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The CIO shopping list

Comment Despite the hype, service oriented architecture (SOA) (20 per cent) and business intelligence (20 per cent) remain low down the tech shopping priorities. Not surprisingly security, enterprise hardware and software also remain big spending areas for...

Tags: cio agenda, tech, agenda, list

[26 Mar 2008]

Q&A: Julian David: IBM's vice president public sector business

Comment We are participating in programmes there and we are proposing an enterprise architecture for government. How do you get an efficient architecture that government can use to deliver its infrastructure and then how do you reuse assets within that?

Tags: transformation, ibm, public sector, council

[05 Dec 2007]

IT and compliance: A risk management 'odd couple'

IT and compliance: A risk management 'odd couple'

Comment Cut out the noise, says Okin: "Decide what the most important thing is that you’re going to protect, and then decide what architecture you’re going to supply. On his enterprise risk 'heat map', he always finds that IT ends up as a risky area.

Tags: paypal, risk management, risk

[02 Jul 2007]

Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity

Comment I think the sector is moving to a more open architecture, using pretty much the same suppliers, which will allow more consolidation. The 'big ticket' plays - things like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems - are done.

Tags: cio50, retail, cios

[02 Jul 2007]

Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity

CIO Analysis I think the sector is moving to a more open architecture, using pretty much the same suppliers, which will allow more consolidation.silicon.com Retail & Leisure The 'big ticket' plays - things like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems - are...

Tags: post office, ric francis, retail

[06 Jun 2007]

Link up all parts of your business

Comment Essentially this is adding service-oriented architecture (SOA) functionality to your existing applications. There are a number of approaches enterprise can take; the first of these is integration at the program level.

Tags: erp, data integration, web services, soa

[14 Mar 2007]

The telecoms operator of the future

Comment Ian Cox, analyst at ABI Research, says: "Networks are going through a period of profound change as they adopt service-oriented architecture and implement IT systems based on open standards. Business telecoms services will be delivered over networks...

[02 Jan 2007]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: BI to go mainstream?

Comment Generally a BI platform architecture can be complex to build and inflexible to change as business processes change. In such a crowded market, the key factors which will ultimately drive wider adoption are architecture and integration, with the aim...

Tags: business intelligence

[01 Dec 2006]

Leader: RIP the IT department?

Leader That scheme is being led by Jim Ginsburgh, VP of enterprise architecture at BP, who said the driver for it came when he noticed some people were having a better computing experience in the home than in the office.

Tags: jim ginsburgh, bp

[12 Oct 2006]

Editor's Blog: So, er, what's the big idea?

Comment Some reach for the revolver if the words service-oriented architecture or enterprise application integration are spoken. You sometimes see people's eyes glaze over after the mention of SOA or web services.

Tags: agassi, sap, mysap, soa

[29 Sep 2006]

Jim Ginsburgh

AS Profile Why? Allowing staff to handle their own IT support Jim Ginsburgh was chosen by the Agenda Setters panel for leading the 'digital consumer' movement inside BP for the past four years. It all started when he noticed he was getting a better computing...

[25 Sep 2006]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: SOA - huh?

Comment These enterprise applications can be included within the SOA as peers, using specific technologies to decompose the monolithic architectures to provide discrete functions as callable routines that can be utilised by any other part of the...

Tags: soa

[22 Sep 2006]

Interview: The FBI's CIO

Comment Now we have an enterprise architecture in place.We have the governance process to do that project from cradle to grave. It is a service-oriented architecture, meaning each capability of the program will be provided as a service in terms of...

Tags: fbi

[17 Jul 2006]

Analysis: Bringing IT in line with the business

Comment Those SLAs form the foundation for the enterprise technical architecture and design. Michael Disabato, vice president of network and telecom strategies at analyst company the Burton Group, says: "ITSM relies on an understanding of the enterprise's...

[07 Jun 2006]

The McCue Interview: United Business Media CIO Matthew Graham-Hyde

The McCue Interview: United Business Media CIO Matthew Graham-Hyde

Comment Now we are totally run as a business and there is more focus on having an enterprise architecture strategy. In infrastructure and technical architecture this standardisation means a move away from complex bespoke environments.

Tags: matthew graham-hyde, ubm, mccue interview

[22 May 2006]

Q&A: SAP CEO Henning Kagermann

Comment Some talked about the lure of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and XML and keeping their investment in SAP but any future investments will be done with point solutions. Ask Henning Kagermann, chief executive of SAP, the world's largest...

Tags: henning kagermann, sap

[18 Apr 2006]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Grid's a 'no-brainer'

Comment Firstly, although there are geographic differences in how grid is viewed and how it is being implemented, the capability to move to a grid architecture is pretty high everywhere. As vendors push their service-based offerings, the users find...

Tags: grid computing, quocirca's straight talking, quocirca

[18 Nov 2005]

Leader: Dell wants blade runners

Leader: Dell wants blade runners

Leader All offer blades running Linux or Windows (not Sun, in the case of the latter - though let's not forget its ceasefire with Redmond) on an x86 architecture, quite often supplied by Intel. Since it set up seven years ago, it has settled on Dell...

Tags: enterprise it, blade servers, dell

[16 Nov 2004]

Inside SAP: Fact file

Comment Peter Zenke, coordination of global R&D, SAP Enterprise Services Architecture development all the above on executive board) Read Tony Hallett's analysis of SAP in our vendor dossier Key financials (since 1999 in line with US GAAP accounting rules):

Tags: sap

[10 Sep 2004]

Collaboration best practices: Think big to act small

Comment A service-oriented architecture is fast becoming the standard deployment practice of enterprise portal vendors. This allows you to embed modular collaboration applications in the architecture. The best approach is to standardise around a service...

Tags: collaboration, enterprise portals

[08 Jun 2004]

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