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Cloud pushes enterprise architects' role beyond IT into business process optimization czar

Most successful businesses have looked for these skills for a number....of years now. Cloud computing may be forcing the issue more, but serious IT managers and CIOs have business backgrounds today, and have for a number of years. A really great CIO is also a Business Process Engineer. That's why...

Tags: Operational planning, business goal, business process, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Where Worlds Collide - and then there's Sharepoint

I'm at the Open Source Business Conference where Jonathan Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer, Sun Microsystems, Robert Youngjohns, President, Microsoft North America and Dr. Robert Sutor, Vice President, Open Source and Linux, IBM Corporation have just keynoted. This is my third OSBC, a conference primarily framed...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Budgeting Reality, Business Goal, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Transform Requirements into Design - And Make It Look Easy

Making business goals a reality is tough, thankless work. It's not easy to translate business requirements into technical specifications while redesigning existing systems to work with new systems. And without the right tools, seeing the business goals come to life can be a confusing, time-consuming and painful mess. ...

Tags: Quest Software Inc., Business Goal, Productivity, Research & Development, Business Operations

White papers 2009-03-16

BSM: Delivering on Business Goals - The True Value Proposition of Business Service Management Begins With Practical IT Strategies to Support Business Goals

In a recent online survey of 111 senior IT managers, Computerworld asked respondents about their strategies for aligning IT with the business. Survey results show that for many IT leaders, alignment with the business no longer means just cutting costs or rolling out strategic applications. Increasingly, CIOs define alignment in...

Tags: Information Technology, Business Service, Business Service Management, Survey, Computer Associates International Inc., Business Goal, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing

White papers 2008-08-20

Survey says: Aligning IT operations with business goals increases agility, cuts costs

Survey says: Aligning IT operations with business goals increases agility, cuts costsjust add ITIL v3 + flexible softwareThe majority of the battle is getting the business and the IT organization on board and on the same page. Then it is up to the people to select and adopt processes (might...

Tags: ITIL, Process improvement, IT Services, Aligning IT, business goal, ITIL v3, Survey Says, survey, Service-now.com

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Is Your Network Infrastructure Helping or Hurting Your High-Performance Business Goals?

CIOs and IT executives should read this white paper to discover how different attributes of the network infrastructure can help them achieve their aggressive business goals. This white paper will show how Juniper Networks, Inc. high-performance networking infrastructure, which provides fast, reliable and secure access to applications and services over...

Tags: Network Infrastructure, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., High-performance, Business Goal, Leadership, Networking, Management

White papers 2008-03-01

McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own Business

If only the Big 4 and the top consultancy firms could run on sustainability thought leadership white papers instead of free cash flow, 2008 would surely be a banner year. The latest epistle is from McKinsey who this week publish an insightful survey on corporate philanthropy. The...

Tags: McKinsey & Co., Philanthropy, NetSuite Inc., Survey, Business Goal, Marketing Research, Marketing, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Gartner: Spending, consumerization, and business goals should dominate CIO thinking

Gartner: Spending, consumerization, and business goals should dominate CIO thinkingSlot machines?This quote was confusing:"Her examples for attaching IT initiatives to real business goals, using business language though were what resonated with me. For example, if you're a casino operator, you should be able to measure the effect of your network...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, business goal, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-10-09

Microsoft Webcast: How to Align IT With Business Goals (Part 2 of 2)

This webcast takes to behind the scenes to show how Microsoft IT effectively aligns with business goals, applies Microsoft technology and solutions, and helps to drive sustained growth of the world's largest software company. It shows the company's proven best practices from a peer perspective. By the end of this...

Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Business Goal, Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2006-06-08

Additional Resources

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Staying a step ahead of the hackers: the importance of identifying critical Web application vulnerabilities.

Security managers worldwide working for midsize or large organizations share a common goal: to better manage the risks associated with their business infrastructure. Web application security plays a significant role in achieving that goal. This session will discuss new and emerging network and application security attacks and ways organizations can...

Tags: Network, Vulnerability, Web Application, Hacker, Application Security, Security Administration, Security, Cloud Computing, Networking

White papers 2009-11-19

Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware

RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web site, Web, Loverock Davidson, Linux, window, Microsoft Windows, security, Windows User, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

'The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer' - Peter Drucker Centenary

This month marks the centenary of Management guru Peter Drucker's birth, and the Harvard Business Review - the Vogue magazine of management fashions - has a terrific section devoted to his legacy and ideas this month. The paper version is a keeper. Drucker's...

Tags: Performance, Knowledge, Drucker, John Hagel, Knowledge Stock, Lloyd, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Live Webcast: Process Improvement is Everyone's Business

Two years ago, Aviva kicked off an initiative, 'One Aviva', to provide a single way of working across the organization. Their strategy was to enable policy by providing regulatory and legislative compliance to ensure robust processes and controls are in place. The goal was simply to provide a 'single version...

Tags: Lombardi Software Inc., Webcast, Aviva Plc., Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations

Webcasts 2009-11-11

Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?

Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

LiveHelpNow 4.0 (Windows)

So you have visitors arrive to your site, it is an outstanding start, having them develop into shoppers is the goal which LiveHelnow tools help you achieve. These are hectic times and guests visiting your website crave to acquire knowledge instantly and efficiently. With Live Chat Tool utilized on a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web Site, LiveHelpNow, Live Chat Software, Live Chat System, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Windows Server 2008 R2 finally gets its day in the sun

I'd like to know more....about when respective updates to SBS and EBS solutions will be coming.EBS, SBSHi. stay tuned for the next post. you aren't going to like the non answer. MJEasy Migration from Windows Server would be greatThat would be the best feature!!!!Use RHEL or somethingPeople do not understand...

Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Mission-Critical Services, server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04