Data & Analytics

Today's workers are inundated with data that is, for the most part, useless. That is not to say it has no absolute use, but rather that it has no use to its specific recipient. Spam notwithstanding, how many of the dozens of messages in an e-mail inbox are of use?

The latest release of Alcatel

Although the impact of the recent mad-cow disease scare coupled with the always-unpredictable weather and seasons on The Prairies can be tough to forecast, the United Farmers of Alberta recently decided it was time to at least improve how quickly it reacts to such incidents.

Continuing with its effort to help customers comply with looming U.S. privacy regulation deadlines, IBM Corp. recently introduced nine sets of software, service and hardware bundles designed to help companies more easily and more quickly meet the terms of regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Network Appliance Inc.

The recent opening of a Toronto office signals a renewed commitment to the Canadian hosted applications market, according to Salesforce.com

Firm is introducing new applications designed to make utility computing a reality in the enterprise, but one industry analyst wonders if the message will resonate with businesses.

The powerful drive to get, keep and grow their customer base is perhaps the only truly common element between financial services organizations when it comes to customer service. Certainly how they put that drive into action varies from company to company.