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Combating Identity Theft

IntroductionIdentity fraud allows criminals to conceal their true identities from the community and authorities, leaving them free to pursue illicit activities without arousing suspicion. It provides financial support, in the form of fraudulent loans and credit card purchases. Identity fraud also makes it more difficult to …

Can Technology Be Made To Play Nice Together? Really?

While it comes as no surprise that many medium- and large-sized organizations in the region usually have mixed heterogeneous computing environments, the challenge of interoperability is compounded by the fact that Asia is the fastest-growing server market in the world. In fact, according to IDC’s Worldwide …

Why Business Rules?

A Case for Business Consumers of Information TechnologyTo the business consumer of information systems, the relationship with the IT personnel who build and maintain those systems can be a paradoxical experience: on the one hand, a partnership with IT delivers significant productivity benefits by automating routine …

Web 2.0 Security

As the Web continues to evolve, the perpetrators of cybercrimes have also been skilled at capitalizing from any lack of security, or opportunity for exploitation of vulnerabilities amongst the new interactive Web applications, and insecure client systems. One recent development in this area is a form …

The New Realities of Virtualisation

It is virtually impossible to avoid the hype surrounding Virtualisation. It is perceived as the hottest theme of IT at the present moment which seemed to have reached a crescendo in 2006. The 'V' word has been thrown around a lot in recent times. IT vendors …

Data Leakage: Good Intentions Can Go Bad

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes worldwide. Take the US for example; it is now occurring every 79 seconds and has become the fastest growing crime in America. In light of the safety net available in technology to mitigate the risk of unintended …

Hyperion Snap Up: Oracle Driving Consolidation in BI

After spending nearly USD 20 billion over the past three years to acquire more than 25 software companies, Oracle's Chief Executive Larry Ellison is still hungry for more. After a quarter's gap of silence on acquisitions, the Redwood Shores company added performance management software solutions company …

Enabling "Real World SOA"

Organisations are increasingly reliant on their IT infrastructure to help drive success. But in an increasingly competitive marketplace, capitalising on new business opportunities means moving fast. However, a lack of integration among IT assets—systems, applications and data—makes it difficult for IT to respond quickly and effectively …

Data Replication to the Rescue

Every analytic application, reporting function, Web service, back-up and disaster recovery system, and client application depends on the rapid, accurate availability of data. Most organizations now need instantaneous access to real-time data, in fact, to meet business goals and maintain high customer service levels. That means …

Key Technologies Shaping the Digital Lifestyle

The end user in the Digital Lifestyle era will be connected 24/7. Downloading music, movies, and television series from service providers seamlessly over the Internet in a mere few minutes would be possible. Remotely instructing your home system to record your favourite television program using a …