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July 9, 2007
REPORT Hot News Seven-Eleven shares servers for News & Trends The scale of Price competition for ERPs aimed at medium-sized companies intensifies with Microsoft’s entry Mail service that eliminates spam using the idea of SNS Japan no longer in the top 10 of supercomputers Diverging Smart Phone strategies of mobile phone companies NS-SOL builds a grid environment incorporating over 220 servers METI issues guidelines to reduce bullying of subcontractors New method for management to evaluate IT investments Big 6 vendors announce know-how for prevention of loss of screen design specifications Actual Practices of Internal Control “Faster, cheaper” - a plethora of support services aimed at small- and medium-sized companies The Practical Side of Introducing a BCP Fuji Heavy Industries preserves backbone data using remote mirroring News Flash by Industry Manufacturing: Glory reduces inventories of maintenance parts by 30% by introducing an SCM system Finance: JASDAQ Securities Exchange ordered to improve operations due to ill-preparedness in risk management 2 Weeks from ITpro Omissions in outside-hours complimentary waiver of ATM usage charges by Resona Bank due to programming error Intel announces development of Itanium series to fourth generation PEOPLE Interviews Toru Yamashita, President and CEO, NTT Data Aiming for profit ratio of 10% with a three-pronged approach Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO and Director, DreamWorks Animation SKG The latest IT supported the making of Shrek Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives Yasuyuki Washi, Executive Officer, Divisions of Human Resources and Business Infrastructure System, Yamatake Corporation Turning Points for System Division Heads Nao Shigematsu, General Manager, Information Systems Division, Toray CASE STUDIES Projects: The Trajectory to Completion Backbone renewal struggled due to adjustments among vendors Strategic Studies - Strengthening Networks Eliminating risks associated with the introduction of all-electronic medical chart system A Computer That Does Not Work National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health Toto soccer lottery moves towards sales stoppage MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY Lecture - The risk management skills that are needed now - Part 2 BCP formulation makes an organization stronger Basic Knowledge for the IT Manager - The Art of Communication from A to Z Negotiation - Look for negotiations in which both sides are satisfied rather than ending up with a winner and a loser Taizo’s “Phrase a Day” - Part 3 Rather than the actual figure, hurry to fix the conditions for an estimate, and a phased contract A Practical Course on the Latest in Network Security - Part 7 The latest offensive trends seen in honeypots Salient Points in IT Investments and Outsourcing - Part 22 The keys to quantitative evaluation of results are visualization and structuring CIO Initiatives - Part 7 Rose-colored business plans |
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