asset and management in comment and analysis
Quocirca's Straight Talking: License this software
Comment To manage software licences, some organisations have invested in software asset management (SAM) tools from companies such as BMC Software, CA, HP and IBM. Using effective software... [18 Sep 2008]
Pascal Emile
CIO Profile Emile then relocated to London in January 2000 working with Dresdner's investment banking division and took on a number of senior positions within IT, including global responsibilities for equity derivatives, risk... [11 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment The key to this, she says, is enabling more sharing and better use of information - an asset as valuable as a tangible, physical building. As part of a massive department-wide change programme Hamon was... [13 May 2008]
Why you should be outsourcing your data centres
Comment This means that being a global leader in the world of investment banking, asset management and insurance is challenging enough, without having to create a world-class technology... [04 Feb 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment Whether those are customers, property, products or any other asset, knowing their location is usually essential for improving operational efficiency and gaining competitive advantage. Geolocation can be... [09 Jan 2008]
How to baseline power consumption
Comment The alternative suggested by BMC's Bishop is to use existing asset management software to build a detailed database of the system and then cross-reference that with information about... [14 Dec 2007]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment Effective asset management, using a combination of automated discovery and manual cataloguing, is a useful foundation for any monitoring project, although some forms of monitoring can be... [10 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.11.07
Round-Up People running training courses offering introductions to data protection and information asset management will become fabulously rich overnight and retire. It's not... [23 Nov 2007]
The McCue Interview: The AA IT director Trevor Didcock
Comment I've not worked in an organisation in the past that has really understood its asset base, what contracts it has, its licensing position - accurately. He uses the increased investment to dismiss the argument that private... [21 Sep 2007]
The McCue Interview: Richard Snooks, CIO, Capital & Regional
Comment However that picture of the sector is slowly changing at London-based Capital & Regional, which focuses on property asset management in the retail and leisure sectors. Property... [09 Jul 2007]
Financial services CIOs reveal investment priorities
Comment The only place we are seeing much growth are the large investment banks, stock exchanges and asset managers. One of the brighter areas for tech spend in financial services is investment banking... [19 Jun 2007]
Financial services CIOs reveal investment priorities
CIO Analysis The only place we are seeing much growth are the large investment banks, stock exchanges and asset managers. One of the brighter areas for tech spend in financial services is investment banking... [06 Jun 2007]
Network horror stories expose need for understanding
Comment Centennial Software, a provider of asset management services, has looked inside many a corporate network to reveal assets the company never knew it had. It is important to be able to adapt the policies... [12 Apr 2007]
Learn to love your network again
Comment He said: "One of the most fundamental gaps is simply the asset inventory and then understanding not just how many of what you've got and what's on it but what business purpose those... [26 Mar 2007]
Leader: Vendors must quit 'bully' tactics
Leader Members of IT user group the Corporate IT Forum have also hit out at what they see as underhand sales tactics of some suppliers with regards to licence audits at a time when many IT departments have been forced to invest in software... [12 Jan 2007]
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