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Single biggest thing holding Linux back? Vendor lock-in
Blog In trying to get more businesses to adopt Linux and open source software over the past 18 years or so, I've discovered that no matter how good Linux becomes, one hurdle stubbornly remains - in fact, it's the biggest hurdle that Linux and free/open...
[February 17, 2009, 7:54]
Vendor-neutral security certification update
News Here's a rundown of their CISSP suggestions, as well as details about another vendor-neutral certification option. Joss' article didn't mention the vendor-neutral Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) series offered by The SANS...
[April 4, 2003, 13:33]
Vendor Master Chaos: Are Material Procure-to-Pay Risks Lurking?
White Papers With Sarbanes-Oxley 404 attestations in full swing, auditors are scrutinizing controls related to the master vendor file. Does a serious material weakness lurk in your vendor master processes? This webcast will show you best practice internal...
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
Vendor
Downloads Vendor is designed for resellers of printers and copy machines. Vendor gives you a quick overview of the actual situation of your client with less information in advance. The extensive Data Base provides you the prices of hardware and accessoires.
[August 1, 2005, 16:37]
Vendor warns of 'Chinese' website attacks
News Security vendor ScanSafe has warned of a wave of SQL injection attacks that has affected over 7,000 web pages. The attackers appear to be avoiding compromising Chinese government websites, while the attack code contains the text string "Silent love...
[May 20, 2008, 16:54]
Vendor lock-in
Talkback Rolling out an application notorious for its lock-in to a single vendor. It's a scandalous waste of taxpayers' money when open-source, standards-compliant will do the same job for a lot less money.
[September 19, 2008, 14:51]
Service Level Management and Vendor Accountability
White Papers This seminar will discuss real-world ways that EMA customers and vendors are using SLM principles to ensure SP vendor accountability. Service level management (SLM) was initially introduced as a way for service providers (SPs) to guarantee levels...
[June 24, 2009, 10:00]
Outsourcing: A New Approach to Vendor Management
White Papers Unfortunately, too many organizations believe that simply making the decision to outsource and selecting a vendor is enough to provide cost savings and productivity gains. An innovative, new approach places management responsibility for vendor...
[October 29, 2007, 22:48]
zSeries Qualified WDM Vendor: Cisco Systems
White Papers This IBM paper is one in a series describing zSeries qualified optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) vendor products for Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) solutions. International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and...
[December 1, 2005, 0:00]
Vendor-Managed Inventory: Using Trust, Information and Relationships to Improve Operational Efficiency
White Papers Vendor-Managed Inventory is a system by which the distributor (seller) of products (e.g.fuels) monitors and manages a customer's (buyer's) inventory levels, often through a system of automated data collection and analysis.
[May 1, 2007, 1:00]
First European Multi-Vendor Carrier Ethernet Interoperability Test
White Papers This paper describes the results of one of the first public multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet interoperability tests in Europe. Overall, the results were very promising - some aspects worked immediately in the multi-vendor environment.
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
Synchronised, multi-vendor DNS patches released
News To address the flaw, Kaminsky said the researchers all decided to conduct a synchronised, multi-vendor release. A security researcher has responsibly disclosed a fundamental flaw within the Domain Name System, or DNS, the addressing scheme behind...
[July 9, 2008, 8:21]
Straight Talking - Choose the Right Vendor
White Papers Quocirca has come up with a means of helping buyers ascertain whether the vendor can be trusted for the future. This approach revolves around the capability of the vendor to paint a long-term vision and also demonstrate exactly how it proposes to...
[February 27, 2009, 23:00]
Why IBM and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server are the Increasingly Preferred Vendor + High-End Storage Combination
White Papers This paper explains why IBM and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server are the increasingly preferred vendor plus high storage combination. The IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family of products in particular includes sophisticated management...
[August 28, 2004, 3:00]
Selecting a Structured Cabling Vendor - A Balanced Scorecard for the Best Value
White Papers When selecting a cabling vendor for an enterprise cabling infrastructure, one of the most difficult tasks is sorting through the vendor-provided data and getting to the information most critical to you and your network.
[May 26, 2006, 0:00]
Proactnes/SN: Management of Multi-Vendor Router/Switch Networks
White Papers The Proactnes/SN solution works in an open multi-vendor environment across domains and is a customer-centric system that is driven by business needs rather than technologies. In today's competitive marketplace, service providers must continuously...
[July 20, 2004, 3:00]
Utility Application Integration Standards - Perspectives From Three Communities Utility, Systems Vendor and Systems Integrator
White Papers This paper assesses the value of standards from the perspectives of three different user communities such as an Electric Utility, Systems and Applications Vendor and Systems Integrator. Working Group 14 (WG14) is developing a series of standards...
[May 20, 2004, 1:03]
Internet Invoicing and Vendor Adoption: A Direct Commerce Whitepaper
White Papers Direct Commerce is part of an industry-wide effort to develop methodologies that will accelerate vendor adoption of Web based electronic invoicing based on XML. The transition from paper-based invoicing to electronic exchange seems inevitable, yet...
[October 18, 2005, 3:00]
Single biggest thing holding Linux back? Vendor lock-in
Blog Comment Where there *is* laziness, perhaps even a laissez-faire strategic approach, is in these IT departments' planning for the future; few work hard towards eliminating points of vendor lock-in. With a little planning, pretty much any organisation can...
[February 19, 2009, 15:08]
How Cisco IT Improved Strategic Vendor Management
White Papers In response, Cisco created a new global IT group called the Cisco Vendor Management Organization (VMO) in May of 2002. In addition, the VMO provides value and expertise in process and business development, asset management, and vendor engagement.
[March 5, 2008, 0:02]
