corporate culture
Torex Retail looks to future
News The new management team has set up 60 meetings with employees to make them aware of the new coherent corporate culture. The new team in charge of retail software provider Torex Retail has been reassuring customers about its product plans - and... [13 Nov 2007]
Offshoring - culture lessons are crucial
News Mark Hodges, executive director of corporate development at offshoring and outsourcing consultancy Equaterra, said: "I do think there are a lot of executives on the buy-side who have not visited these [offshore] centres. [16 Oct 2007]
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security Through Strategic IT Convergence (Level 300)
White Paper This webcast will help gain a better understanding of the Microsoft Worldwide Security Operations and how they protect Microsoft assets in a manner consistent with corporate culture. Through the strategic deployment of security systems, the... [05 Oct 2007]
Beware IT risks - or watch your rivals get ahead
News The analyst said a company needs a solid foundation of IT assets, people, and supporting processes and controls that enable executives to manage the right risks in the right order; a risk governance structure and process that integrates IT risk... [18 Sep 2007]
mySAP Enterprise Portal at Freudenberg Group
White Paper For Freudenberg, a diversified technology company, virtual project teams and global knowledge management are part of its daily corporate culture. When the company first went live with its enterprise portal, Freudenberg Information Xchange (FIX... [26 Jul 2007]
Q&A: Ashwin Goyall, Oracle VP of industry strategy for financial services
Comment Taking on so many new people with experience of other cultures, has that changed Oracle's own corporate culture in any way? I came from Siebel, which had a different culture and what I found immensely healthy was the willingness to adapt the... [23 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: DIY IT, virtualisation and WFH
News The middle way between the two extremes is a persuasive top-down culture of use, rather than it being seen as a benefit and 'nice-to-have'. Work/life balance' and 'flexible working' are terms normally associated with the corporate HR policy rather... [22 May 2007]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News Responding to silicon.com by email - while on on the train from Paddington to Bath - Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO at Sodexho UK, said: "One of the crucial items is a culture that understands and accepts the concept of virtual teams, audio, video and web... [18 May 2007]
BI: - Implementing and Managing an Information Quality Culture
White Paper It is a culture of stewardship in which the corporate organism acts as a team in which if one part wins, the entire enterprise wins- and vice versa. Information Quality is not a project to implement. It is a mindset of customer service in providing... [12 May 2007]
mySAP Enterprise Portal at Freudenberg Group
White Paper For Freudenberg, a diversified technology company, virtual project teams and global knowledge management are part of its daily corporate culture. When the company first went live with its enterprise portal, Freudenberg Information Xchange (FIX... [04 Apr 2007]
Wanted: 300,000 female techies
News UK IT body Intellect has also warned recently that women are deserting IT, prompted by the long hours and macho culture. At the top of the corporate ladder, the picture is even bleaker. The tech and telecoms industry needs to get more women on... [09 Mar 2007]
Why don't we talk anymore?
Comment According to Relandeau, what each individual struggles with is understanding his or her place within the organisation: "Sometimes there is a 'throw it over the wall' culture, where each person and each department has no real understanding of what... [06 Mar 2007]
From CIO to consultant: So how did I end up here anyway?
Comment After 25 years in the IT industry, the last seven as CTO/CIO/COO for various organisations, managing seven-figure budgets and multi-disciplinary teams, it's a huge culture change when you decide to go it alone. [15 Feb 2007]
The Bleeding Edge: The Effects of Hardware and Software Migration on the SAS System
White Paper This quasi-obsessive need for change cuts through the corporate culture, holding little regard for whether that change is necessary or in the corporation's best interest. When SAS projects and applications require the latest and greatest, their... [30 Jan 2007]
Data Quality Campaign: Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
White Paper No longitudinal information system will ever be truly "Complete," since information needs and reports produced by those systems will change and grow as the culture and business of education changes over time. [30 Jan 2007]
