it department business practices
Enterprise Password Management: A Guide for Best Practices
White Paper The helpdesk gets more calls that tie up the IT department, employees store passwords in insecure files or simply write down their passwords. Password inflation and the password fatigue that comes with it increasingly frustrate not only end users... [31 May 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 06 of 10): Secure, Manageable Messaging (Level 200)
White Paper As Contoso's business practices have evolved to offer workers more flexibility and to encourage collaboration, the messaging infrastructure has become a central hub of activity. This has led the company's IT department to identify the messaging... [11 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe
Comment IT has a unique perspective that comes from seeing the whole business and how technology can integrate practices and business departments. If you're like me, you've been playing catch-up in your IT department for years. [03 Mar 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Secure Manageable Messaging (Level 200)
White Paper As business practices evolve to encourage collaboration and offer workers more flexibility, messaging infrastructures often become a central hub of activity. This may lead a company's IT department to identify the messaging environment as a... [27 Feb 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Establishing a Secure and Manageable Messaging Infrastructure (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast explores how business practices at Contoso, an example company in this webcast, have evolved to offer workers more flexibility and to encourage collaboration. This has led the company's IT department to identify the messaging... [27 Feb 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment With $76bn in revenues and 250 sites worldwide, Proctor & Gamble (P&G) is the epitome of traditional corporate practices. It's very conceivable that if you have your own business unit budget, you can start deploying projects bypassing your IT... [19 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Time to wage war on home users
Comment Certain home working practices have been in place for a long time - long before I arrived. Even my doctor doesn't do house calls, so why should my department? If we're in the business of scoring points, perhaps in a month I should do a spot-check... [04 Feb 2008]
Beware of web 2.0
News Accenture has advised businesses to accept web 2.0 working practices but to be aware of possible impacts on the IT department. Illsley said businesses should be cautious of other web 2.0 practices. But mash-ups and the like have to be managed very... [30 Jan 2008]
The Reference Guide to Data Center Automation
White Paper From organizing content according to ITIL best practices to configuring network components, an automated Network Configuration Management (NCM) solution can significantly reduce the time and effort it takes to meet your department's stringent... [12 Dec 2007]
DON'T USE: Ensuring Business Services with Proactive Incident and Problem Management
White Paper At the same time, IT shops have recognized the value of investing in process development and best practices, most notably the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Finding an IT professional, IT department, or large enterprise that is not cognizant of... [12 Dec 2007]
Ensuring Business Services with Proactive Incident and Problem Management
White Paper At the same time, IT shops have recognized the value of investing in process development and best practices, most notably the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Finding an IT professional, IT department, or large enterprise that is not cognizant of... [12 Dec 2007]
Unilever CIO: Gender balance challenges in IT
News Cameron accepted that the few women on his team who stay to become strategic leaders within the company provide a critical alternative viewpoint to the 'blokeish' response to issues an all-male team might deliver and that changes to working... [15 Oct 2007]
Real Estate Investment Firm Achieves Vision Through Infrastructure Optimization
White Paper Decentralized systems have been centralized; standard technologies and practices have been deployed; and new solutions have been introduced for collaboration. The infrastructure is more available and reliable - and the IT department saves 40 hours... [06 Sep 2007]
IT and compliance: A risk management 'odd couple'
Comment But when considering risk, IT management practices such as these are basic table stakes. ISO 17799 (expected to be renamed ISO 27002 this year) provides a set of best practices for security, in areas including compliance. [02 Jul 2007]
Why don't we talk anymore?
Comment Throw in some business process outsourcing, a general unwillingness to carry the can and changing business practices - and you have a recipe for the unconnected enterprise. Impact of changing business practices [06 Mar 2007]
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