Turning Risk Management into Competitive Advantage
Data protection and security are critical issues for IT professionals. But companies that focus on them at the expense of considering acceptable strategic risk may be missing competitive opportunities. George Westerman, an MIT research scientist and coauthor of the new book IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage, explains how embedding risk into everyday business practices can build success. Full Story The Challenges of High Performance Data Warehousing
The key factors that drive effective data warehouse performance and challenge IT departments are data loading, availability, volume, storage and operational issues. Analyst Krish Krishnan explores each of these areas in this article from the Business Intelligence Network.
Full Story Data Center Energy Efficiency Gets the EPA's Attention
Data centers and server farms account for 1.5 percent of all U.S. electricity consumption. At current rates, they could double their energy consumption by 2011. Dan Brown, a lead author of a recent report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, discusses how businesses can reduce data center energy use and improve their bottom line in the process. Full Story

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