Security must be on the forefront of any CIO's mind, today more than ever. The growing sophistication of intruders and the risks from malicious or careless employees pose an enormous risk to the enterprise.
The problem space is large. Eighty percent of businesses have never conducted an energy audit and only 29 percent of businesses are investing in energy-efficient PCs, according to C|Net News. The Gartner Group has projected that half of the world's data centers will experience power shortages in the next two years
Compliance is a costly burden that all public companies must endure. Creating, validating, and auditing the IT Controls mandated by section 404 of the Compliance Act is a time-consuming requirement and can represent hundreds of thousands of dollars in IT staff expenses, internal auditors, and external consultants.
The proliferation of computers and services in horizontally scalable systems or grid computing complexes poses a problem for the enterprise CIO: although deployment to racks of commodity computers decreases procurement costs, the costs of management and monitoring those computers can skyrocket.
The Open Innovation Project was initiated to enable enterprise CIOs to manage the risks and opportunities of Open Source Software (OSS) more effectively. Although everyone is familiar with the phenomenon of OSS, and software such as LinuxT, MozillaT, and ApacheT have become famous alternatives to their commercial counterparts, there are potentially many pitfalls that can be encountered in utilizing OSS.
CollabWorks™ is bringing the
network effect to the enterprise.
Our mission: Simplify the processes for effective Enterprise to Enterprise Collaboration™.
Our vision: Over 1000 enterprises participating in a collaborative network where shared problems are solved once.
CollabWorks™ has
the expertise, processes, and legal and collaborative infrastructure to help your enterprise build trusted relationships, solve important
problems, and share them among a growing network of enterprise participants. These companies leverage their respective strengths and typically
save 3-4x over typical outsourcing strategies. By fostering customer collaboration networks, suppliers benefit from consolidated customer
requirements and more aligned value chains. Domain experts and thought leaders benefit by extending their skills across a network
of enterprise participants.
CollabWorks™ is fundamentally changing the way business is done.
