Technology has changed the way companies conduct business. Today, the Internet is leading this change as e-business transforms industries. Accordingly, analysts predict that, by 2003, the Internet will become the predominant mechanism for conducting business.
Businesses are quickly implementing virtual private networks in attempts to connect far-flung network users. Despite their popularity, however, two key issues remain: data security and reliable, consistent application delivery. This article explains these key VPN issues, and shows how to implement both security and reliability on your VPN with the implementation of next-generation Quality of Service (QoS), also known as Application Service Quality (ASQ).
Business continuity planning strategies must constantly adapt to changes in information technology and in the business processes they support if they are to help ensure the survival of the company that deploys them. With the arrival of e-business, many organizations are seeking to define exactly what business continuity strategies are relevant and worthwhile.
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) wanted to give its students more direct access to needed informational resources through its Web browser. Their goal was to continue to use the legacy, 3270-based Student Information System, and students more direct access to class availability, current grade information and financial records without changing or rewriting applications. After analysis, refacing and remodeling solutions were chosen -- find out the whys and hows of this decision.
Need an universal way to format data for presentation on the Web? It's as easy as XML. Learn the basics for Extensible Markup Language (XML) by taking a detailed look at a simple XML document. Learn the important terms, and how to format well-formed and valid documents.
How do enterprise information systems managers know if their users are satisfied with changing data services? More importantly, what can enterprises do to ensure that their carriers are delivering their goods more efficiently than they have in the past? The answers are here with the new dynamics of service delivery managment.
The Internet has brought business a whole new marketplace to peddle its wares, and Internet technologies have give businessess an opportunity to more thoroughly analyze customers than in the past. The term "Web analytics" can encompass analyzing the way visitors interact with or navigate your Web site, tracking ongoing relationships with Web site visitors, or analyzing e-commerce sales activities.
How long will write-once-read-many (WORM) technology last? Up to now, this technology simply hasn't been around long enough to even take a stab at answering this question based on realtime testing. However, recently the maturity of optical WORM technology reached the point where it has finally become possible to test media that was written a considerable period of time in the past. The results indicate that TrueWORM media should have no difficulty lasting the 100 years or so that has been projected in the accelerated aging tests.
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) wanted to give its students more direct access to needed informational resources through its Web browser. Their goal was to continue to use the legacy, 3270-based Student Information System, and students more direct access to class availability, current grade information and financial records without changing or rewriting applications. After analysis, refacing and remodeling solutions were chosen -- find out the whys and hows of this decision.