PolicyGood project management has moved beyond the traditional goal of simply delivering projects to time, cost and scope. In this video, J LeRoy Ward, executive vice president, product strategy management, for ESI International guides you through the top ten project trends identified by a panel of industry experts.Follow this ... read more..

PolicyThe boardroom is changing at large enterprises. The CEO and CTO are no longer the autocrats they once were, and are less likely to be responsible for a firms overall direction, or its technology strategy. Increasingly, decisions are made by committee.Follow this link ... read more..

PolicyEnterprise architecture (EA) practitioners have a major role in ensuring their organisations maximise the business opportunities posed by big data, according to Gartner, Inc.Follow this link ... read more..

PolicyArmed with survey results and a belief that the 'turmoil' of the social software market is over, Microsoft says it's time to round out SharePoint and other products as an enterprise social platform.Follow this link ... read more..

PolicyBusiness technology managers are showing greater interest in Apple's new iPad, but they continue to have reservations, an InformationWeek survey finds.Follow this link ... read more..

PolicyThe European Commission (EC) has unveiled the first draft of its revised Data Protection Directive aimed at overhauling Europe's outdated data regulations.Follow this link ... read more..

PolicyThe mobile revolution offers new ways of working, increasing efficiency, productivity and responsiveness of employees. These are benefits few businesses will fail to grasp, but with all this improvement comes increased security risk.Follow this link ... read more..

Policy For the amount of writing required of IT professionals in leadership roles, serious writing skills are relegated to low bandwidth electives in IT degree programs surprisingly frequently. At best, an aspiring IT security professional may get some solid technical writing experience in school - and if theyre smart, some ... read more..

Policy Criminals are using psychology to spread mobile malware. Social engineers have been using various dirty tricks to fool people for centuries. Social engineering, the art of gaining access to buildings, systems or data by exploiting human psychology, rather than by breaking in or using technical hacking techniques, is as ... read more..

Policy Graham Oakes explains the factors to be considered in setting up the right managementstructures for your projects. Project governance. A decade ago, most of us had never heard of this term. We planned our projects. We defined roles and responsibilities. We tracked risks and escalated issues. We managed our ... read more..

Process According to the research firm Bloor Research, more than half of all data migration projects experience cost overruns or delays in deployment. A poorly planned or poorly executed data migration initiative can delay the rollout of new applications, hamper compliance and business continuity goals, cause IT departments to miss ... read more..

PolicyThere is an increasing trend among employees to want to use their personal choice of mobile device for work, write Quocirca's Bob Tarzey, analyst and director, and Clive Longbottom, service director, business process analysis. While this appears to bring many benefits for the employee to select their preferred device and ... read more..

Policy To successfully implement IT governance, chief information officers (CIOs) require both leadership and execution, according to Gartner, Inc. Great IT leaders master process, and they understand that executing governance programs involve process, discipline and creativity.Follow this link ... read more..

PolicyToday's corporate data is not only stored in multiple disparate data sources it is also created via multiple inbound channels (web, B2B) which increases complexity compromises data quality. This paper discusses techniques companies can implement to enhance data quality across the enterprise in order to effectively and economically ... read more..

PolicyIT is increasingly being challenged by end users and the business to deliver more - be it flexible working, increased responsiveness, 24 hour availability or reduced costs. For many, it can feel like fire fighting against a constant tide of unrealistic expectations that seem to shift over time while being ... read more..

PolicyJoin Bill Tolson, Director of Product Marketing/Archiving solutions for Iron Mountain as he introduces email archiving and the many problems it addresses. He will also pull back the covers, so to speak, and share with you the internal workings of an email archiving system, giving you information to make you ... read more..