Mergers and acquisitions, which had brought multiple systems into one firm, were partly to blame.
Once the passwords were cracked, we found that the same credentials were used across multiple systems.
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"There are multiple systems to protect against a battery event like this, " she said.
Customer data is scattered and duplicated across multiple systems, which means there are multiple versions of the truth.
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Email is also not good at (and was not built for) collecting and storing messages from these multiple systems.
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The platform is designed to be an extensible fit across multiple systems and lines of business at a financial institution.
Centralized backup for multiple systems on the network, including very intuitive, native support for Apple Time Machine on Mac OS computers.
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This has necessarily resulted in a duplication of efforts and the building of multiple systems to serve different audiences where a single would suffice.
Often, multiple systems, or disconnected business applications used for separate business functions, can make it hard to gain any real insight into existing client relationships and relevant offerings.
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But, as Kirchhoff described to me in an interview last week, the problem is complicated by the fact that there are multiple systems at play that impact what we eat.
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The basis for the platform centers around research related to Microsoft's Singularity project, and envisions a distributed environment where applications, documents, and connectivity are blurred in a cloud-computing phantasmagoria which can be run natively or hosted across multiple systems.
To address the problem, Hyatt implemented mobile-device management systems that allow it to deal with multiple operating systems more smoothly and address security, monitoring and technical-support issues more efficiently.
Developers face a challenge in trying manage their apps on multiple different operating systems and multiple devices.
Instead of relying solely on GPS to determine position, the SiRFstarV architecture gathers real-time information from GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Compass (when operational) satellites, multiple radio systems, such as cellular and Wi-Fi(R), and multiple MEMS sensors, like accelerometers, gyros and compasses.
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With SmartView, users will be able to access multiple DVR systems from a single user interface.
Furthermore, 42% report that IT staffs freely share passwords and access to multiple business systems and applications.
Additionally, Broadcom's standards-based software stack implements NFC Forum specifications, including NFC Controller interface (NCI), to support multiple operating systems.
Keep in mind, that often data from multiple metric systems will be needed to help you draw conclusions about your decisions.
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Existing enterprise apps will be rebuilt to operate over multiple operating systems.
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It took us one and a half years to make the algorithms work on multiple operating systems and across a large variety of devices.
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The emphasis on HTML5 widens the recruiting talent pool for potential Facebook developers, while consolidating their efforts into fewer versions spread across multiple operating systems.
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Challenges to be overcome include security issues, the complexity of managing multiple distributed systems, and the mistrust that may exist between companies sharing each other's computing resources, Barrett said.
Samsung has been able to vault past former market leader Nokia by embracing multiple operating systems and, when Android emerged from the pack, by putting more resources behind products that use that software.
If, say, the marketing department built a site for a band, it would have to unify multiple technology systems, including discussion forums, video players and e-commerce systems--and constantly update these hodge-podge systems with new content to regularly attract consumers.
And, similar to Dyson, Lugg is proposing to achieve these radical efficiencies by coordinating multiple engine systems (analogous to the acceleration, inducement and entrainment of the Air Multiplier) to create optimal conditions for each stage of flight and to use the excess energy the system produces to create a plasma field to reduce drag and eliminate sonic boom.
Using IMM, firms get a single window to search across multiple silos and systems.
Egenera computers may cost 30% more than a comparable amount of bargain-basement processing, but their centrally managed operations eliminate setup and maintenance costs, as well as cables and multiple copies of systems.
Virtualization allows businesses to run multiple applications and operating systems on one server.
Such classified computer systems are protected by multiple levels of security and are among the most "hardened" systems against digital attack.
But mobile presents a challenging environment with the rise of numerous operating systems, multiple device types and a diverse range of functions across devices.
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