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Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Legislation Invigorate the EHS Software Market
Are Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions an environmental management/sustainability issue or a business issue? It depends upon whom you ask—scientists and engineers or corporate executives. No matter the answer, anticipation of a new "carbon ecoomy" ...
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Tap Unstructured Data to Make Better Decisions
If you need to make a business decision, you want accurate and transparent information, you want it delivered at the right level of detail, and you want it now. Many organizations ovelook large, untapped reserves of enterprise content that could ...
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Good Requirements Lead to Better Software
If you have ever been involved in a software implementation—particularly,an environment,health, and safety (EH&S) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system—you know thatthe process is complex, involves many stakeholders, and can ...
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Balancing Business Needs and Information Security
Information technology (IT) lets us work and collaborate in ways that we could not have imagined just a few years ago. Networks, hardware, and software provide anytime, anywhere access and data portability. We use networks to deploy, access and use ...
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Technology in the aftermath of a hurricane
There is nothing like a natural disaster to get you thinking about technology. Early in the week of September 8, 2008, Ike grew to tropical storm strength and headed into the Gulf of Mexico. At one point, six computer models predicted six different ...
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12 tips for working with your IT department
Anyone who has ever worked on a project with their information technology (IT) organization has stumbled upon a few challenges. IT has a language and culture of its own, and often the IT group and the business it supports have conflicting ...
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Web 2.0... a new way to network
Web 2.0, a perceived second generation of the World Wide Web, facilitates person-to-person connectivity, collaboration and sharing. Wheras Web 1.0 allowed users only to retrieve information, the new Web is an interactive two-way superhighway. Social ...
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A journey through time
A long, long time ago, BC (Before Computers), in galaxies far away (Houston), I worked as an environmental specialist in industry. Later, I began my second career at an environment, health, and safety (EH&S) management consulting company. In the ...
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Technology - take it or leave it
Do you long for calculators, mechanical pencils, engineering pads, and daily planners? Or do you embrace notebook computers, cell phones, personal handheld devices, and automated scheduling software? As an environment, health, and safety (EH&S) ...
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Performance management systems target EH&S
Businesses need better knowledge of their financial, operations and risk performance vis-àvis corporate strategies and plans. Fragmented information systems force many to make decisions using less-than-optimal data. Businesses find it tough to ...
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Enterprise risk management, the new imperative
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a new, strategic imperative that is gaining momentum. Leaner operating models and global sourcing have made companies stand up and take notice: managing risk is important! And Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) ...
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Software as a service a new generation of online software delivery
No matter where you are or what time of day it is, when armed with the right equipment you can quickly and easily check e-mail or find directions online using Web sites such as MapQuest, Yahoo!, and Google. Several commercial environment, health, ...
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Addressing enterprise risk in a global economy
Business today is global, on-demand, 24/7. Companies must be agile and quick to respond to changing markets and opportunities. They must be able to identify, assess and prioritize upside and downside risks across the enterprise. Quality, ...
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E-discovery rules reach beyond litigation
As environment, health, and safety (EH&S) professionals, you most likely are part of a lean staff, have more work than you need, and have strict budget constraints. You have the bandwidth to focus only on the most pressing issues. You must be able ...
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Gauging EHS Performance
We often make business decisions on less-than-complete data, finding it difficult to locate, use, share, and trust information. We cannot easily assess our current status, let alone see the road ahead. Whether you are an environment, health & ...
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Six technologies that shaped EH&S
This year, the Air & Waste Management Association celebrates its centennial. The past 100 years have yielded remarkable technological advances, especially in the area of information technology (IT). Within our professional lifetimes, we have shifted ...
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Managing EH&S software project risks
Organizations today increasingly face environment, health, and safety (EH&S) challenges. To help meet these challenges, many enterprises are seeking software solutions that will help them remain competitive and avoid using additional staff ...
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Build vs. Buy: Ten Lessons Your CIO Should Share About Enterprise EHS & Crisis Management Software
Build vs. buy software decisions often pit business and operations against the Chief Information Officer and the Information Technology (IT) department. Individual agendas and stakeholder needs compete for attention. Users present complex, almost ...
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Purchasing sustainable information technology
Recently, I started to reduce my inventory of obsolete and unused electronic equipment. I gave away a printer, retired an old monitor, and sold a couple of dozen other computer parts and accessories on eBay. Although eBay is one way to dispose of ...
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Lasting impressions
Every day, we make split-second decisions whether to read, save, or discard the printed materials that land on our desk. Color can be an important business tool for strategic sales or marketing. When used effectively, color helps speed learning and ...