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ALSO CALLED: Biometry
DEFINITION: Biometrics is the science and technology of measuring and analyzing biological data. In information technology, biometrics refers to technologies that measure and analyze human body characteristics, such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns and hand measurements, for authentication purposes. Ask your biometrics questions at ITKnowledgeExchange.comAuthentication by  … 
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10 Dying IT Skills
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009


Achieving Compliant Manufacturing Excellence through Real-time Performance Management
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 26 Jan 2009


Achieving Rapid Data Recovery for IBM AIX Environments: An Executive Overview of EchoStream for AIX
sponsored by Vision Solutions
PODCAST: This podcast looks closely at a unique data recovery solution for IBM AIX Environments called EchoStream for AIX.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Premiered: 09 May 2008


ActiveRoles Server: Active Directory Management - Free Trial!
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Businesses today grow and change at a frantic pace, making Active Directory (AD) management one of the most time-consuming IT tasks. AD administrators struggle to keep up with requests to create, change or remove user access to various network resources.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


Beyond Boundaries: A New Role in Finance in Driving Business Collaboration
sponsored by SAP America Inc
ANALYST REPORT: In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009


Bitpipe Research Guide: Security
sponsored by Bitpipe
RESOURCE CENTER: Security is all about protecting corporate information and technology assets from intruders, thieves, and vandals.
Posted: 30 Nov 2006 | Published: 30 Nov 2006


BMC Mainview: Controlling Mainframe Operating Costs While Maintaining Service Levels
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Directors of IT operations are under pressure to control or reduce mainframe operating costs while maintaining service levels to the business. This paper describes how BMC® MAINVIEW® from BMC Software uniquely delivers aggressive and strategic performance management and optimization.
Posted: 17 Apr 2009 | Published: 17 Apr 2009


BPM Taxonomy Whitepaper - Dan Woods - Sponsored by SAP and Accenture
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a survey of the practices and technology related to business process management (BPM). Basic concepts are explained, the transformational effect on the enterprise is examined, and the value that BPM can create is analyzed. The paper then presents a survey of the vast array of technology that is related to BPM.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009


Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 09 Jun 2008


Business Rules and Gap Analysis: Discovery and Management of Business Rules Avoids Business Disruptions
sponsored by Micro Focus, Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This paper will assess how to locate and account for functionality gaps. It will also illustrate a methodology for realigning applications with business goals.
Posted: 04 Dec 2009 | Published: 04 Dec 2009


Clearing the Way for Faster, Smarter Decisions: Instant, Accurate Information Drives Competitive Edge
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 26 Oct 2009


Context is King: Practical Rule Mining-- Accelerating the Discovery and Reuse of Existing Business Rules
sponsored by Micro Focus, Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores how contextualization and insight into existing applications accelerates the discovery and transformation of logic into refined, true business rules. It also includes a discussion of best practices around this semantic capture of technical rules and their abstraction into business rules.
Posted: 07 Dec 2009 | Published: 07 Dec 2009


Controlling Costs and Driving Agility in the Datacenter: Optimizing Server Infrastructure with Microsoft System Center
sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
WHITE PAPER: To help control costs, improve business agility, and remain secure and in compliance, many IT organizations are taking steps to transition to a truly dynamic infrastructure. Microsoft® System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that helps IT departments proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize an IT environment.
Posted: 23 Nov 2009 | Published: 23 Nov 2009


eGuide: Defining a cost-effective mobile IT strategy
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
EGUIDE: In this series, Craig Mathias explores the various ways mobility solutions can be used successfully and cost-effectively in your enterprise.
Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Published: 02 Sep 2009


eGuide: SOA Implementation
sponsored by Rocket Gang, Inc.
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Service-Oriented architecture (SOA) allows organizations to quickly and efficiently respond to changes in the business environment and to leverage such change for competitive advantage. The SearchSOA.com Pocket E-Guide: SOA Implementation features expert insight into the key areas critical to the successful planning and implementation of an SOA.
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 | Published: 27 Jan 2010


Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how data center efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 29 Apr 2009


Embedding Architecture into the Organization
sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited
WHITE PAPER: Our experience suggests that Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance determines the impact of the architecture team to a great degree. We describe and manage EA governance along six dimensions.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009


EtherScope Analyzer
sponsored by Fluke Networks
PRODUCT DEMO: First responders to network emergencies rely on the EtherScope Series II Network Assistant when it's time for action -- a handheld network analyzer combining essential tools that help network professionals quickly solve the wide range of problems they encounter. Take advantage of our free 5-day trial. Click "View Now" to request your free trial.
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 | Published: 27 Jan 2010


HP Integrity Server Blades and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) in SAP application environments
sponsored by Arrow ECS HP Group and Intel
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Enterprises that rely on enterprise resource planning and business intelligence applications have a solution that can manage exploding volumes of data while lowering cost and simplifying operations. HP Integrity server blades are designed to be always available, always scalable, and always virtualized to support applications such as SAP.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009


IDC White Paper: Making the Business Case for IT Consolidation
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: IDC believes that IT organizations are constantly being asked to do more with less. This analyst report will look at some of the key triggers CIOs look for when deciding to consolidate as well as getting started with consolidation and its impact on the business.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 26 Jun 2009


Leadership Makes the Difference during Times of Global Financial Crisis: Optimizing Business Cycles through Technology Investment
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: Investing in the right IT platform and end-to-end business processes enables companies to simplify the IT landscape and reduce total it cost.
Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 26 Jan 2009


Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2008
sponsored by Blue Coat
ANALYST REPORT: Secure Web gateway solutions protect Web-surfing PCs from infection and enforce company policies. Incumbant providers have been slow to respond to changing demands, while new vendors are struggling to get the right product mix and prove their mettle in the demanding enterprise market.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009


Mainframe Rehosting with Oracle Tuxedo: Accelerating Cost Reduction and Application Modernization
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009


Manufacturing BPM with APRISO
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains what BPM is, why you need it, what it brings to an OES and how Apriso's FlexNet is different from competitors who are beginning to talk the BPM talk without delivering the goods.
Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009


MMM Group Case Study: Panduit’s Unified Physical Infrastructure
sponsored by Panduit
CASE STUDY: In this case study, learn how one company consolidated six Toronto-area locations into a single facility supported by a new data center and featuring a converged IP-based network. In addition, learn how this new facility faced the challenge of needing to reduce the overall environmental footprint.
Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

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BIOMETRICS DEFINITION (continued): …  biometric verification is becoming increasingly common in corporate and public security systems, consumer electronics and point of sale (POS) applications. In addition to security, the driving force behind biometric verification has been convenience. Biometric devices, such as fingerscanners, consist of: A reader or scanning device Software that converts the scanned information into digital form and compares match points A database that stores the biometric data for comparisonTo prevent identity theft, biometric data is usually encrypted when it's gathered. Here's how biometric verification works … 
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