IT management
RSS IT managementIT skills shortage squashed by recession?
News This was followed by web services/SOA (.Net, J2EE etc); and ERP (SAP, Oracle etc) - which bumped IT management (systems, storage, network) into fourth place. As with previous years, the non-technical... [25 Nov 2009]
Why you must rein in your power users
Comment In fairness, the standard is often implemented gradually and selectively but those that are reassured by a given organisation's claims to comply might be shocked to find that such underlying weaknesses in IT... [25 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News Plumpton decided the best approach was to end its existing outsourcing deals, bring infrastructure management and business analysis roles back in house and to sign a deal with a single outsourcer Atos Origin to handle... [24 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome OS
Cheat Sheet In a video demonstration Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, said Chrome boots to a login screen in seven seconds. Google Chrome, that's just a web browser isn't it? Not anymore. Google... [23 Nov 2009]
Pay for IT chiefs weathers the storm
News Despite the cost-cutting forced on many organisations by the recession, pay packets for the IT management team have held up - and for some even grown. According to the exclusive silicon.com 2009 Skills... [23 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com makes more friends in the cloud
News Meanwhile CA announced its plans to build an agile development management tool as a native application on Force.com. The plan is to integrate CA's Agile Planner with its Clarity project and portfolio... [20 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment To realise the full benefits of UCC requires a major change management effort spanning not only technology but people and processes. We quickly learned there are a whole load of change management... [17 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment The move has long been advertised, no doubt in tandem with a change-management programme and a set of messaging guidelines. In this age of mobile working, should businesses consider ditching their offices? [17 Nov 2009]
See Through Your Systems Complexity
White Paper IBM Tivoli Monitoring is a powerful solution designed to consolidate and simplify systems monitoring and management across complex, distributed environments. Hundreds of integrated best practices make it... [17 Nov 2009]
Accelerate Your Cloud Implementation with IBM CloudBurst and Intel Xeon Processors
White Paper CloudBurst allows you to automate Service Management capabilities across your virtualized cloud environment via a Self-Service Portal. Pre-packaged automation templates simplify and accelerate management... [16 Nov 2009]
Microsoft Online Services Business Value
White Paper Simplified software subscription license management for attractive pricing and a predictable cost.percent availability service-level agreement (SLA) and certified by third-party audit. This white paper describes the... [16 Nov 2009]
Take action based on deep process insight with business process management
White Paper Business process management (BPM) powered by the IBM Smart SOAÂ portfolio makes it possible by enabling you to monitor, manage and improve business operations. Differentiate yourself from the competition... [16 Nov 2009]
Turbulent times call for an agile application foundation.
White Paper It also covers methods to ensure trust, management and security across business applications. Does your IT change as fast as the market? A service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides a... [16 Nov 2009]
LANDesk IT Service Management: Helping IT Become a Service Provider
White Paper Through a concept known as IT Service Management, IT can remove the isolating silos that surround applications and begin automating business workflows and processes. To keep up with... [13 Nov 2009]
Measuring the Value of IT Service Management (ITSM)
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to present a method for reducing risk and increasing IT contribution during uncertain times and to assist readers with measuring the value and building a business case for IT... [13 Nov 2009]
