This series of articles and podcasts, sponsored by IBM, explore the latest IT solution trends, strategies and tactics being used by leading edge organizations around the world to accomplish mission critical organizational objectives.
Lack of IT Governance Complicates Compliance with Costly Consequences -- Compliance breakdowns and governance failures across industry sectors are now among the most common – and unwelcome – headlines in the business press today. Despite these frequent reminders on the costly consequences of lax security risk management, there is still evidence that many organizations do not place sufficient executive attention on this issue. (More...)
New Content Management Practices Capture Data Currently Out of Reach -- For years we have been told that—when it comes to content management—you cannot manage what you do not measure. But for many enterprises, current content management strategies prevent many IT managers from even finding critical information. And certainly it is impossible to measure what you cannot put your hands on. (More...)
Data Governance Manages Growing Risks in Data Management -- While the last five years have seen the development of large-scale repositories that, in isolation, work quite well, this tactical approach to data management exposes enterprises to risks and information gaps that enterprises cannot afford. (More...)
Disaster Recovery: Does Your Management Get It? -- Prevention is always a hard sell for people and organizations that are going flat out to meet the demands of the day. This may help explain why researchers at UK-based Chartered Management Institute (CMI) find that less than half of over 750 companies surveyed have disaster recovery and business continuity strategies in place. (More...)
Global Complexities Challenge How IT Managers Handle Distribution -- Shifting business environments are causing a growing number of IT managers to rethink how they handle distribution management. Growing dependence on extended and diffuse partner networks, for instance is creating new operational complexities that have put a strain on traditional management practices. (More...)
Is IT Ready to Spearhead "Green" Energy Efficiency Efforts? As energy efficiency becomes more of a corporate initiative, technology departments will likely be heavily involved in leading enterprise initiatives to improve energy use while additionally reducing the corporate carbon footprint. (More...)
Systems Management Initiatives Tap SOA to Boost Systems ROI -- IT managers tasked with “innovating” their way out of cumbersome technology infrastructures and outdated business processes are re-thinking their systems management strategies by harnessing the potential of Services Oriented Architectures. (More...)