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Retired Stalker: Facebook, Foursquare Making Gen Y Stalkers Lazy

CIO.com can't reveal his name, but this 30-year veteran of stalking thinks the next generation of cyberstalkers is too spoiled. Between Facebook and Foursquare, it's no wonder, he says.

2 Jul 2010 2 mins
Cybercrime Legal Small and Medium Business
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Eveready Boosts Forecast Accuracy with a Simple Mobile App

Eveready struggled to keep a tab on its inventory across 3.3 million retail outlets. Read how a mobile app linked its sales force and distributors to the HQ and helped improve forecast accuracy and fulfill demands on time with lean inventory.

25 Jun 2010
Broadband Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business
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Trent Strengthens Security with an Open Source Solution

Store operations at the Rs 1000 crore Trent revolve around the cash tills. But security and scalability challenges were threatening to sabotage the functioning of these tills. u00a0OpenSource helped the retail firm combat these challenges.

16 Jun 2010
Business CIO Small and Medium Business
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How to Protect Your Company from Vendors Who Don’t Deliver

Heed the warnings from recent legal cases and business scandals. Before you sign that deal with an IT vendor, make sure you know what you'll do if your supplier doesn't keep its promises.

15 Jun 2010
Legal
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IT helps BPCL find Green with an Automated Waste Management System

BPCL integrates a waste management solution into its ERP. The company now utilizes business analytics and rich MIS reports for tackling waste, and is now better compliant to the stringent Statutory Hazardous Waste Rules.nu00a0

4 May 2010
Business Energy Industry Government
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Is Apple Another Microsoft?

Either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission will look into potential anti-trust behavior from Apple.

3 May 2010
Consumer Electronics Legal iPhone
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Vendor Management: Write Statements of Work That Keep IT Projects on Track

Don't let contractors define their own deliverables. Negotiating detailed statements of work reduces project delays, cost overruns and even the likelihood of failure.

14 Apr 2010
Legal
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CRM solution helps Lavasa tackles 50,000 Customer Enquiries a Month

CRM system helps Lavasa project, India's largest hill city, manage upto 50,000 inquiries a month. Where it once took up to five days to close an enquiry, a sales person can now do it within a few hours.nnu00a0n

12 Apr 2010
Business Government Intrusion Detection Software
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Social Media Safety: Acceptable-Use Policies Are Critical

Allowing access to social networking sites can open businesses up to a plethora of security risks. The key to success, Forrester Research says, is a strong acceptable use policy. Here's how to craft one.

8 Apr 2010
IT Strategy Legal Social Networking Apps
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Max New York Life Insurance Used BI To Increase Cross-Sell Revenue By About 13 Percent

Hitesh Arora, CIO, Max New York Life Insurance, used Business Intelligence to help the company with accurate forecasts that increased the cross-selling earnings to be more than 20 percent of the overall revenue - up from 7 percent earlier.

5 Apr 2010
Business Financial Services Industry Technology Industry