project management
'Incompetent': The verdict on gov't prisoner database
News Chair of the PAC, Edward Leigh, said of the programme that was designed to implement a single database between the Prison Service and the National Probation Service: "Even we were surprised by the extent of the failure of C-Nomis",... [03 Nov 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Regardless of any possible functional benefits of an open source system, the cost of change and retraining would outweigh any benefits certainly in the short term and the project would distract from other more pressing... [23 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News Kiessling's team has just completed a three-year project to build a new poker platform (P5) at a cost of between €20m and €25m which took 250 man years to create. The customer churn is very important - anything... [23 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News And in the midst of a recession, with cost cutting a priority, it's easy to let slide worthy targets such as becoming carbon neutral - especially if the choice is between a project to shrink the carbon footprint of IT... [22 Oct 2009]
Important characteristics of a comprehensive Security Event Management solution
White Paper Join the experts as they outline how to implement a successful SEM project. Security event management (SEM) is a simple way to improve your company's ability to discover and react to potential attacks,... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Gartner analyst Rakesh Kumar told silicon.com that because project managers buy more new hardware and new software for each project, consolidation is not happening - and that IT departments need to be... [19 Oct 2009]
DellĀ Proconsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment FAQ
White Paper Your migration project is evaluated in terms of Dell's Best Practices learned from internal and customer Windows 7 migration projects. Can Dell use reports for asset management from our existing asset... [15 Oct 2009]
MetroPower Achieves 100% Profitability on New Projects With Integrated Project Management Software
White Paper MetroPower, Inc.wanted to replace paper-based project management processes with an automated solution and ensure that the company has 'Zero losers' - engineering projects that lose money - and that it... [02 Oct 2009]
Compass Group Streamlines Sales, Operations, and Reporting in 17 European and APAC Countries
White Paper Compass Group PLC wanted to replace numerous in-house Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and locally managed customer and project information with a centralized CRM system for operations... [02 Oct 2009]
On-Demand CRM Offering Expands Customer Base, Wins More Business, Adds to Bottom Line
White Paper Project Hosts discovered that there was demand for a better Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution than was available from its competitors, such as Salesforce.com. Ascentium, a Microsoft Gold... [02 Oct 2009]
Forestar Group Inc. Reduces IT Support by 40% With Self-Service Document Output Management Tools
White Paper Forestar Group Inc.wanted to replace a legacy document system inherited from the parent company with a cost-effective, integrated solution that would support company growth and support the real estate business segment with document... [02 Oct 2009]
Cliffs Natural Resources Cuts Month-End Close From Seven Days to Four Days, Standardizes Reporting
White Paper Cliffs Natural Resources engaged Oracle Certified Partner M-Power Solutions to implement Oracle's Hyperion solutions to aid the company in defining requirements; designing, building, testing, and deploying the solution; and deployment... [02 Oct 2009]
Requirements Management and Visual Studio Team System
White Paper Failures to define, communicate, or validate business requirements are the root causes of many software-project delays, overruns, and failures. The goal of this white paper is to outline how to use Visual Studio Team... [02 Oct 2009]
Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. KG Cuts Processing Times by 50% With Performance Management Solution
White Paper KG worked with Oracle Partner SKYTEC AG to implement Oracle's Hyperion applications in just two months, utilizing one in-house employee for the project along with a 10-day engagement with the partner consultants. [02 Oct 2009]
What Is Formal Project Management and Who Needs It?
White Paper Over the past 15 years, project management as a profession has migrated from construction and manufacturing into virtually all other business sectors, including the IT sector. The... [01 Oct 2009]
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