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Sarbox necessitating ECM software, but beware of `best practices'

CHICAGO -- As more organizations look at what needs to be done in order to be compliant with SEC issues, an area that has come under the spotlight is enterprise contract management (ECM). Risk management and corporate governance issues have become issues even within the area of contracts and ma...

Consultant says beware hidden costs of bad IT projects

Milwaukee, Wis. Hidden factors may contribute as much to the high failure rate of information technology projects as the easily identifiable suspects, technology executives were told Wednesday. Robert Balon, a principal in Clerestory Consulting in Chicago, delivered that sobering message We...

Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities

A couple of weeks ago, I spoke about being disappointed by not being able to visit a PEAK 10 data center in Tampa to get a first-hand view of their services after an executive scheduled a meeting with me. This article brought in more feedback than I ever thought I would get. Several calls came ...

Is Your Decaf Really Decaf?

...r quality testing. http://www.caffeinetest.com (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081112/LAW013 ) "Caffeine-sensitive people need to beware of coffee labeled 'decaf'," says Tom Round, Vice President, Silver Lake Research. He noted that Silver Lake Research analyzed 100 decaf coffee samples...

Is Your Decaf Really Decaf? Use New "D+CAF (tm) Caffeine Test Strips" to Know for Sure

...trip from Silver Lake Research, the leader in at-home water quality testing. www.caffeinetest.com "Caffeine-sensitive people need to beware of coffee labeled 'decaf'," says Tom Round, Vice President, Silver Lake Research. He noted that Silver Lake Research analyzed 100 decaf coffee s...

Beware the Dreaded Off-Site Technology Meeting

... CHICAGO Caesar's oracle told him to beware the Ides of March. While many of us worry more about the Ides of April, here in the Midwest technology scene, a far more common fear is the creepy-cra...

Part 3 Project performance Get on the path to continuous improvement

...e constraint. You eliminate it. Get the point? The process never ends and you continuously improve. Dont become complacent; the cycle never ends. But beware of inertia! TOC suggests that the major problem with Deming and the concepts surrounding Total Quality Management is inertia. TQM cant be maintained o...

HR outsourcingbreakfast of champions or chumps?

... focus on core business functions. Sixty-six percent indicated that it allowed them to spend more time on strategy development and execution. However, beware of the core competency trap. If too many activities or a process that is problematic are outsourced, it may require management and staff to spend as m...

Five seed-stage funding groups filling Midwest Life Science void

...which is a warning for the dark hole or space between the subway car and the concrete waiting area as one gets on or off the tube. In other words, beware of the void as it can be dangerous for your health. In last weeks column, we explored the void of seed and start-up capital in the U.S. and partic...

Are your working conditions better now or worse?

...to offer. If you are not pleased with your answers to the questions, now may be a good time to rethink your current position and future prospects. But beware if you are thinking of seeking greener corporate pastures elsewhere. Chances are good you might be jumping from one bad lily pad to another. Perhap...

Phishing and pharming: Is your personal identity being harvested?

...ine transactions. Identity theft is going to be the biggest category of financial crime over the next 10 years," Vaccaro said. To protect yourself, beware of messages that ask you to click a link to verify your personal information. Don't e-mail personal or financial information. Review your bank and cre...

Are your business and technology goals aligned?

...iness informed and in touch is to break IT projects down and roll them out in stages. Area executives advise business and technology planners alike to beware the concept of a big bang solution that takes a lot of time and resources and is meant to have a huge impact. The risk of implementing such projects i...

Call centers and customer service: The good, the bad, and the clueless

...very high. Those that do not live up to it should not stay in business. Recent articles by James Carlini James Carlini: Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities James Carlini: Energy conservation might take us farther than renewable fuels James Carlini: National broadband p...

Getting beyond the vortex of corporate mediocrity

...ecent articles by James Carlini Call centers and customer service: The good, the bad, and the clueless James Carlini: Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities James Carlini: Energy conservation might take us farther than renewable fuels James Carlini: National broadband p...

State video franchises vs. universal service: Grasping the total picture

... vortex of corporate mediocrity Call centers and customer service: The good, the bad, and the clueless James Carlini: Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities James Carlini: Energy conservation might take us farther than renewable fuels James Carlini: National broadband p...

Lack of connectivity is real estate's hidden time bomb

...to be upgraded to 40Gbps as a connectivity standard. Real estate owners beware If your property has DSL or T1 as the basic speed for connectivity, you...e good, the bad, and the clueless James Carlini: Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities James Carlini: Energy conservation might tak...

Proposed telecom bill would have Katrina impact

... vortex of corporate mediocrity Call centers and customer service: The good, the bad, and the clueless James Carlini: Data centers: Buyers beware of over-hyped facilities James Carlini is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, and is president of Carlini & Associates. He can be re...

CIO Leadership Series: Logothetis likes CIO's evolving role

...ect throughout, and a hard-nosed project manager who can head off trouble and ensure that vendors toe the line. Logothetis' experience tells him to beware of executive sponsors that cite an urgent need for automation and then are rarely heard from again. Business champions need to be actively engaged in ...