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Gartner rings security alarm bells

Research firm the Gartner Group has warned that Internet fraud is spiralling out of control with three out of four Web sites being currently vulnerable to attack and predicted that by 2003 the level of Internet fraud will have outstripped credit card fraud.

Stay away from Windows 2000

At a Gartner Group US conference on NT in the Enterprise held in early May, its head of research warned enterprise users to stay away from the early release of Windows 2000. He said there would be far too many bugs for businesses to deal with, especially if Microsoft rushes the release to October of this year.

What's going on around the world?

Looks at research by the Gartner Group about the year 2000 problem based on 15,000 companies in 87 countries, and stating the largest impact the Y2K problem would have outside the U SA was on the global economy. Employs 6 Figures to aid in explanation of the points discussed. Confirms the widely shared view that the developing world is starting late and many countries have yet to act.

Australia's IT&T future: a strategic analysis report 1 July 1998

The editor gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the GartnerGroup in making this strategic analysis report available to readers of the Australian Library Journal. The Gartner Group is the world's leading authority on information technology providing research and advisory services to more than 25 000 organisations worldwide.

Evaluating data warehouse toolkits

Historically, building a data warehouse has been a risky proposition. According to the Gartner Group and similar sources, the failure rate for data warehouse projects runs as high as 60 percent. The dilemma facing businesses today is this: although implementing an enterprise-wide database is risky, an organization that does so gains a significant business advantage over competitors who do not have data warehouse capability or who continue to rely on localized, group-specific data marts. The author discusses the evaluation of data warehouse toolkits and considers critical toolkit components.

Information Resource Center Management (IRCM)

Cet article presente le nouveau role des centres de ressources d'information des entreprises : il participent activement dans la creation de systemes de gestion des connaissances dans les entreprises, ils entrent donc, comme l'entreprise, dans la concurrence. Apres une presentation de la situation actuelle des centres de ressources d'information, la place que ces centres prennent sur le marche du developpement electronique est dessinee. Et enfin, l'evolution de la gestion des connaissances est examinee

What living systems can teach the learning organization

A number of leading US firms have gained substantial benefits from process‐redesign efforts; global best practices are in place and efficiencies have been won. In recent years, process management has been maturing at firms like Corning, Du Pont, the Gartner Group, Hewlett‐Packard, Marion Merrell Dow, MCI, PHH Vehicle Management Services, Texas Instruments and Xerox. They are moving to a new cycle, the creation of learning organizations. Here, Arun N. Maira and Robert M. Curtice, both vice‐presidents at Arthur D. Little, Inc., assess how these companies are preparing for the future and how the study of “living systems” can benefit the business organization.

IBM & gartner group settle trade secret suit by creating future arbitration panel

IBM & gartner group settle trade secret suit by creating future arbitration panel