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Nikkei Computer

November 26, 2007

FEATURE 1

 

Fighting Security Threats with Your Whole Organization

 

Sites grind to a halt due to devious attacks, personal information is leaked due to human error… So many companies are having an increasingly difficult time dealing with such troubles. It has become vital, from the perspective of keeping business running, to put in place a specialized internal organization to deal with threats, and to coordinate it closely with others in similar situations outside the company. We based ourselves on leading edge examples to search out specialized security organizations that are really efficient.

 

The danger is becoming increasingly hard to see

 

The trigger points in building specialized organizations as seen in leading-edge companies

 

FEATURE 2

 

The Real State of IT Engineers as Revealed by a Survey with 30,000 People

“Money” and “motivation” go up in proportion to “skills”

 

A survey with 30,000 IT engineers revealed huge gaps in earnings, work environment, and the will to work between engineers upstream and those downstream in system development, as well as between engineers with different skill levels. It also became clear that projects running in the red or projects with unrealistic delivery dates put a damper on their motivation.

 

REPORT

 

Hot News

Toei Animation to make its consolidated accounting transparent in March 2008

 

News & Trends

Survey conducted by the magazine shows major corporations’ IT budgets for fiscal 2008 down by 3.0%

 

Shock at Google’s free delivery of OS for mobile phones

 

Oracle of the US makes full-scale move into SaaS

 

Products to facilitate the introduction of virtualization appear in succession

 

Sharp increase in demand for supercomputers in India and Europe

 

IT literacy problems with postal employees drift to the surface

 

Microsoft launches “Windows Live”

 

Small- and Medium-Enterprise Agency sets up CIO human resources bank

 

Actual Practices of Internal Control

Reference materials become available for IT control strategists

 

The Leading Edge of RFID

NEC enables tracking on over 100,000 PCs

 

The Leading Edge of RFID

Wal-Mart and others move towards testing DVD theft prevention technology

 

News Flash by Industry

Distribution & Services:

MacDonald’s Japan moves towards building a new system infrastructure

 

Manufacturing:

Sansha Electric Manufacturing to renew its systems completely for the first time in 25 years

 

2 Weeks from ITpro

Sun opens first container-type data center in Japan

 

IBM of the US moves towards purchasing Cognos, a Canadian BI vendor, for approximately 5 billion dollars

 

Ex-IBMer Koide to become president of HP Japan

 

People

 

Interview

Yurie Ito, Corporate Planning Office, JPCERT/CC, and director of the FIRST steering committee

Growing strength in the offensive community

 

Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives

Yoshikazu Tanaka, President, SBI Sumishin Net Bank

 

Turning Points for System Division Heads

Jun Komatsu, Director, Information Infrastructure Center, Technology Planning Division, Nippon Koei

 

CASE STUDIES

 

Projects: The Trajectory to Completion

Zennisshoku Chain

Using enterprise architecture (EA) to reflect management issues on systems

Building an infrastructure that brings out the characteristics of all 1800 retail outlets

 

Strategic Studies - Strengthening Networks

Kyowa Hakko Kogyo

Several billion yen of additional profit from renewing the process for pharmaceutical applications

 

A Computer That Does Not Work

The Tokyo Grain Exchange’s operation of new trading system postponed by 3 months

 

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

 

Lecture: Windows Server 2008 - Part 1

Understanding the development concept and basic design

 

Basic Knowledge for the IT Manager - The Art of Communication from A to Z

Cross-Cultural Communications - Understanding differences and overcoming cultural barriers

 

Taizo’s “Phrase a Day” - Part 13

Investigate thoroughly the reasons for a delay and aim to inconvenience the customer as little as possible

 

A Training Course on the Basics for IT Architects - Part 5

Be absolutely thorough with system administration, and devise a risk strategy ahead of time

 

A Course on IT Management for Small- and Medium-Sized Companies - Part 5

A CIO is all the more necessary for aspiring small- and medium-sized companies

 

Nikkei Computer

November 26, 2007

FEATURE 1

 

Fighting Security Threats with Your Whole Organization

 

Sites grind to a halt due to devious attacks, personal information is leaked due to human error… So many companies are having an increasingly difficult time dealing with such troubles. It has become vital, from the perspective of keeping business running, to put in place a specialized internal organization to deal with threats, and to coordinate it closely with others in similar situations outside the company. We based ourselves on leading edge examples to search out specialized security organizations that are really efficient.

 

The danger is becoming increasingly hard to see

 

The trigger points in building specialized organizations as seen in leading-edge companies

 

FEATURE 2

 

The Real State of IT Engineers as Revealed by a Survey with 30,000 People

“Money” and “motivation” go up in proportion to “skills”

 

A survey with 30,000 IT engineers revealed huge gaps in earnings, work environment, and the will to work between engineers upstream and those downstream in system development, as well as between engineers with different skill levels. It also became clear that projects running in the red or projects with unrealistic delivery dates put a damper on their motivation.

 

REPORT

 

Hot News

Toei Animation to make its consolidated accounting transparent in March 2008

 

News & Trends

Survey conducted by the magazine shows major corporations’ IT budgets for fiscal 2008 down by 3.0%

 

Shock at Google’s free delivery of OS for mobile phones

 

Oracle of the US makes full-scale move into SaaS

 

Products to facilitate the introduction of virtualization appear in succession

 

Sharp increase in demand for supercomputers in India and Europe

 

IT literacy problems with postal employees drift to the surface

 

Microsoft launches “Windows Live”

 

Small- and Medium-Enterprise Agency sets up CIO human resources bank

 

Actual Practices of Internal Control

Reference materials become available for IT control strategists

 

The Leading Edge of RFID

NEC enables tracking on over 100,000 PCs

 

The Leading Edge of RFID

Wal-Mart and others move towards testing DVD theft prevention technology

 

News Flash by Industry

Distribution & Services:

MacDonald’s Japan moves towards building a new system infrastructure

 

Manufacturing:

Sansha Electric Manufacturing to renew its systems completely for the first time in 25 years

 

2 Weeks from ITpro

Sun opens first container-type data center in Japan

 

IBM of the US moves towards purchasing Cognos, a Canadian BI vendor, for approximately 5 billion dollars

 

Ex-IBMer Koide to become president of HP Japan

 

People

 

Interview

Yurie Ito, Corporate Planning Office, JPCERT/CC, and director of the FIRST steering committee

Growing strength in the offensive community

 

Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives

Yoshikazu Tanaka, President, SBI Sumishin Net Bank

 

Turning Points for System Division Heads

Jun Komatsu, Director, Information Infrastructure Center, Technology Planning Division, Nippon Koei

 

CASE STUDIES

 

Projects: The Trajectory to Completion

Zennisshoku Chain

Using enterprise architecture (EA) to reflect management issues on systems

Building an infrastructure that brings out the characteristics of all 1800 retail outlets

 

Strategic Studies - Strengthening Networks

Kyowa Hakko Kogyo

Several billion yen of additional profit from renewing the process for pharmaceutical applications

 

A Computer That Does Not Work

The Tokyo Grain Exchange’s operation of new trading system postponed by 3 months

 

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

 

Lecture: Windows Server 2008 - Part 1

Understanding the development concept and basic design

 

Basic Knowledge for the IT Manager - The Art of Communication from A to Z

Cross-Cultural Communications - Understanding differences and overcoming cultural barriers

 

Taizo’s “Phrase a Day” - Part 13

Investigate thoroughly the reasons for a delay and aim to inconvenience the customer as little as possible

 

A Training Course on the Basics for IT Architects - Part 5

Be absolutely thorough with system administration, and devise a risk strategy ahead of time

 

A Course on IT Management for Small- and Medium-Sized Companies - Part 5

A CIO is all the more necessary for aspiring small- and medium-sized companies