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- Fair Isaac: Gaining Advantage From Microsoft Software Assurance
- Fair Isaac Corporation provides decision management solutions that are powered by advanced analytics and used by banks and credit card issuers as well as insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers, healthcare organizations, and government agencies. The director of IT at Fair Isaac is responsible for server and workstation environments across 33 offices...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Training, Software Assurance, International Data Group, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't all that 'smart'
- Found via reddit: Isaac Asimov's Essay "What is Intelligence, Anyway?" The absolute money quote comes from Asimov recounting the words of his auto mechanic:"Because you're so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn't be very smart." Asimov's response? "I have an uneasy feeling he had something there." by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Decision Management Solution Provider Gains Predictable IT Costs and Consistency
- As the leading provider of decision management solutions used by thousands of organizations from financial institutions to healthcare organizations, Fair Isaac helps drive hundreds of billions of business decisions each year. To maintain its competitive advantage through rapid growth, the company needed to equip its workers with consistent software tools....
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Desktop Software, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management
- Case studies 2006-06-01
- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't
- ACADEMIA NUTSYou've got to use your whole brain to catch one of those.
- Tags: BALTHOR, off-topic, Isaac Asimov
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Decision Analysis: Concepts, Tools and Promise
- At Fair Isaac, some powerful and unique decision analytic tools have been developed in recent years. These tools add significant value to clients who use our products and services to optimize their strategies. While traditionally the emphasis at Fair Isaac had been on sophisticated prediction technologies, it has shifted in...
- Tags: Decision Analysis, Tool, Productivity
- White papers 2001-05-01
- Technology Provider Boosts Employee Satisfaction While Increasing Productivity
- Fair Isaac Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of business decision systems, has made a very successful decision of its own: to take advantage of the Microsoft Home Use Program included with its Microsoft Software Assurance for Volume Licensing benefits. As a Software Assurance customer, Fair Isaac can maximize...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Software Assurance, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies
- Mortgage-Related Field Services Firm Delivers Enhanced Services While Reducing Costs
- First American Field Services, a provider of property inspections and other field services for the mortgage industry, needed to automate a paper-based system that was bogging down its operations in providing services for some 150,000 properties per month. The company would print out work orders from a legacy system, send...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mortgages, Hardware Upgrade, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Finance, Capital Structures, Hardware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- Watch Isaac Asimov's TV show
- SerendipityI clearly remember this show. I believe the title used when it aired was "Serendipity" which was also the name of Parker Stevenson's company in the series. I recall the episode with the ball lightning too. A couple thought that they
- Tags: geekend, Parker Stevenson, cnordby@..., feedback, ball-lightning, Isaac Asimov, Serendipity
- Discussion threads 2006-10-14
- Why the Three Laws of Robotics are immoral and broken
- First order of business: I love the fact that there's a Web site called Asimovlaws.com dedicated to the ethical and technical issues surrounding the development of human-friendly artificial intelligence. Truly, this Internet thing has got some real potential.So, what is the first issue for debate on said uber-cool...
- Tags: Robotics, Robot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- Empowering Call Centers to Make More Consistent, Informed, and Profitable Decisions
- The web seminar will demonstrate how to enable consistent customer treatment across all channels. The webcast offers personalized, rapid service for new products and offerings with the ability to update business rules in real-time, enable call center personnel to provide optimal pricing, detect fraudulent transactions, and effectively manage other complex...
- Tags: Call-center, Siebel Systems Inc., Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Use of Transition Matrices in Risk Management and Valuation
- Value at Risk VaR modelling and transition matrices have gained acceptance in use for corporate and sovereign portfolio valuation. With the emergence of the Basel Accord and a deeper curiosity surrounding capital calculation methodologies, transition matrices are gaining interest as a tool for retail portfolio valuation and capital allocation. Fair...
- Tags: Valuation, Small And Medium Enterprise, Risk Management, Fair Isaac, Smb/Sme, Investment, Finance
- White papers 2004-09-01
- The mad scientist's chemical desk reference
- The Indopedia has this handy list of famous fictional chemical substances, broken down by entirely fictional elements, fictional isotopes of real elements, fictional properties of real elements, fictional compounds and alloys, and fictional medicines or drugs. Required reading for any supervillain in training. Besides classics like Adamantium,...
- Tags: Scientist, Indopedia, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Decision Analysis Firm Shortens Sales Cycle 30 Percent With Real-Time Collaboration
- As Fair Isaac capitalized on its success selling analysis tools to large financial and retail organizations by expanding into new markets, the company faced many communications challenges. The company looked to Microsoft to improve the flow of information within the company and to provide a real-time collaboration solution that would...
- Tags: Decision Analysis, Collaboration, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software
- Case studies
- Citrix, 2003 Servers and Pervasive SQL Database
- Hopefully the wealth of knowledge from the techrepublic group can help me with this problem. I am currently running 2003 Server (specs are moot on all server listed ... all are more than enough power (overkill even (dual xeons, 2 - 4 gigs of memory etc.) with a Pervasive...
- Tags: 2003 server, citrix, Citrix Systems Inc., database, hardware, ken@..., pervasive, Pervasive SQL, server, sql
- Discussion threads 2006-01-02
- Use the Java Collections Framework to write better applications faster and with less effort
- If you've used Java—or just about any programming language—you're already familiar with collections. However, earlier (pre-1.2) versions of Java did not contain a collections framework. A collections framework--a unified architecture for representing and manipulating collections—reduces programming effort by providing high-performance, high-quality implementations of useful data structures and algorithms, thus freeing...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Collections Framework, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2006-10-18
- Blame it on the word processor
- Nostalgia is often considered simply a failing of the old, but it’s really a personal rough draft of history, often by the people who actually lived through it, and is important to anyone who wants to see where they are going since their feet are often simply following the path...
- Tags: Nostalgia, PC, Word-processor, Computer, Productivity, siliconsamurai
- Blog posts 2006-12-08
- Watch Isaac Asimov's TV show
- Found via SFSignal: "You know you can watch the 2-hour premiere episode of Probe on YouTube? (We love you YouTube!) It has been uploaded in 5-minute pieces. Start with part 1 and follow the 'related' links for the other parts. "What is Probe, you say?...
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, TV, Episode, Science Fiction, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-10-12
- Lock IT Down: Are wireless security protocols trustworthy?
- How WEP can secure WLANsRecently, Support Republic ran a poll asking TechRepublic members how secure they believe wireless networking is. Ninety-three percent of respondents said that they believed wireless is either somewhat or completely vulnerable. This article will be taking a further look at wireless security and the problems it...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, NETWORKING, Ed Engelking II A+, wireless security, WEP, wireless, network, wireless network, security
- Technical articles 2001-04-24
- Three simple Internet security tips target complex problems
- Internet security issues grow more complex with the discovery of each new virus or worm. Here are three basic strategies you can use to help prepare for the next attack.When a vulnerability is detected in an Internet system or service, the hope is that the person who discovers it will...
- Tags: Network security, Jonathan Yarden, Internet, Internet security, security, e-mail
- Technical articles 2001-09-18
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