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- Australian Customs Service Secures PCs and National Borders With Windows Vista
- The Australian Customs Service ACS uses a range of sophisticated techniques to protect national borders. To back this up, it maintains about 5,800 computers, including 600 notebooks, at 93 locations. However, its IT department was struggling under the burden of maintaining its desktop infrastructure and was concerned about the security...
- Tags: PC, Notebook Computer, Mobility, Microsoft Windows Vista, Borders Books & Music, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Australian Customs Service, Customs Service, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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- Customs Service Improves Reporting With Simplified, Integrated Antivirus Solution
- The Australian Customs Service Customs is a government agency that employs high-tech methods to protect Australia's borders from illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and other security threats. To support its efforts, the organization uses a comprehensive IT infrastructure to manage thousands of computers and mobile devices. In early 2007, Customs began...
- Tags: Security Threat, Agency, Antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Customs Service, Security
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- Customs Service Uses Integrated Solution to Help Protect and Manage IT Environment
- The Australian Customs Service Customs is a government agency that uses high-tech methods to protect Australia's borders from illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and other security threats. To support its mission critical efforts, the organization relies on a comprehensive IT infrastructure to manage thousands of computers and mobile devices. In addition,...
- Tags: IT Environment, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Security, Management
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- ObjectVideo Case Study: U.S. Customs & Border Protection
- The client is U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Customs needed to optimize its use of resources - across unmanned checkpoints and major ports of entry - and establish a more effective security operation to combat potential terrorist threats, illegal immigration and drug trafficking. ObjectVideo VEW...
- Tags: ObjectVideo, Client, Security
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- Australian Customs Service: Refining Cargo Management With IBM
- The Australian Customs Service Customs is the federal government agency that manages the security and integrity of Australia's borders. The agency wanted to replace legacy systems with a modern and accessible IT platform to keep pace with changes in business and communications practices, and introduce a single, integrated face of...
- Tags: Agency, IBM Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Hardware Upgrade, Marketing, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- SAS Application Introduced Into China Customs
- From 1999, China Customs developed a series of applications based on SAS. This paper is going to introduce three of them that play a positive role in enhancing supervision, monitoring customs administrative affairs and in supporting decision-making. These systems are quite representative. Data Quality Control DQC represents basic data processing....
- Tags: Monitoring, SAS Institute, Custom, Data Quality Control, Enforcement Assessing System
- White papers 2006-02-28
- Customs Organisation Improves Customer Service With Standardised IT Environment
- Finnish Customs regulates Finland's internal and external trade in the European Union. In 2005, the organisation employed 2,600 people and collected ¬2.5 billion (U.S.$3.5 billion) in taxes and charges. That year, the organisation decided to upgrade from its existing Applix database server and IT environment. Finnish Customs examined a number...
- Tags: Customer Service, Microsoft Corp., Customs Organisation, Finnish Customs, Open Source, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-01
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Protecting Our Southern Border Against the Terrorist Threat
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security DHS. U.S. Customs and Border Protection have taken a number of steps to increase security across our borders during the "period of increased risk" leading up to the presidential election. These actions and...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, CBP, Security
- White papers 2004-08-20
- Smooth Path to EU Accession for Lithuanian Customs
- The Lithuanian Customs wanted to support local companies' participation in international trade and prepare for forthcoming integration with the EU customs union. The contract to supply the new Customer Information System CIS and infrastructure was won by a consortium of 14 companies, headed by HP. HP also defined, developed and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Hardware, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
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- Deployment Gone wrong
- I'm a software developer by trade but now i'm in managment one of the most nerve racking times for me in the SDLC is the deployment. I would hate to be the company that is responsible for losing millions if not billions of my clients dollars due to an unplanned(god...
- Tags: sedwards@...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-24
- Freight Forwarder Moves Away From Novell, Installs Integrated Microsoft Solution
- In an environment where time really is money, companies in the import/export industry appreciate the importance of reliable communications. These businesses need to be in touch with customers and suppliers 24x7 and must also be in constant contact with customs authorities. Australian freight forwarder Transitainer was struggling to communicate effectively...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Environment, Microsoft Corp.
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- Cargo at Spanish Port Passes Customs in Hours Instead of Days Using Web Portal
- The Port of Valencia in Spain wanted to create a promotional and transactional Web portal. This needed to provide an efficient way of aggregating information on shipping services as well as cost-effective tools for migrating paper-based processes to electronic media. To achieve these goals, the port deployed Microsoft integrated portal...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Portal, Portals, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies 2006-07-31
- LightPointe Case Study: Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
- Jordan's Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority ASEZA needed to provide WAN connectivity for eight remote sites, including the two ASEZA headquarters, Wadi Araba Customs, King Hussein International Airport, Aqaba City Services Centre, Aqaba Harbour Customs, Aqaba Income Tax department and the South Border Crossing Point. ASEZA also needed access to...
- Tags: LightPointe, Jordan, WANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
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- Big Ben 3D (exe)
- Do you like English delicacy and courtesy, true customs and traditions, lively streets of Soho and Buckingham Palace grandeur?
- Tags: 3D, SOHO
- Software downloads 2007-11-08
- Canadian Customs Brokerage Migrates Its Award-Winning Virtualized Linux Server Environment From Red Hat to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Reduces Administrative Burden and Cost
- GHY International is a leading international trade and customs brokerage firm, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. GHY began using Linux several years ago to reduce operating expenses. The company found it easy to run on Intel hardware and Linux offered a cost-effective development environment. However, the company had developed a large...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux Server, Red Hat Inc., Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Customs Brokerage, GHY International, Linux, Open Source, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
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- ITS TIME TO END THE DATABASE STATE
- It's finally happened, we warned them and they didn't listen. Now the records of 25 million British Citizens have been lost by Her Majestys Revenue and Customs, sent by a junior official on CD's from Washington to London.As one of those 25 million people, I would like to say to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, ben.rattigan, database, HM Revenue & Customs
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Let this be a lesson to you....
- If you are bringing a head with you into the US, declare it on your customs forms!! :Dhttp://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=11178127§ion=news&src=rss/uk/oddlyEnoughNews
- Tags: Jellimonsta
- Discussion threads 2006-02-13
- Schiphol Airport: Service-Oriented Application Infrastructure Enhances Flexibility, Efficiency, and Satisfaction at One of Europe's Most Important Airport Hubs
- Information is the lifeblood of an airport. At Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, up to 20,000 airport staff and 38 external companies-ranging from aircraft catering to customs-rely on the airport information system to keep abreast of details associated with every flight. When the time came to replace its 17-year old system, Schiphol...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Information, Airport, Application Servers, Aerospace & Defense, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Manufacturing, Management
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- It's Smooth Sailing for Sinotrans Limited With Improved Supply Chain Management
- Increased competition from specialized marine shipping companies and inland transporters in the early 2000s prompted Sinotrans to investigate ways of providing seamless service. Its aim was to develop a complete shipping solution, from packaging and inland freighting to container transportation, customs services, and end-to-end supervision. Key to achieving this objective...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Information Management, Oracle Corp., ERP, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Transportation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Patient Information Management (zip)
- P.I.M. is a Microsoft Office add-in that allows professionals in the medical field to organize, schedule, and analyze patient information within a Windows environment they are already accustomed to. P.I.M. adds customs forms and dialogs to Outlook so you can run your practice with ease. Physicians, Orthopedics, Chiropractors, Surgeons, Dentists,...
- Tags: Patient, ABIS, P.I.M.
- Software downloads 2008-05-23
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