policies in comment and analysis
Green IT changes outsourcing for all
Comment Outsourcers need to be clear about their organisation's strategy for sustainable development, its environmental policies and how far they can be delivered through the project from the outset. The Brown-Wilson Group's... [23 Sep 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's to blame for data loss?
Comment What is required is a cultural change - these losses have occurred through human error and there is a clear need to develop policies, educate employees and then to enforce the rules. Government will be focusing its... [17 Sep 2008]
Outsourcing changes are afoot
Comment In terms of green, enterprises increasingly have environmentally friendly policies in place, and achievement of these policies will, in part, rest on the ability to demonstrate a green approach to... [16 Sep 2008]
Does Obama want the US to be the new India?
Comment Protectionist tax policies and the renegotiation of trade agreements. US presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to discourage outsourcing, while John McCain supports the status quo. Who is more realistic? [02 Sep 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment A key development is the management console through which software configurations, digital certificates, policies and software updates can be created and pushed to personal firewalls for each device. Security controls,... [25 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment Equally, online auction sites themselves need to have appropriate, and swift, take-down policies in place. It signals a new intent to tighten online policing, says lawyer Simon Levine. It's not just social networks that... [22 Jul 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Testing times…
Comment When new members join the team, the first step for them is an induction course to ensure they are up to speed with the Olympic technology and policies. Clocks across the Chinese capital are ticking away what's left of... [21 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment The UK is rapidly becoming a third-world technology community, a decline that the government through its policies and ignorance is supporting. Failure to foster innovation and talent is what's really coming home to... [14 Jul 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment Confused IT skills policies in schools and colleges are part of the problem. But they're being combined with a widespread failure to tap into existing talent, says Martin Brampton. The perennial skills shortage seems... [09 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment I think a big problem is password expiry - the effect of these policies is, in my experience, equivalent to ensuring people use the minimum complexity passwords that will be accepted by the system. Then we have... [08 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment To list a few: the short-term approach of politicians meddling with policies, which hard-pressed techies then have to deliver; the resistance of the civil service to change; the fast turnover of senior management on... [30 Apr 2008]
What governance can really mean to business
Comment These firms are starting to capture information-related breaches dictated by rudimentary policies. Information retention policies are either non-existent or all-encompassing. Keeping everything isn't... [28 Mar 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment Companies should also develop policies around use of portable storage devices such as CDs and USB memory sticks and consider using technologies to block their use so that they cannot be used to leak data out of an... [18 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment The statistics may show the risk of crime is decreasing in some areas because of new technical measures and policies. So how big does the problem have to become before governments act, asks Simon Moores. [27 Feb 2008]
What price compliance?
Comment Many of the technology solutions available for helping companies to achieve regulatory compliance include templates or model policies relating to the requirements of the most common pieces of legislation and these can be... [07 Jan 2008]
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