CNA Study Guide: Novell eDirectory
[ Source: Pearson Education ]
January 2008-eDirectory is the world’s leading Directory service. It provides a unifying, cross-platform infrastructure for managing, securing, accessing, and developing all major components of the network. eDirectory scales to the largest network environments, including the Internet. Because it is based on the X.500 standard, eDirectory supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and the Java programming environment. This paper from Pearson Education, Exam Cram covers eDirectory testing objectives for Novell Course 3001: Foundations ....
The Use of Spreadsheets: Considerations for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
[ Source: Lyquidity Solutions ]
January 2008-Many companies rely on spreadsheets as a key tool in their financial reporting and operational processes. As a result, the use of spreadsheets is an integral part of the information and decision-making framework for these companies. In developing and using spreadsheets, companies need to balance their ease and flexibility against the importance of reliable information for management’s use. This paper from PricewaterhouseCoopers discusses the evaluation of the control environment and specific control activities that should ....
How To Use Resume Keywords
[ Source: Professional Resume ]
January 2008-This paper from Professional Resume explains how to use resume keywords to their advantage. Resume keywords can enhance resume and take it to new levels. Any resume can benefit from using action packed words because those words show a prospective employer that one is a go-getter, one make things happen and one takes initiative to accomplish goals. Resume Keywords take a boring resume and turn in into a power-packed marketing piece that cannot be ignored. ....
Job Interview Questions For College Seniors/Recent Grads
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-This paper from Quintessential Careers explains list of sample interview questions college seniors and recent grads can expect, especially at first, more traditional interviews. Prepare answers to these questions, but don’t memorize the answers so that one come off sounding like a robot; in other words, be prepared for these questions and have an outline or script ready, but don’t worry about remembering the answers word-for-word.
Non-Traditional Career Paths For Men And Women
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-This paper from Quintessential Careers describes about non-traditional career is where more than 75 percent of the workforce is of the opposite gender - or conversely where less than 25 percent of the workforce is of same gender. For women, many non-traditional careers fall into a few broad categories of jobs: labor-intensive, scientific/technical, and supervisory. And while fewer non-traditional careers are available for men than for women, these careers tend to involve education, health, and ....
Five Key Traits Of Great Leadership
[ Source: Entrepreneur.com ]
January 2008-This paper from Entrepreneur.com explains five leadership traits one can adopt to attract and retain outstanding employees. As an entrepreneur with employees, one of the primary goals is most likely to attract and keep motivated workers. So this paper explores the five key traits that will help one become the kind of leader people love working for.
ICDL Exam Cram: Using the Computer and Managing Files
[ Source: Pearson Education ]
January 2008-A user interface consists of the graphical components one uses to view and interact with the computer. To help one prepare for the ICDL exam, this paper published by Pearson Education, Exam Cram teaches the way around the system’s file structure. Specifically, the paper covers the computer environment, the desktop, how to manage files, viruses, and print management.
10 Steps In Presenting An Effective Business Case For A Learning Management System
[ Source: SumTotal Systems ]
January 2008-Most organizations don’t emphasize the importance of learning and development as much as they should. The need may be very clear to the individual, but how do they convince the rest of the organization to jump on board? This white paper from SumTotal Systems explains the 10 steps which will help to address immediate problems, build alliances throughout the organization, and make a business case. These best-practices come directly from SumTotal customers who have faced ....
The Ultimate Guide To Job Interview Preparation
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-The biggest mistake in interviewing is not being fully prepared. It behooves job-seekers to use every conceivable means possible to prepare for the interview and to allow ample time to fully prepare. Understand that interviewing is a skill; as with all skills, preparation and practice enhance the quality of that skill. Preparation can make the difference between getting an offer and getting rejected. This paper from Quintessential Careers explains job interview preparation.
Solaris 9 User Account Administration
[ Source: Pearson Education ]
January 2008-This paper covers the administration of user and group accounts, the system files used to store the user and group account information, and the initialization files associated with user accounts. User and group accounts control access to the system. The administration of user accounts and group accounts along with the passwords associated with these accounts is a key system administration activity. User accounts can be added, modified, or deleted using command-line utilities or by using ....
Outlook for 2007
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
January 2007-
What does 2007 hold for your organization? InformationWeek Research provides an early look of what's on tap for 2007 in its annual Outlook for 2007 study. Business and technology priorities, IT spending plans, and IT hiring plans are documented in this 12-page report.
Key report areas include:
IT budget allocations
Business priorities
Technology and product plans
IT Hiring Plans
Responses are trended with ....
Case Study: Metron Enterprise and Howard County, Maryland
[ Source: eTelemetry ]
July 2008-
Howard County, Maryland, has approximately 3,000 users on its County IT network. Users who engaged in streaming music and inappropriate surfing or had misconfigured PCs, for example, were straining the network and impacting employee use for legitimate work purposes. Limited resources and an inability to monitor network activity left Howard County without any reliable way of identifying the sources of these violations. The IT department would be routinely asked to analyze hard drives for evidence ....
InformationWeek National IT Salary Survey 2007
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
April 2007-
The IT profession is on the rebound. Fewer IT professionals are unemployed, many feel more secure in their jobs, and some are anticipating bonuses linked to personal performance in the coming year.
Information technology as a career path is back on track. IT professionals are earning the highest salaries in the 10-year history of the InformationWeek National IT Salary Survey. Have you heard that ringing sound? That's the headhunters calling. IT professionals are ....
Make Your IT Staff Smarter With Digital Libraries
[ Source: Safari Books Online ]
December 2008-
On-demand access to trusted technology information empowers IT workforces
to solve everyday technical challenges and increases productivity. Throw a valuable e-reference tool like a digital library out to a community of IT users, programmers, and business professionals, and they’ll uncover a variety of personal and corporate applications.
Mentor Graphics Collects Customer Feedback for Product Innovation
[ Source: Brightidea, Inc. ]
December 2008-
In June 2008, Mentor Graphics launched Mentor Ideas, a Web-based environment for capturing product enhancement ideas from customers. This initiative is focused on the Mentor Graphics PADS product line and customers, and, due to the success of the initial pilot, the company has now launched a similar initiative for its Expedition product line.
Improving Bottom Line Performance Through Precision Forecasting And Scheduling
[ Source: GMT Corporation ]
March 2009-
Whether in a contact center or bank branch environment, workforce managers everywhere face the constant challenge of balancing the yin and yang priorities of service levels and labor costs. This is especially true in today's economic environment where inaccurate forecasts can lead to poor scheduling decisions and can have dramatic impact on bottom line profitability. In this guide, GMT Corp. analyzes how to improve bottom-line performance in contact centers and bank branches through precision forecasting ....
ERP For IT And Tooling For Automation
[ Source: Cornerstone Technology BV ]
March 2009-
The question is what can be depicted to be a major key for a successful ERP implementation for the IT disciplines The primary condition for effective ERP systems for the IT-shop itself is self-automation. No human expert input or intervention! Enterprise applications must be automatically inputted into the ERP database. This aspect makes system engineering methodologies like ITIL much more consistent and complete.
The Greening of Training: How Sustainability Is Reshaping Organizational Learning
[ Source: SkillSoft ]
February 2009-
More and more companies are making sustainability a highly visible part of their corporate strategy. There are many factors driving companies to go green, from the desire to improve corporate image to competitive differentiation in the market. But whatever the reason, the training department can be a key part of a green strategy. This dovetails nicely with the overall trend in training to align learning with corporate initiatives. If your company is championing a green ....
Ibsecad Case Study
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
May 2009-
Ibsecad is a successful and expanding international company, supplying the construction industry with design, installation, and as-built drawings. Read how Ibsecad replaced spreadsheets for recording time and expenses and resource planning for dozens of high-profile projects for 75 CAD designers and project managers.
Why, What, Where and How of Outsourcing
[ Source: S5 Systems ]
April 2008-
To implement a successful outsourced project considerable planning and
efforts are required. This white paper discusses the important guidelines to help through your next outsourced project.
This whitepaper is for product/project managers, CFO and other managers involved in making decisions related to outsourcing.
Will Facebook Get You Hired or Fired?
[ Source: Perimeter ]
August 2009-
As of February 2009, Facebook is over 200 million members strong, and 30% of companies are using social networking sites to learn about applicants as they interview for jobs. Protect yourself by reviewing the tips in this whitepaper.
Sustainability Matters: Why And How Business Is Widening Its Focus To Consider The Needs Of All Stakeholders
[ Source: Oracle ]
October 2009-
Organizations can derive strategic advantage by embracing sustainability as part of their business. Benefits of becoming a sustainable company include: cost savings by limiting waste and consumption of natural resources, new business opportunities through environmentally friendly product innovations, and enhanced brand value and reputation with customers and partners.
Focus Under Pressure: Why IT Governance Becomes Mission-Critical in a Down Economy
[ Source: Innotas ]
October 2009-
Bottom line: IT governance gives leaders the tools and techniques to get lean in lean times. In successful companies, IT contributes strategies that improve the business' overall situation, and when economic conditions get tough, IT must achieve this successfully with less money and often fewer resources. Learn the five parts of a sound IT governance strategy that can be used to accurately set priorities and cut costs.
Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
[ Source: APC by Schneider Electric ]
October 2009-
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the network-critical physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Balancing Customer Intimacy with Self-Sufficiency
[ Source: Citrix Online ]
September 2009-
Self-service continues to rock the support world because it drastically frees up representatives’ time and reduces expenses. But are there hidden costs of self-service?
This white paper explores self-service’s impact on the rest of the support organization and what you can do to better balance assisted support with self-service strategies.
Voice Over Wireless LANs And Fixed Mobile Convergence
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Research indicates that over 70% of large enterprise organizations either use voice over WLAN technology or plan to add it within the next 12 months. Up until now, WLAN voice has been deployed on a small scale in a few industry vertical markets like healthcare, retail, and materials handling. That capability is now being extended to the general office population where it can be used to reduce cellular costs, increase productivity, and improve accessibility for ....
Belden Total Enterprise Network White Paper
[ Source: Adventive Marketing, Inc. ]
October 2009-
The future of enterprise networks is IP convergence where signal transmission for networking, A/V, and building management and security systems are merged over one common infrastructure using common protocols rather than deploying separate closed, proprietary solutions.
IT Financial Management: Business Decisions for IT
[ Source: HP ]
September 2009-
IT can have a large impact on overall business productivity, quality and costs, and sometimes even enables new ways of working and more effective business models. Each of these ultimately flows to the business bottom line of profit. And impacting business profit is one sure way to a seat at the executive table. The trick for IT executives is being able to demonstrate that impact. Read this white paper to discover how to ....
Teleworking and the Continuity of Operations
[ Source: Adobe ]
February 2009-
Telework isn't just a way to reduce commuting costs; it's a strategic advantage and a promising work practice that achieves multiple goals. This document outlines the factors spurring telework and identifies its challenges. Plus, see how Adobe addresses the unique technology requirements associated with teleworking.
The Mainframe Conundrum: Escalating Workload, Shrinking Staff
[ Source: CA ]
September 2009-
This research brief documents key findings gathered from interviews with 270 mainframe IT and business managers on topics such as mainframe staff, skills and spending trends.
Balancing Innovation & Cost Cutting
IHarris Stratex CIO RichardPlane explores the changing role of the CIO, especially given the new balancing act required today -- namely, balancing cost cutting and...
Leadership in e-Learning
It’s never been more important to develop leadership skills in IT organizations and the business at large. Continuing the nurture technical and business talent at all levels of the organization...
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