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Information Technology
The devil or the deep sea?
Should software packages be rigid? Or should the user be free to tweak the package at will? Actually, a judicious mix of tweaking and suitably changing your processes is necessary.
When bad times augur well
India is now facing an alarming economic slowdown and this will likely hasten its transition to an Internet economy.
E-strategy: Going for the right model
E-COMMERCE strategies can be applied to three key elements of the value chain - supply chain, logistics and marketing. However, a supplier too can have his own e-commerce strategy. The marketing link for the supplier would essentially become the supply c
hain for the buyer. It is essential therefore, that in cases where the buyer and seller have long-term relationships, the e-business models of the two match each other.
When you plug in, are you on?
One of the biggest challenges facing healthcare providers is the need to create integreated systems using applications from completely different software companies.
Rambus grabs golden DRAM
Rambus has transformed DRAM-making from a commodity business to an IP-heavy business.
Scanning the talent brigade
At the simplest end of the spectrum the result of an aptitude test. At the most sophisticated, it produces an in-depth narrative report based on SHL's occupational personality questionaire (OPQ)
Insurance against service costs
The pure service components of an insurance software implementation could cost an insurer Rs 10 to 20 crore over a period of time. Over and above this, the insurer has to spend on hardware and software licences.
Eye 4 I
NASA? - It conjures up images of grim scientists working away at launching satellites, one after the other. Surely, you must have been in awe of what these guys do in their labs in Houston, Texas. May be you sigh now, wishing you had dedicated more of yo
ur career efforts at reaching NASA.
CYBER QUEST
1. Which Indian computer company's ad-line reads: ``Applying Thought?''
GETTING IT RIGHT
It is a process used in the Apple PowerPC G3 processor in order to improve the overall performance of the system. It is the implementation of secondary cache memory that can interact with CPU directly. Hence the overall performance of the system improves
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NETTING A CATCH
Windows operating systems have been structured in such a way that even shutting down the PC is a time-consuming task. While this has been done keeping in mind the need to protect the disk from corruption, it is nevertheless an annoying feature.
TIP-OFF
The History feature of the Internet Explorer browser remembers Web sites you've visited, making it easier for you to go back. That means anyone else with access to your computer can track your Web trail. You can clear the history at any time, but it star
ts building again. If privacy takes a higher priority with you than ease, end History altogether:
