=========================================================
-------- CIO INSIGHT QUICK FACTS --------
A Ziff Davis Publication
=========================================================
Ziff Davis's CIO Insight Quick Facts is a bi-weekly
newsletter that provides quick and easy-to-use ideas and
resources for information-overloaded CIOs.
Visit CIOInsight.com:
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20560-1
=========================================================
Sponsored by Lionbridge
Reducing Time-to-Proficiency in Global ERP Deployments
Research shows that a simple one percent increase in
productivity typically produces more than 10 times the
impact of a one percent decrease in training costs.
Effective training reduces "time to proficiency," and
empowers users in all regions to interact fully with new
software. This paper provides answers on building effective
training for global ERP deployments.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20563-1
=========================================================
November 2, 2004
=========================================================
In This Edition
=========================================================
1. Companies Scramble to Deal with Spyware
2. Gartner Sees Shift to Bite-Sized Business Software
3. Doctors Use Nanotechnology to Improve Health Care
4. E-Voting Tests Get Failing Grade
5. Oracle Sets PeopleSoft Bid: $24 a Share
6. One Small Step for R&D Spending
7. Is Wireless Messaging the Next Campaign Frontier?
8. Police Arrest 28 in Online ID Theft Scams
9. More From CIOInsight.com
=========================================================
WEEK IN REVIEW
=========================================================
1. Companies Scramble to Deal with Spyware
>From MSNBC.com (Topic: Spyware), Nov. 1:
The people who call Dell Inc.'s customer service line often
have no idea why their computers are running so slow. The
ones who call America Online Inc. can't necessarily explain
why Internet connections keep dropping. And those who file
error reports with Microsoft Corp. don't always know why
their computers inexplicably crash.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20566-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Gartner Sees Shift to Bite-Sized Business Software
>From Reuters (Topic: Software), Nov. 1:
Companies such as SAP and IBM must break their software
packages into smaller units as their corporate clients want
to cherry pick them to update systems more frequently,
consultancy Gartner said on Monday.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20569-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3. Doctors Use Nanotechnology to Improve Health Care
>From The New York Times (Topic: Nanotechnology), Nov. 1:
(Registration Required)
Nanotechnology's bag of tricks for inventing new molecules
and manipulating those available naturally could be dazzling
in its potential to improve health care.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20572-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. E-Voting Tests Get Failing Grade
>From Wired.com (Topic: E-Voting), Nov. 1:
In 1996, a federal testing lab responsible for evaluating
voting systems in the United States examined the software
for a new electronic voting machine made by I-Mark Systems
of Omaha, Nebraska. The tester included a note in the lab's
report praising the system for having the best voting
software he had ever seen, particularly the security and use
of encryption.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20575-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5. Oracle Sets PeopleSoft Bid: $24 a Share
>From USA Today (Topic: Oracle and Peoplesoft), Nov. 1:
Software giant Oracle sweetened its hostile takeover offer
for rival PeopleSoft by 14% Monday and for the first time
set a deadline.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20578-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6. One Small Step for R&D Spending
>From Business Week (Topic: Spending), Nov. 1:
Despite an iffy economy, multinational corporations slightly
increased their spending on research and development last
year -- a crucial growth factor for the global economy. A
new survey by IEEE Spectrum magazine shows that R&D outlays
at the 100 top companies rose 2.2%, to $236 billion, in
2003, the latest year for which data are available,
BusinessWeek Online has learned. The IEEE Spectrum report
will be released Nov. 1.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20581-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7. Is Wireless Messaging the Next Campaign Frontier?
>From eWeek (Topic: Messaging), Oct. 30:
It's been said that polite conversation should avoid the two
mood-killing topics of politics and religion. But what about
text messaging, which has been playing a small, but growing,
role in politics this year? Just as blogging has
revolutionized election-year reporting, text messaging via
cell phones and PDAs has served as a constant reminder to
the mobile community that it's time to vote.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20584-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8. Police Arrest 28 in Online ID Theft Scams
>From The Washington Post (Topic: Identity Theft), Oct. 28:
(Registration Required)
Law enforcement authorities have arrested 28 individuals
accused of operating public Web sites designed to help
people steal, sell and forge credit cards and identification
documents.
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20587-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9. More From CIOInsight.com
Tyco: New Kid on the Block
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20590-1
Pay to Play: MetLife's Transformation
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20593-1
Harrah's Entertainment: Buyer's Poker
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20596-1
=========================================================
Tech Jobs
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20599-1
=========================================================
The Channel Insider
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20602-1
=========================================================
DevSource
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20605-1
=========================================================
eNewsletter Information
=========================================================
You are subscribed to CIO Insight Quick Facts with the
e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To change your HTML/text preferences or subscribe to other
eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here:
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20608-1
To unsubscribe, click here:
http://www.cioinsight.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=40&type=u&[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
eNewsletter FAQ:
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20611-1
=========================================================
CIO Insight Magazine Information
=========================================================
To apply for a free subscription to CIO Insight, please go
to:
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20614-1
Renew your subscription:
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20617-1
For help with your print subscription to CIO Insight, go to
http://eletters.cioinsight.com/zd1/cts?d=78-159-1-1-107594-20620-1
Copyright 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
