education & training

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What do you do with your downtime?

October 1, 2008 4:34pm PDT

The computers are all humming along just fine, the printers are all printing, the e-mails are all getting through, all software and hardware is upgraded to the latest and greatest, and no one is...

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Discussion Threads

How do you document hunches?

October 1, 2008 12:07pm PDT

Maybe you should try documenting how you think about solving problems more then how to solve them. Does that make sense? JD is right in that experience is key, and it can't be documented, but the...

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Blog Post

Security begins with employee understanding and acceptance

October 1, 2008 4:00am PDT

Security awareness and training are typically covered under the single heading of Information Security Awareness Training. This high-level approach is appropriate for many organizations,...

Case Studies

Sun Fire X4150 Server Helps Boost Virtualized Application Performance by 25% for Online Training Company

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Practice-IT wanted to increase performance of virtualized applications to support rapid growth and reach and educate a wider range of potential customers. The challenge was to find a global...

Provided by: Sun Microsystems

White Papers

Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

This paper seeks to assist IT professionals in securing Windows XP workstations, XP mobile computers, and XP computers used by telecommuters within various environments. This guidance should only...

Provided by: National Institute of Standards and Technology

White Papers

Brand Scandal Spillover: When Will A Brand Scandal Spill Over And How Should Competitors Respond?

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Brand scandal is more likely to spill over to a particular competitor is perceived to be highly similar on the attribute involved in the scandal. For example, a scandal involving hamburgers but...

Provided by: Northwestern University (Kellogg)

White Papers

When Does Coordination Require Centralization?

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Each division has a manager who is informed of his or her department's operating conditions but not those of the other. Both managers would like to maximize profits, but each values his or her own...

Provided by: Northwestern University (Kellogg)

White Papers

An Approach To Facilitate Problem Solving: Individualizing The Problem Proposition

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

This paper addresses one of the many facets of the problem-solving activity: the challenge inherent in the problem proposition. The authors have identified the problem proposition as a core...

Provided by: IESE School Of Business

White Papers

Lessons From India In Organizational Innovation: A Tale Of Two Heart Hospitals

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Recent discussions in health reform circles have pinned great hopes on the prospect of innovation as the solution to the high-cost, inadequate-quality U.S. health system. But U.S. health care...

Provided by: Duke University (Fuqua-Global)

Case Studies

Discovering the Value of SOA

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Founded in 1993, GISA provides a comprehensive portfolio of services, including business consulting, development and implementation of software solutions, and outsourcing. GISA wanted to lay the...

Provided by: SAP

White Papers

Developing Client-Side IP Call Recording Applications Using Avaya Application Enablement Services

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The ability to record calls is increasingly important in call center and other business communications environments. For example, it may be necessary to record calls to comply with legal...

Provided by: Avaya

White Papers

The Future of Visual Communications: Applications for Government and Their Impact on the It Infrastructure

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The emergence of e-Government which involves the use of data networks to exchange information, provide services, and enable interaction with citizens, businesses, and other government agencies is...

Provided by: Polycom

White Papers

Growing Apart? A Tale Of Two Republics: Estonia And Georgia

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The authors compare and contrast the economic growth performance of Estonia and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 in an attempt to understand better the extent to which the...

Provided by: International Monetary Fund

Case Studies

Bringing a Performance Ethos to Portugal's Public Sector

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Portugal's Instituto Nacional de Administracao (INA) is dedicated to training public-sector managers and executives to meet legislative requirements aimed at transforming public administration and...

Provided by: SAS Institute

White Papers

Disaster Recovery Solutions for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server User Sites Using SnapManager for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Innovative NetApp technologies enable organizations to extract benefits out of their SharePoint deployments in the area of backing up and restoring these. The various technologies empower the...

Provided by: NetApp

White Papers

Asymptotic Equivalence Of Probabilistic Serial And Random Priority Mechanisms

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The random priority mechanism is a common method for assigning objects to individuals. The mechanism is easy to implement and strategy-proof. However this mechanism is inefficient, as the agents...

Provided by: Columbia University

White Papers

Service-Sector Competition, Innovation And R&D

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The central prediction of the Aghion et al. (2005) model is an inverted U-shaped relation between innovation and competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not...

Provided by: Stockholm School of Economics

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Adjustment In The Euro Area And Regulation Of Product And Labour Markets: An Empirical Assessment

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

This paper analyses how price-competitiveness (measured by both real exchange rate and inflation differentials) adjusts with the euro area and what role labour and product market regulations can...

Provided by: University of Chicago

White Papers

Women in Cyber-security: A Study of Career Advancement

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

As cyber-security provides more jobs and becomes central to company operations, women's advancement to executive and managerial positions will have serious consequences for gender equity in the...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

White Papers

A Quick Counseling System Selecting On-Line Education for Farmers

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

There are increased demands for produce foods organically and naturally. Farmers' interested in learning how to supply the needs for the public. The On-Line course has been widely applied in...

Provided by: Yu Da University