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Security must address current realities

Information-centric security is the way of the future, says SAB's information security analyst.

Call centres and BPO timeline

1776 - The idea of outsourcing has its roots in the `competitive advantage` theory propagated by Adam Smith in his book The Wealth of Nations.

Call centres and BPO

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Paperless office timeline

1780 - Steam engine inventor James Watt obtains a British patent for letter copying presses, which James Watt & Co produced that year.

Paperless office

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IT asset management

1980s - Desktop computers become more popular within business, so there is a constant eye on the cost of the technology. Industry watchdogs, like the Software Publishers Association and the Business Software Alliance, are formed to educate and 'police' organisations in regard to copyright infringement on software.

IT asset management

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Storage

1725 - The oldest known form of data storage is used by one Basile Bouchon, who uses a perforated paper loop to store patterns to be used on cloth.

Storage

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BPM and workflow

1880 - The concept of scientific management is born with Frederick Taylor's view that: "In the past, man was first. In the future, the system will be first."

BPM-Workflow

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IT for SMEs

2001 - Microsoft acquires SME business software supplier Great Plains.

IT for SMEs

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IT for SMEs timeline

2001 - Microsoft acquires SME business software supplier Great Plains.

IT for SMEs

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Corporate governance

1800s - US state corporation law enhances the rights of corporate boards to govern without unanimous consent of shareholders in exchange for statutory benefits like appraisal rights, to make corporate governance more efficient.

Corporate governance

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Disaster recovery/business continuity

1965: The Northeast blackout occurs in New York City, the first major regional disaster affecting corporate data centres.

Business continuity and recovery

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HR and IT timeline

Early tools, such as macro assemblers and interpreters, are created in the 1950s.

HR software

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Web hosting

1910 - By the time of unification in 1910, the four South African colonies had developed their own postal, telegraph and telephone services. In order to regulate the various services, parliament promulgates the Post Office Administration and Shipping Combinations Discouragement Act. This act is finally superseded by the Post Office Act.

Web hosting

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Identity management

1974 - A book by Richard L Nolan, Managing the Data Resource Function, may be the earliest known systematic English-language treatment of the topic of large-scale IT management.

Identity management

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