TechRepublic Chapter Downloads: August 17, 2007Category :: interest |
Why are information systems not as smart as they should be?
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The cost of information technology in today's organizations is substantial and continues to grow as a percentage of total operating cost -- yet today's information technology (IT) systems still aren't smart enough. To understand why after years of spending on information technology so many of our systems still aren't as smart as they should be, take a tour through the evolution of business computing in practice and gain a historical perspective on business computing and how IT developed as a discipline. In this chapter download from Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions, walk through a brief history of a typical IT infrastructure and gain key insights into how we ended up in this mess.
Unlock the business value in unstructured data to make your company more responsive, innovative, and competitive
Learn about a better way to "listen" to business data and transform it into valuable insights for your company and customers in Mining the Talk: Unlocking the Business Value in Unstructured Information. This chapter download introduces the book's methodology and describes the history of how and why the method was developed, including a high-level description the methodology itself.
Securely manage user sessions and create strong user authentication tokens in ASP.NET
Investigate threats to your Web application code in Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security , then consider a menu of solutions, coding considerations and examples, and security policies for every defined threat. In this chapter download from the book, learn how to securely manage user sessions and how to create strong user authentication tokens.
