departments
RSS departmentsConsumer techs 'will help IT departments prosper'
News End users should be given more control and responsibility over their computing needs so IT departments can focus on ways of improving how businesses can function, according to analyst house Gartner. Gartner also stressed that end users are becoming... [06 Nov 2006]
Meeting the Challenges Finance Departments Face
White Paper Cognos addresses three fundamental business challenges facing finance departments: inconsistent budgeting and planning processes, delays in reporting and analysis, and driving the business based on intuition. [13 Oct 2005]
IT departments face the axe by 2008
News IT departments are set for major staff cutbacks over the next four years and can expect to see more than half of their jobs to be axed, according to research from Gartner. In its report, Gartner recommended IT departments to focus on business... [19 Oct 2004]
CIO Jury: Adapt or die, IT departments warned
News In this brave new world, IT departments will need to become much more customer centric and business aware, according to Phil Young, head of IT operations at Amtrak Express Parcels. The role of the IT department will dramatically change over the... [10 May 2006]
IT departments told - must get greener
News Speaking at the Carbon Footprint IT Summit in London this week, Sun commercial director, UK and Ireland, Sue Wilkinson, said it was time IT departments started to take a serious interest in the energy consumption of their organisation. [29 Nov 2007]
Microsoft Project 2002 Enables Criminal Justice IT to Manage Complex IT Programmes Across Multiple Government Departments
White Paper Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) works to support the principal Criminal Justice departments within the UK government. CJIT was tasked with implementing a complex IT programme to allow everyone involved in the Criminal Justice System... [07 Dec 2005]
'Negligent' IT departments cost companies dear
News IT departments are incurring huge costs for their companies by not properly testing business critical systems before they are unleashed on users. The implications of this are that IT departments in Germany aren't left with glitches to fix at the... [19 Mar 2002]
Hard-up IT departments fight for cash
News An IDC survey of 500 North American companies found that IT departments are restricted in their spending by economic worries, a focus on the short term and general pessimism. For example, less than one-third of IT departments surveyed said they... [10 Sep 2003]
A Review of Employee Drug Testing Policies in Police Departments
White Paper At the request of the Commercial Appeal, the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission agreed in December 1998 to review the drug testing policies of other police departments around the country. Specifically, the purpose of the review was to ascertain how... [14 Aug 2003]
The strictest IT departments in the UK defend their policies
News What has emerged, however, is a clear divide between end users who feel put upon by IT departments, and IT departments who feel being firm is the best approach. When we asked you to tell us about policies at your place of work - policies on... [27 Sep 2002]
Euro launches smoothly but IT departments remain on standby
News While the City and other financial centres were celebrating the launch of the euro yesterday, IT departments at some of the world's largest banks and institutions remained on alert. Geoff Doubleday, chief administration officer at Nomura... [04 Jan 1999]
Inflexible working - IT departments to blame?
Comment HR departments have made progress in putting policies for flexible working in place. HR departments' chagrin is understandable, then, when after getting the stamp of approval from the board - for home working, hot desking and other innovative uses... [15 Apr 2002]
IT departments get compliance 'mushroom treatment'
News IT departments are still being kept out of the loop on compliance issues even though they may hold the answers to many of the most pressing issues. A staggering 96 per cent of compliance officers within UK financial services organisations believe... [05 Apr 2005]
IT departments blamed for lack of flexible working
News IT departments are to blame for the slow uptake of flexible working in the UK, according to a survey of human resources departments. HR departments were not impressed with the amount of support offered by IT departments to facilitate remote working... [15 Apr 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Are IT departments doomed?
Comment A profound change is taking place in the IT sector that will have significant repercussions for business, commerce and society - including the possible demise of traditional corporate IT departments. It looks as though the clock could be ticking... [07 May 2004]
