcast: Discover the Benefits of Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 Now (Level 200)
- There are four IT-driven triggers that are driving customers to upgrade their Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure to the latest version: consolidation, database standardization, application upgrades, and Business Intelligence standardization. This webcast inform about the key benefits that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides over earlier versions in these four scenarios. The...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Benefit, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, Enterprise Software, Digital Media, Software, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-12-18
- TEKsystems Case Study: A Large Automotive Company Based in Canada
- Founded in 1969, the client is one of Canada's top five automobile manufacturers, as well as its largest retailer of motorcycles and ATVs, and one its largest power equipment/marine companies. The company needed to perform a workstation standardization of 930 units across three cities in Canada. The client did not...
- Tags: Asset, Workstation, TEKsystems, Canada, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
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- Convince your users to standardize
- Although the benefits of standardized computing platforms should be apparent to the average tech, the end user is usually less enthusiastic. Learn how a little communication can help win your users over to standardization.While the benefits of standardization may seem obvious to most support techs, users aren’t always as understanding....
- Tags: Strategic planning, Jeff Dray, little communication, IT Support, standardization, benefit, information technology
- Technical articles 2000-11-28
- Using Industry Standard Data Formats With WebSphere ESB and DB2 Version 9 pureXML
- Many industries strive for a higher degree of standardization for facilitating interaction and data exchange between companies, as well as with their external business partners. To achieve this, industries have developed standards specific to their businesses that enable consistency of information across all parties, and ensure compliance with any applicable...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Enterprise Service Bus, pureXML, Industry Standard, Industry, IBM DB2, Health Level 7, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-06-13
- PT-SI Develops an Integrated Network Management Information System Using CA's Allfusion Gen
- Portugal Telecom - Sistemas de Informacao (PT-SI) is a young member of the PT Group, the largest telecommunications and media company in Portugal. With the goal of analyzing and designing a new integrated information system to support network access management, PT-SI launched the SIGRA Project. The need for innovation and...
- Tags: Information System, Network, MIS, Computer Associates International Inc., Network Management, CA AllFusion, PT-SI, Strategy, Networking, Management
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- eManager (exe)
- If you are looking for a simple to use compliance system, look no further. eManager is an expert system for standardization of procedures; Quality Control; Corporate Governance and Risk Control measures. Any routine task, ranging from a simple complaints system to Human Resources and Health & Safety, can be contained...
- Tags: Procedure, Compliance, eManager, Desktops, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2006-05-28
- Transforming the Data Center Through Standardization
- Data centers today are at the breaking point - complexity has gone out of control, driving costs up and jeopardizing service levels. That's why Symantec recommends companies standardize on a single layer of infrastructure software. Data centers today are at the breaking point - complexity has gone out of control,...
- Tags: Data Center, Standardization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-12-04
- Cooperative Strategies in the Standardization of Wireless Telecommunications
- This paper explores firms' cooperative standard-setting strategies in wireless telecommunications through a quantitative paper of the members of one standards development organization, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). A special focus is on firms' cooperation activities outside of 3GPP, particularly in industry consortia and fora. The results suggest that dense...
- Tags: Strategy, 3GPP, Telecommunications, Standardization, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2006-04-07
- Consolidated Enterprise Reporting for Disparate Systems and Cross-Functional Contact Centers
- For the purpose of this white paper, enterprise and consolidated reporting in the contact center refers to both standardization of contact center data and cross-functional reporting. The contact center data can be from multiple contact centers operating as different business units technologically. The cross-functional reporting can be from multiple customer...
- Tags: Contact Center, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-12-21
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