DETROIT - Legislation was passed over a month ago with the intent of providing citizens of the State of Washington the ability to cross the border from Seattle into Canada and back without need of a passport. While the sense of urgency and heightened visibility that is recognized in Washington state is centered around the
RICHMOND HILLS, Ontario - Organizations need to stay on top of eight significant IT issues or trends, contends Jeff Wacker, corporate futurist at EDS. (1) Short battery life on mobile computing devices is a major impediment to people working in 12 hour shift jobs. (2) IT applications will increasingly be about 'context as well as
WASHINGTON DC - A new report was released by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a private group of 22 prominent business leaders and economists, that recommends Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, often referred to in the accounting world as SOX, be relaxed, especially for smaller companies. The report calls for a complete overhaul of how
GRAND RAPIDS - How will you manage your company? How many staff members will you hire and in which roles? How much money will you spend? What are your goals for staffing? Estimate the costs and benefits of full-time, part-time and contract employees. How will new employees be trained? Critical areas include Operations, Sales, and
SOUTHFIELD - Regulators are requiring all financial institutions to implement a multi-factor authentication system by December 31. With 52 million Internet banking records reported lost in 2005 alone, the move to make layered security changes is necessary and commendable, albeit challenging. ?MFA mandates will require on-line bank customers to submit another form of identification, in
GRAND RAPIDS - Your Marketing and Sales Plan needs to focus on the key characteristics of your target customers, their demographics and buying behavior, and their attitudes about your product. Why will a customer buy from you and not a competitor? Set realistic sales goals that recognize the size of your industry, the size of
ANN ARBOR ? What exactly is a green computer? How green is it really? Is lead-free, some minor power savings, and a take-back program as good as it gets, as required by European RoHS regulations and the voluntary EPEAT standard in the U.S.? Is that good enough? What more can be done already? ?Even so-called
FARMINGTON HILLS - Improperly designed WLANs leave organizations exposed to the risk of unauthorized access, and protecting WLANs is key to the successful deployment of wireless infrastructure. Organizations should identify and address key security issues so they can safely support the inevitable movement to wireless computing while protecting the data that flows through WLANs. Passwords
SAN FRANCISCO - There's that old expression that waving money around only tempts thieves. Now, the multimillion-dollar RFID smart-card industry has made waving around your credit (and your credit history) that much easier for thieves to steal. New contactless credit cards, which use RFID technology, broadcast your credit information to credit card readers, so thieves,
GRAND RAPIDS - Who is your competition? Competitors include other suppliers who provide similar products (direct competitors) as well as those who provide a product in the same general category (indirect competitors). For example, a retail video rental store competes with other video rental companies, and also with other forms of entertainment such as movie