IT projects
IT skills shortage squashed by recession?
News While the proportion of respondents reporting empty IT seats dipped in 2008 after several years of rising steadily, this year's result shows a much steeper decline as the worldwide economic recession mothballs big tech... [25 Nov 2009]
Photos: Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS
Photo As with many other projects, it leads to websites such as search, YouTube, and Gmail that feature their own ads in the web content. Google released the source code for Chrome OS on Thursday, beginning... [23 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Zahl Limbuwala, chair of the British Computer Society datacentre specialist group says some of the coolness towards virtualisation is down to the economic downturn making any new IT projects harder to... [20 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment Projects and equipment have been funded out of the capital expenditure portion of the budget. Most bonuses and incentives are based on operational performance and if IT is adding operational expense on... [19 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
News However, Gartner said currently mobile health monitoring is at an early stage of market maturity and implementation, and projects have so far been limited to pilots. The increasing adoption of smartphones and the success... [18 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment As Nick Kirkland, chief executive of IT leaders' forum CIO Connect, says: "Most CIOs I know are considering [UCC] projects rather than doing them. Jeff Mann, research vice president at the analyst house,... [17 Nov 2009]
Choosing a Cost-Effective Email Security Solution: In Turbulent Economic Times
White Paper Managing a portfolio of IT projects is one of the most complex, costly and resource intensive activities that organizations face. In today's sluggish economy, many companies are facing... [13 Nov 2009]
The Alliance Salesforce.com Solution: A Complete Solution for CRM Integration
White Paper It takes a solutions approach to SalesForce integration projects because it wants customers to be successful, not just end up with another tool. This paper talks about SalesForce.com and... [13 Nov 2009]
Making the Business Case for File Server Consolidation
White Paper This paper describes a process that allows one to gather the necessary data to build a business case to get sponsorship for server consolidation projects. Consolidating servers to place the organization's workload onto a... [13 Nov 2009]
Achieving the Lowest Server Virtualization TCO
White Paper Budgets previously allocated to keeping the lights on in the datacenter can be repurposed for IT projects that will improve operational efficiency and service level delivery. It is no... [12 Nov 2009]
A Burst of Clean-Energy: How 3D Visualization Can Help to Achieve Commercial Objectives
White Paper This paper will examine the challenges of presenting products and projects in the renewable energy sector and introduces the many advantages of 3D visualization to help achieve company's commercial objectives. [12 Nov 2009]
A Case for Enterprise-Wide Solutions for AML and Anti-Fraud
White Paper With the increasing consolidation it is now witnessing in the banking industry, the approach is to reduce spending and free up investment capacity for a few vital technology projects. Navigating the... [12 Nov 2009]
A Novel Validation Method for Firewall Security Policy
White Paper However, one has found that the theory developed in the software engineering domain to validate software projects can be adapted in the case because several similarities exist between the expressions of the needs in the... [12 Nov 2009]
The Real Reason Executive Participation Creates IT Project Success
White Paper Most mid to large scale IT projects, whether they are ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence, or other business transformation initiatives last at least 3 months, and most are 6 months to 2 years (or more)... [11 Nov 2009]
The Fusion of Compliance and Risk Management
White Paper Treating compliance and related efforts as projects rather than sustainable programs and capabilities is often the culprit. Unfortunately, many attempts are fraught with problems that result in less than satisfactory... [11 Nov 2009]