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• Project Visibility

  
  PMThink! Project Management Thought Leadership — Authority: 118
  Federal CIO makes progress with government IT strategy, enabling data and project visibility through dashboards. ...... "And the recently launched federal IT Dashboard--a display of IT project status that corporations would do well to mimic--has not only given the public visibility into the performance of Uncle ...
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• BPM Conference – Vendors Showcase BPM and EA Capabilities

  
  Business Process Management (BPM) - InSights — Authority: 106
  The recent event from BPM CON II – Intelligent BPM for the Productive Enterprise highlighted something that I have posted about before – the importance of EA & BPM convergence . Admitedley, everyone has a different view on what BPM and EA is and how value can be derived from each but as with most ...
  2 days ago

• 7-Eleven’s Mobile Coupon Trial Improves Scan Accuracy, Raises Marketing Ethics Questions

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  Still in its infancy, the mobile coupon is struggling to prove its value to retail. But these coupons have found a powerful ally in the $54 billion, 37,100-store 7-Eleven chain. The global convenience merchant is most of the way through a two-month trial of mobile coupons in some 200 7-Elevens in San Diego, with ...
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• At Best Buy, IT Issues Examined For Ethics

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  National retailing during a recession is nothing if not pushing limits. And with todays new IT-fueled marketing options such as mobile, social networks, video sites, SMS and geolocation, those limits look almost limitless. At Best Buy, though, the $50 billion 1,023-store chain wants to throw up a few roadblocks for ...
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• The Best Way To Protect Some Data Is To Kill It

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  As a philosopher might say, the only safe way to delete a file is to have never recorded it. As silly as that may sound from a data security perspective, it shouldn’t be dismissed. Consider this scenario: A chain notices a PDA app that uses geolocation to match consumers with local happy hours. (For those outside ...
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• MasterCard Blinks, Drops Dec. 31 Level 2 PCI Deadline

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  MasterCard has quietly backed off from a much-complained-about plan to require Level 2 merchants to—for the first time—have an onsite QSA assessment completed by the end of 2010. Having a New Years Eve deadline—on the heels of the all-encompassing holiday season—was a recipe for tons of missed deadlines. The ...
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• ISP Dynamic IP Address Switch Knocks Dollar Tree Store Off The Network For Two Days

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  A mistake by an Internet service provider recently disconnected a South Carolina store within the $4.6 billion, 3,803-store Dollar Tree chain from its corporate network for two days, an unusually long duration for such an outage. Making matters even worse, some store employees interpreted the outage as a cyberattack ...
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• When It Comes To PCI Compliance, Franchisors Are Screwed

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  When it comes to franchise-based retailers, Franchisee Columnist Todd Michaud opines, PCI Compliance is broken, plain and simple. It simply does not address the complexities of the franchisee/franchisor business model and, in the end, leaves the franchisor holding the bag. Because each franchisee is a separate ...
  6 days ago

• Why Are You More Afraid Of A QSA Than A Cyberthief?

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  Do cybercriminals concern you? Are you afraid that you might lose cardholder data? Are you worried that your internal users are downloading malware from the Web? If so, PCI Columnist Walt Conway has a question for you: Why are you more afraid of your QSA than you are of a cyberthief? Consider this example: A merchant ...
  6 days ago

• Larger Business CIO’s Can Fail The Basics Too

  
  A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk — Authority: 120
  I guess it is nice to know that many of the issues that I write about for SMB’s, can take place in larger businesses too! But on the flip side – I must confess that it is a bit disappointing as well. Arun Manansingh on his A CIO’s Voice blog recounts an issue with the chief information officer (CIO) at a ...
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• Gonzalez Attorney: He May Not Have Known Right From Wrong

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  Accused cyberthief ringleader Albert Gonzalez may not have had the "capacity to knowingly evaluate the wrongfulness of his actions and consciously behave lawfully and avoid crime" and his criminal "behavior was consistent with the description of Aspergers disorder," according to a government filing on Tuesday (Dec. ...
  6 days ago

• Business Strategy and IT Strategy to Reproduce Apple Innovation

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 144
  I recently read a Fortune Magazine article extolling the virtues, or more the impact, of Apple’s Steve Jobs on business.  Certainly under Steve Jobs’ guidance Apple has come to represent the read more
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• Heartland Lawsuit Dismissed, “Insufficient Evidence” Of Weak Security

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  A federal judge dismissed a data breach-related lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems on Monday (Dec. 7), saying that the plaintiffs hadnt proved any of their allegations that Heartland knew it had inadequate security and lied about it to shareholders. The judges detailed ruling sheds light on the environment data ...
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• Instant Credit Income Verification: A Retail IT Migraine On The Horizon?

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  A U.S. Federal Reserve Board proposal being fought by retailers would have store clerks asking customers for proof of their salaries before issuing instant credit. But the Credit Card Act proposal raises many troubling questions for retail IT execs. To be able to later prove its compliance with the federal rule, will ...
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• Gonzalez’s Mystery Merchant Asks To Stay That Way

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  Albert Gonzalez—who has already pleaded guilty to masterminding a cyberthief ring that stole data from TJX, BJs Wholesale Club, Boston Market and Sports Authority , among other major chains—signed papers this month agreeing to plead guilty to the remaining federal charges against him. But one of the retail chain ...
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• Google Pushes 2D Barcodes With Mass Mailing Of Storefront Stickers

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  It’s been almost two years since Sears become the first U.S. retailer to embrace 2D barcodes , a move that launched a tidal wave of, well, pretty much nothing. This week, Google said it was trying to breathe life into these barcodes by mailing 200,000 2D barcode stickers to small businesses throughout the country. ...
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• Blackberry NFC Trial Getting Pushy

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  As contactless-payment advocates wait (and wait and wait) for widespread public acceptance of cell phones that can take the place of payment cards, vendors and credit card companies keep launching trials. One of the latest, by MasterCard Canada, BMO Bank of Montreal and Research In Motion, involves what appears to be ...
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• Windows File Deletion: Going, Going, Still There

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but its becoming much more difficult to achieve in Windows 7 and Windows Vista thanks to volume shadow copy. And that refusal to go away is becoming a real problem for IT security. Deleting a file—even using top security procedures—doesnt make it go away; another copy is ...
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• The New Franchisee IT Sherriff In Town

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 499
  Billions of dollars are lost each year to employee theft and it is only getting worse. The National Restaurant Association (NRA) estimates that the restaurant industry alone may be losing more than 3 percent of sales each year due to employee theft. This figure is very scary to be sure, especially for franchisees who ...
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• Tuesday’s Tip: 2010 Apps Strategies Should Start With Business Value

  
  A Software Insider's Point of View — Authority: 512
  Begin Apps Strategy Projects With Bite-Sized Entry Points Complexity often plagues today’s apps strategies.  With tight budgets, limited resources, and little time, organizations need to find bite sized entry points. The need to meet ever changing complex business requirements requires a four-step, basic ...
  2 weeks ago

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