Gas Refining Industry

WHITE PAPER: Smart information technology (IT) practices reduce the environmental impact of conducting business, and help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reduce expenses.

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 | Published: 02 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn about an innovative planning, scheduling, and monitoring strategy designed to enable businesses in the energy industry to improve operational efficiency, reduce risks, and cut costs. Discover the benefits of a planning technique that provides real-time visualization into and support of business operations.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 22 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: By helping your data center more accurately visualize and control energy use, you'll reclaim facility capacity and optimize energy use en route to reducing costs for your organization. Read this white paper for the details.

Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Cleantech is emerging as a suitable alternative source of energy or a means of reducing  consumption of expensive resources, this report from Grant Thornton reveals.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: HP has been a pioneer in incorporating technology to improve energy efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT systems in the datacenter, with solutions designed to reduce server management costs, increase utilization, and improve power and cooling.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

PRESENTATION: Professor Hans Werner Meuer, co-founder of the Top500 supercomputer list, presents a critical assessment of high performance computing technology and applications.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 | Published: 20 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: With the profitability of exploiting information systems, coupled with the emergence of crimeware and services; fraud has grown from a criminal activity into an industry. This paper examines the industrialization of fraud and how organizations must respond with a comprehensive strategy that integrates intelligence with multiple security controls.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents 13 somewhat common infrastructure decisions that can result in poor IT security. It is possible that your organization can improve its security in one or more of these areas. Take the time to assess your current security policy in each of these areas to see if there is room for refinement or improvement.

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 | Published: 17 Dec 2010

CASE STUDY: This case study showcases a highly efficient cooling system that enables significant data center savings. Learn more about this platform and hear from one company that implemented it here.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Mobile network sharing – whether it is sharing tower sites or radio access network (RAN)components – is not a new concept in the industry. Despite the challenges associated, its meritas a cost-effective way to deploy or operate a mobile network has been evident for years.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn why enterprise resouce planning (ERP) systems are emerging as an alternative to project-based solutions (PBSs).

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: To keep pace with your peers and position your organisation for the future, you must continuously update your data centre. This white paper explains how one company refined their IT transformation strategy to improve the quality, speed, and efficiency of their business services. Explore their key objectives and best practices for success here.

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

WEBCAST: This webcast discusses some of the information security challenges utility companies face, and provides an overview of how total security intelligence solutions from Accuvant and Q1 Labs can be essential components of a comprehensive, cyber-security program as mandated by the NERC-CIP, and other utility-focused, regulatory requirements.

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Premiered: 24 Feb 2012

CASE STUDY: Petrobras needed to accelerate data replication from offshore drilling platforms back to the corporate headquarters. Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras’ backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how SCADA systems have inherent vulnerabilities that can be best resolved by adhering to security best practices, and how network security solutions can be used to mitigate the risk to SCADA systems

Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012

IT BRIEFING: Packed with graphs and diagrams, the report is essential reading for any organisation working with, or thinking of working with Capita.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are looking to upgrade your current PeopleSoft software or implementing for the first time, this white paper provides a clear description of the value added benefits you can expect to see from PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial management 9.1.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses considerations for A&D manufacturers in the context of enterprise information systems and how they can help address 5 areas of concern: compliance, control, communications, competitiveness, and cutting cost, waste and complexity. The needs of the A&D market aren’t easily addressed by one-size-fits-all products.

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 | Published: 04 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Strategic Outline Business Case sets out the opportunity to reduce costs and enhance flexibility of centralised ICT services, covering both information services delivered to citizens and staff, and the underpinning technical and physical Data Centre infrastructure.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we introduce geographic data services and discuss how they are employed in both operational and analytical business applications. The paper also reviews analytical techniques applied across many types of organizations and examines a number of industry-specific usage scenarios.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Our IT division recruits permanent and contract professionals into financial servicesfirms, including investment banks, hedgefunds and asset managers, and companies inthe commerce and industry and professional services sectors. We recruit business technologists from support to CTO level.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This 2012 IT skills and salary report analyzes the responses of over 9,500 IT pros to explore the relationship between training, salary, and an employee’s sense of professional satisfaction. Find out which jobs pay the most and which employees are the most satisfied.

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

EBOOK: Gain insight into CIO stories from 13 leading organizations that led to their 2012 IT Leadership Award nomination. Find out their thoughts on hot topics such as the biggest challenges they face in IT, predictions for the next big technology, and problems they see within corporate cultures. 

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 22 May 2012

EZINE: This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project.

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 | Published: 02 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover how Iron Mountain has helped numerous companies across industries - particularly health care - streamline information management and achieve greater cost efficiencies.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012