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Where Does The Money Go
By Peter Haapaniemi
The emerging practice of spend management is giving companies a clearer view of expenditures – and greater ability to cut costs, manage suppliers and reduce risk.
What If
By Eric Schoeniger
Don't wait for disaster to strike before you think about business continuity. The time to ask 'What if?' is now.
Vintage Vint - 25 Years of Computing
By Eric Schoeniger
Vint Cerf, often referred to as the "father of the Internet," talks with Exec about the development of information technology over the past 25 years and what lies ahead.
Transparent Integration
By Tony Neuser
Microsoft’s .NET brings the hope of simplifying application integration. Unisys Tony Neuser tells us if it can live up to the hype.
The Road to ROI
By Eric Schoeniger
Return on investment is the new corporate mantra. Ensure that you're getting the most from your investment in IT - and that you're accurately capturing the returns.
The Race To Enterprise Agility
By Jill Colford
Today's business environment is more volatile than ever. Find out how to adapt more quickly – and transform change from an adversary into an advantage.
The Next Step in E-Logistics
By Kristine Grow
In an industry in which only 20 percent of a company's systems yield any competitive advantage, cargo carriers are finding new ways to provide the most sought-after deliverable: information.
The Next Big Thing in Information Technology
By John C. Carrow
Unisys CIO John Carrow says: You've consolidated your data center, streamlined your operations and enhanced the customer experience. Now what?
Tax Processing Gets a Face Lift
By Kristine Grow
Through imaging and workflow technologies, the California Employment Development Department is able to make the most from every tax dollar it collects.
Real Ebusinesses Do Etransactions
By Eric Schoeniger
It's time to go for the e-business gold. And that means conducting transactions online. Unisys looks at the technology and change-management strategies that successful e-businesses are implementing to process hundreds of thousands of "e-transactions" daily.
Reaching Out to Customers
By Kristine Grow
A leader in the Colombian telecommunications market, Orbitel S.A. ESP relies on a corporatewide CRM strategy and an aggressive customer fidelity program.
New Strategies Safely Unlock Information to Those You Trust
By Eric Schoeniger
Federated identity management can reduce costs, manage risk, improve security and enhance services to your employees, partners and customers.
Hacking through the Firewall Myth
By Charlie Young
Unisys Charlie Young exposes the truth behind the fact you may not be as safe as you think if you're only using a firewall for network security.
More Competitive With Clean Data
By Carol Steinberg
By collecting and managing information about customers' natural-resources usage, São Paulo State Basic Sanitation reduces fraud and improves customer service -- and stays competitive in a changing economy.
Mastering Multimessaging
By Jim Martin
In the not-so-distant future, it will be difficult to imagine how we once communicated using separate devices and procedures to manage our voice mail, e-mail and fax messages.
Marrying IT to Business
By Roseann McGrath Brooks
Tony Morgan, senior solution specialist with Unisys, argues that making business rules part of your information systems plans can deliver long-term benefits for the organization.
Leading Online
By Kristine Grow
Banamex, a leading financial institution in Mexico, is increasing its own competitiveness -- and that of the nation -- by supporting Internet-based transactions and trade.
Know the Risks of a More Mobile Workforce
By Eric Schoeniger
A growing number of workers are using mobile devices, such as PDAs, smart phones and wireless laptops, to access corporate resources, capture data and take transactions to the customer. Although expediting business, this trend also raises a host of new security concerns. From viruses that target cell phones to hackers who tap into wireless networks to lost or stolen laptops, mobility increasingly puts your information assets at risk.
It is All in the Network
By Samuel Greengard
Building an e-business isn't difficult; building a network to support and sustain that e-business is. Whether you're a B2B, B2C or some other e-business, you simply won't succeed without a strong network infrastructure.
Government Technology - Beyond Boxes and Wires
By Kristine Grow
As government agencies embrace true transformation principles, technology in government will make significant strides within the next 10 years.
From The Ground Up
By Eric Schoeniger
Unisys built Reliance Standard Life Insurance a new system to support core operations and provide a single view of corporate data. The system is changing the way the insurer does business.
Enterprise Simplification Organizational Growth
By Art Fischman
By consolidating its technology activities on centralized computer systems, an organization can realize cost savings and process improvements that dramatically improve business.
Enhance Your Image
By Kristine Grow
E-imaging has been around since the 1980s. But advances in the ways organizations serve customers and manage data make e-imaging and related workflow solutions more strategic than ever before.
E-Voting The State of the Nations
By Kristine Grow
Election officials around the world are calling for new procedures and technologies to streamline the voting process. Are nations getting closer to ensuring the integrity of every vote?
Driving Toward Better Citizen Service
By Jim Martin
The Virginia DMV is leaping over the digital divide by making its services available through electronic kiosks.
Do Not Push Your Sister Off a Cliff
By William J. Buffam
Depending on whom you believe and what you regard as failure, 50 percent to 80 percent of IS projects fail. William J. Buffam says analyses of failed projects show that the difficulties begin with the requirements process.
Creating E-Communities
By Paul Roberts
Today, extranets have evolved from expensive, complex technology solutions to the basis for true e-communities, joining internal and external partners in fast, secure, reliable networks. Unisys reveals how smart planning, careful design and continual evaluation can ensure the creation of a successful e-community.
Ask the Expert - David Floyer
A surprisingly high proportion of IT projects fail to deliver promised business results. IT expert David Floyer explains why, and what corporations can do to change that.
A Single Version of the Truth
By Peter Haapaniemi
Business intelligence is coming to the attention of executives for a variety of reasons - not the least of which is the changing nature of the technology. Business intelligence allows organizations to analyze information to identify patterns or trends. As business intelligence tools evolve, companies are finding that they can drive improvements ranging from enhanced responsiveness to faster sales cycles.