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  Job description: Business information analyst

  The business information analyst plays a key role in evaluating and recommending improvements to the company’s IT systems. This job description outlines the skills, experience and knowledge the position requires. From the description: Business information analysts help identify customer requirements and recommend ways to address them. They engage in IT projects from development to testing, ...

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  Equipment reassignment policy and checklist

  This policy provides guidelines for reclaiming and reusing equipment from current or former employees. It outlines the steps that must be carried out by authorized individuals before this equipment can be considered safe to reassign. The following checklist will help ensure that all the appropriate steps are taken for equipment reassignment. From the policy: ASSET ...

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  Cloud data warehouse guide and checklist

  Choosing a vendor to provide cloud-based data warehouse services requires a certain level of due diligence on the part of the purchaser. This Cloud Data Warehouse Guide and the accompanying checklist from TechRepublic Premium will help businesses choose the vendor that best fits its data storage needs based on offered features and key elements. From ...

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  Security risk assessment checklist

  Organizations, regardless of size, face ever-increasing information technology and data security threats. Everything from physical sites to data, applications, networks and systems are under attack. Worse, neither an organization nor its managers need to prove prominent or controversial to prove a target. Automated and programmatic robotic attacks seek weaknesses, then exploit vulnerabilities when detected. As ...

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  Hiring Kit: Robotics Engineer

  Finding the right person to fill the role of robotics engineer can be tricky because of the combination of skills required. This kit includes a detailed job description, sample interview questions and a concise want advertisement to simplify the task. From the job description: INTRODUCTION For many industries and enterprises, manufacturing of any kind is ...

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  Contract work policy

  It’s common practice for companies to use contractors to offload work to specialized individuals or reduce costs associated with certain tasks and responsibilities. This can free up in-house staff to focus on more complex and valuable initiatives. The advantages to this practice go hand in hand with the need to carefully assess the conditions under ...

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  Checklist: Securing Windows 11 systems

  Every operating system should be appropriately secured, particularly end user workstations, which often contain or allow access to company data and upon which most employee job duties are based. To obtain the maximum security protection out of your Windows 11 deployments, follow this checklist from TechRepublic Premium. Sample: GROUP POLICY CHECKLIST Follow Microsoft recommendations for ...

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  Big data policy

  The unique components behind big data can be challenging to administer and maintain. This policy offers guidelines to help businesses achieve maximum yield from their big data investments. From the policy: SUMMARY Companies have relied upon data for decades as a means to engage in business practices and achieve operational success, but the relatively new ...

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  Personnel screening policy

  Personnel screening involves analyzing the background of company applicants to ensure that they are a creditable fit for the role in which they intend to work. The process may entail analysis of criminal records, credit history, employment/academic verifications, job skills and other criteria. This policy provides a framework for building a screening policy that fits ...

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  IT email templates: System outage

  Every company’s communications needs vary, but specific standard messages are required for most IT operations. Some are “just in time” messages you send when a specific event or situation warrants an email alert or update. Others are regularly scheduled communications that help raise awareness about your technology roadmap, reiterate accepted procedures and best practices, or ...