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Weak Security Allows Sales Reps to Defraud (July 2002)
Only weeks after WorldCom revealed that some of its top sales representatives had manipulated its antiquated incentive compensation system to defraud the company of millions of dollars, a survey of executives was conducted at the spring Synygy Incentive Compensation Conference, held in Phoenix in March 2002.
September, 2002
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Socially Responsible Information Technology Management
The rapid growth in the number of organizations and people using computers combined with global connectivity brings many new information technology management challenges. Many people feel that IT has gotten out of control.
September, 2002
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IS Budget Allocations in Organizations with E-Commerce Applications in Place
Internet users are beginning to show their preferences. There has been a considerable amount of research accumulating from credible sources that indicate significant emerging patterns of Internet usage. We have also started to grasp what works and what flops on the Web.
September, 2002
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The Economic Impact of Software Bugs
Software bugs, or errors, are so prevalent and so detrimental that they cost the U.S. economy an estimated $59.5 billion annually, or about 0.6% of the gross domestic product.
September, 2002
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Online Ads and Online Purchasing (September 2002)
A June 2002 study by Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) found that new media channels have failed to make an impression.
September, 2002
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E-Government Challenges (September 2002)
A May 2002 report from the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board reviews changes that could help governments move more quickly to provide services over the Internet. The report concludes that government has done much to leverage information technology (IT) to deploy e-government services, but much work remains before the vision of e-government can be fully realized.
September, 2002
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Staffing the Contingency Planning Process (Sep 2002)
IT systems are vulnerable to a variety of disruptions, ranging from mild to severe. Vulnerabilities may be minimized or eliminated through technical, management, or operational solutions as part of a risk management effort. Although it is virtually impossible to completely eliminate all risks, contingency planning is designed to mitigate the risk of system and service unavailability by focusing on effective and efficient recovery solutions.
September, 2002
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Create E-Commerce Value Using Business Models (September 2002)
Sales of goods sold online in the U.S. will reach $1.7 trillion by 2004, according to Computer Economics. European firms will sell another $600 billion in the same period. Clearly, successful e-commerce sites can be highly profitable in such a market, but competitive pressures will limit the successes to those websites that correctly implement value drivers into their business models.
September, 2002
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In-Home Computer Use Research (August 2002)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has analyzed publicly accessible sources of data for analyzing access to, and use of, IT in the home that could be used to generate statistically valid findings that could be generalized across the United States.
August, 2002
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Information Warfare Expert Urges Hackers Not to Strike Back But to Help Investigate Instead
It has become clear that many hackers want to use their skills to avenge the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Michael Erbschloe, Vice President of Research and author of "Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks," says that hackers can do other more constructive things at this time.
August, 2002
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Online Human Resources Survey: The Fortune 50
Computer Economics surveyed Fortune 50 companies to determine how and to what extent these companies conduct human resources (HR) activities from their core, corporate website. As we expected, nearly all of these Fortune 50 corporate websites are being used to help the companies recruit new employees.
August, 2002
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HR Succeeds on Web
In just a few short years, the web has revolutionized the way companies reach employees with information and basic human resource (HR) services, according to the latest Towers Perrin e-Track survey on Web-based HR self-service of 208 business executives.
August, 2002
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Severance Payments Tumble
Cash severance payments to employees terminated in 2001 have declined by up to 20% from severance packages awarded in 1997, according to a recent survey.
August, 2002
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Make Knowledge Management Pay Off Through New Collaborations (Dec 2000)
Knowledge management (otherwise known as information sharing, human capital, or intellectual property) has absorbed the efforts and money of many organizations. Unfortunately, many of these often expensive efforts have not led to positive returns. Studies of returns on these efforts frequently show that they fail to achieve their goals and sometimes are not even minimally effective. Typically three-quarters of these projects do not meet full expectations and half are total write-offs.
August, 2002
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Digital Signatures Present New E-commerce Opportunities
The digital signature law signed by President Clinton in early summer became effective October 1, 2000. Although some aspects of the legislation will phase in over the next year, e-commerce organizations need to begin implementation now. There are a number of unresolved questions related to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, otherwise known as E-Sign, that must be faced. Waiting until all of the answers are known, however, is not advised.
August, 2002
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