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Alexander Forbes Embraces Converged IP Networking to Support Global Business Growth: With primary operations based in Johannesburg, South Africa and the UK, Alexander Forbes operates in some 30 countries across Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe and employs over 5000 people. Recognising the tremendous value that information and communication technology ICT can deliver in terms of business efficiency, cost-reduction and the...; Tags: Network, Forbes, Cisco Systems Inc., Information And Communication Technology, IP Networking, Strategy, Management; Case studies
Outsourcing Pays Off for Leading Financial and Business News Publisher: Forbes.com is the most trusted information resource for the world's business and investment leaders and affluent adults. To support Forbes.com's growing business, the IT/operations team spent an increasing amount of time on new initiatives, new projects, and new products. As a result, the team had less time to spend on...; Tags: Team, Financial, Sun Microsystems Inc., Forbes, Team Management, Backups, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; Case studies
Forbes.com Reaches Business Leaders With Intel Built in: G.D. Somani Memorial School, located at Cuffe Parade, Mumbai in India, serves a growing student body of about 2000 students. An increase in enrollment combined with expanded use of lab facilities was producing a strain on the school's computing resources. They needed a solution that would address reliability and security...; Tags: Leader, Forbes, Intel Corp., Performance Management, Linux, Leadership, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Management; Case studies
Publisher Gains Stability and Cost Efficiency Through IT Standardization and Consolidation: Though it is known as a pioneering publishing company, Forbes had an IT infrastructure that was out of date. The company wrestled with aging hardware and software, including client desktops running the Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems and file and e-mail servers running Novell NetWare 4.11 with...; Tags: Information Technology, Consolidation, Forbes, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Intel Xeon, Standardization, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Servers, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components; Case studies
First Middle School of Tongshan County in Hubei Enhances Teaching With Digital Tools: Serving a lively mix of news, advice, analysis and tools, Forbes.com is one of the Web's most popular sites for affluent and influential business leaders - and the advertisers that want to reach them. Forbes.com needed high performance, highly reliable infrastructure to service an average of 14-15 million unique visitors...; Tags: Forbes, Tool, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Case studies

Top-Ranked Business Web Site Guarantees Email and BlackBerry Availability With MessageOne OneSwitch: With more than two million unique visitors each month, Forbes.com is the world's number one business Web site. By standardizing on OneSwitch for Exchange and OneSwitch for Blackberry, Forbes.com ensures that its employees have continuous access to communications and collaboration tools as well as critical corporate data stored in email....; Tags: Web, Forbes, RIM BlackBerry, Web Site, MessageOne, E-mail, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Internet; Case studies
The 2006 Forbes CFO Conference - Thriving in Treacherous Times: A person can't always predict or prevent disaster. But as a leader, he or she can be prepared to help their company stand strong in the face of uncertainty. Great CFOs from the Forbes 2000 List of Companies share their secrets to successful financial leadership and thriving in treacherous times....; Tags: Forbes, SAS Institute, CFO, Leadership, Management; Webcasts
Forbes comes out with list of likely Apple upgrades: After the rather flaming topic on the behavior of Apple fans posted by fellow blogger Andy Moon yesterday, I think it's time for something lighter. Forbes has drawn up a list of what it touts as an Apple's fan most cherished items this year. You can read the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Forbes, Apple Inc., Tablets, 3G, Notebooks, Network Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Paul Mah; Blog posts 2007-12-13
What price (vigilante) justice?: Now, I'm not one to criticize a serious, well-respected publication for dabbling in pop-culture zeitgeist to get a few non-regular readers in the door. First, because I serve the same function for TechRepublic. Second, because it works. Case in point, a recent edition of...; Tags: JavaScript, Forbes, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Jay Garmon; Blog posts 2005-06-27

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Intranet Migration Lowers Costs and Improves Productivity: Alexander Forbes is one of the leading providers of financial and risk services internationally. Alexander Forbes was running an Intranet, so the concept of an Intranet had been adopted within the organisation. Technically, the delivery of the information on the Intranet was facilitated across multiple platforms, which was resulting in...; Tags: Migration, Intranet, Intranet Migration; Case studies
Reporting on What Matters Most to Leading South African Financial Services Company: Compliance is the watchword at Alexander Forbes. This leading South African financial services company has deployed Veritas NetBackup software from Symantec in conjunction with Veritas CommandCentral Service software to meet its compliance requirements via proactive policy enforcement and remediation, a consolidated view of compliance to multiple regulations and standards, and...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Compliance, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2007-09-07
The most respected companies in the world: Last month, I blogged about the five worst companies to work for. This week, I stumbled upon a list on Forbes.com of the "World's Most Respected Companies." This is a list compiled from a study conducted by Reputation Institute, a New York City-based consultancy and research firm. For the eighth...; Tags: List, Toni Bowers; Blog posts 2007-08-07
Another 14 mobile Web sites worth bookmarking on your Treo or smartphone: A few weeks ago I posted 14 Web sites worth bookmarking on your Treo, PDA, or smartphone. Since then, several users responded with suggestions to add to the list and I've discovered some additional sites worth bookmarking. Here's list of 14 more: Boing (http://boing.mobi/) AOL Mobile (http://wap.aol.com/portal/) Palm Portal (http://mobile.palm.com/us/index.epl) Ask.com (http://m.ask.com/) YesWAP (http://yeswap.com/) News4Mobile (http://www.news4mobile.com/) PDAportal.com...; Tags: Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Smartphone, Mobile, Treo; Blog posts 2007-06-17
Tom Cruise Screensaver (zip): Tom Cruise is one of only two actors to have seven consecutive US$100 million plus blockbusters, and Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. If you love Tom Cruise, then you will definitely love this free screensaver filled with hot Tom Cruise photos on your...; Tags: Tom Cruise, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-01-29
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Constructing a Better Mobile Communications System: Consistently ranked among the Forbes 500 largest privately-owned companies, Webcor is a recognized leader in commercial construction. Webcor wanted to maintain and build its leadership position, Webcor needed to improve the way its employees communicated with customers, architects, contractors and manufacturers while on the road or at any of the...; Tags: Mobile, Mobile Communication, Motorola Inc., Webcor, Advertising & Promotion, Leadership, Cellular Phones, PDAs, Marketing, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Handhelds, Hardware; Case studies 2006-06-19
Strohl Systems Group Case Study: Countrywide Financial: Countrywide Financial is a member of the S&P 500, Forbes 500 and Fortune 500. The company reached the point when everyone began to realize that there was no way they could adequately maintain their business continuity plans using a word processing tool. It was during one of the disaster recovery...; Tags: Financial, Business Continuity, Countrywide Financial, Disaster Recovery, It Services, Data Management; Case studies
First American Trust Banks on Network Appliance for Compliance and Disaster Recovery: First American Trust Federal Savings Bank is part of The First American Corporation, a Forbes 500 and Fortune 500 company and the nation's leading provider of diversified business information and related products. As First American's computing system and data storage needs grew, it became apparent that trying to meet these...; Tags: Bank, Network Appliance Inc., Compliance, Disaster Recovery, NetApp, Storage, Hardware; Case studies
How an Avaya Network Security Assessment Helped International Bank of Commerce Reinforce Its Market Leadership: Founded in 1966 to meet the needs of small business in South Texas, the International Bank of Commerce IBC has grown to become the largest Hispanic-owned bank in the United States and a Forbes 500 company with more than $6.4B in assets. Network security is a non-negotiable topic and a...; Tags: Bank, Leadership, Avaya Inc., Network Security, Networking, Security, Financial Services; Case studies
dbaDIRECT and BMC Software PATROL Solutions Help Manufacturer Achieve 24/7 Availability Goals to Support Critical ERP Application: Providing the support to keep a business-critical J.D. Edwards ERP application at highest availability is a priority for the IT organization of this Forbes 500 manufacturer. dbaDIRECT was engaged to provide the desired safety net while the manufacturer's DBAs got up to speed on Oracle and to help in supporting...; Tags: BMC Software Inc., Oracle Corp., ERP, Manufacturer, It Management, It service Management; Case studies

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