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Activating human intelligence on the WebThe usefulness of Web based applications is not limited to the provision of Web-enabled front-ends to traditional business software. The Web also allows the design of applications that are capable of putting powerful human intelligence at our fingertips. Tapping into that intelligence to solve truly hard problems possibly constitutes the next disruptive innovation. Intelligence has never been cheaper!
Microsoft’s Server Virtualisation Strategy The
release of Microsoft’s hypervisor into a market already
dominated by VMware will trigger a tidal wave of marketing from
Microsoft that is designed to move the virtualisation “goal-posts”,
enabling Microsoft to score some desperately needed wins. These
messages will be targeted at CEOs, CIOs and Departmental Managers who
will then likely ask IT Architects and Infrastructure Managers why
they are not using Microsoft’s virtualisation products.
Broadband Market 2010: A Scenario OutlookEven though the National Broadband Network (NBN) will not be ready
for another year, and despite the lack of detail provided about it;
speculation about the value of this network is widespread. The covert
nature of the planning process is one major reason for criticism of
the NBN. A second reason is the degree of understanding into the
broadband market that underwrites its strategy and the NBN solution
offered in a commercially litigious marketplace.
Project Portfolio Management: A “how to” for SME’sProject Portfolio Management
(PPM) is now viewed as a necessary pre-condition for maximising the
contribution of an organisation’s IT projects to the
achievement of corporate goals. Unfortunately many Small to Medium
Size Enterprises (SMEs) have made the decision not to
implement the process due to its cost. The guidelines provided in
this paper have been found to be effective in allowing a scaled down
version of PPM to be implemented in a cost effective fashion within
SMEs.
Sourcing Monthly March - April 2008A monthly review of all of the sourcing activity, upcoming tenders and news items.
Use Earned Value for better project management and monitoringMany organisations continue to
have trouble having projects complete within budget, on time, and
meeting user requirements. This is in spite of a plethora of project
monitoring metrics and methodologies designed to prevent this
happening.
The CIO of the Future (continued): Application strategies for Turbulent TimesA new age for business applications is unfolding.
Arguably, in 2008 applications are at
a tipping point akin to that experienced in the early to mid-1990s,
which was marked by the emergence of mature ERP technology and
subsequent explosive sales growth. CIOs are urged to put
applications firmly on their radar and begin acting upon their
application portfolios as well as the methodologies and governance
approaches that underpin them.
Successfully Implementing Document Management SystemsCorporate document management
initiatives can often fail to deliver expected outcomes because too
much emphasis is placed on the choice of technology at the expense of
the more critical issues of people and process. As corporate
electronic document management systems are used by all staff within
an organisation they will not be successful unless all business units
have been engaged during the implementation and the supporting
processes are simple and practical. Adoption will be accelerated
through identification of tangible, personal benefits for end users
and their reinforcement during training and implementation.
Microsoft 2008: How to manage Microsoft’s virtualisation marketing Although Microsoft’s new range of servers products have been
available for some months, it is only now that the software giant’s
marketing engine will go into full throttle. Understanding
Microsoft’s likely marketing strategy that will endevour to
shift the market from virtualisation to what it calls “Dynamic
IT,” and being prepared for this strategy’s ramifications
and the pressures it will create for IT managers will be essential to
managing expectations from the business and smooth technology
deployment.
Act now to Retain your Best People?Managers who can retain
their best people are well on the way to a successful career. Because
many IT professionals and managers have unique skills their retention
is vital to business success. Conversely when they resign ‘with
regret’, their loss may delay projects, increase system
failures and adversely affect their manager’s career.
Deprovisioning: I should have changed that stupid lockDeprovisioning old accounts which are no longer required on corporate
information systems is an essential process to managing complexity
and supporting information security objectives. While provisioning
and change management are aspects of identity management that often
get more focus as they are seen as business-enablers; deprovisioning,
as part of an identity lifecycle process, may not help businesses
make money, but it does help mitigate risk. Failing to deprovision
legacy accounts which then become a conduit for fraud could well be
seen as a failing of due care and governance. After all, we are
pretty good at stopping payments to employees once they have left; why
aren’t the two processes combined.
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