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- Friday madness: $23 quadrillion software glitch
- Friday madness: $23 quadrillion software glitchFriday madness: $23 quadrillion software glitchIts an obvious glitch, but like you said always check your bills and statements, especially from Bank of America. I have a credit card through them and they charged me a $25 late fee when I had made the...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, Pre-paid, payment, software glitch, software, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Creating unified strategy to cross the IT / business chasm
- Creating unified strategy to cross the IT / business chasmPractical specifics on building interaction would be helpfulCan't disagree with this article, but I would have liked to have heard some practical specifics on how to do things like "intentionally build an environment where folks on all sides of the table...
- Tags: information technology, IT governance, strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- IT Financial Management: Cost Transparency and Effective IT Governance
- This paper provides substantive answers to the questions, with new insights into the underlying issues and a closer examination of the opportunities inherent in effective IT Financial Management ITFM. The paper summarises the basic requirements of ITFM, highlights some of the flawed practices that have created problems, presents best practice...
- Tags: IT Governance, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Ed Yourdon on IT governance and failure [podcast]
- Ed Yourdon is a seminal figure in understanding and interpreting software failures. Among Ed's many accomplishments is writing 27 books and almost 600 articles on this subject. I interviewed Ed to learn his views on the relationship between governance and IT project failure. ...
- Tags: IT Governance, Governance, Information Technology, Ed Yourdon, Strategy, Podcasts, Management, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- How IT Governance Drives Improved Performance
- This research project was funded by the generous support of CA, the world's largest independent IT management software company. This paper identifies IT governance practices that predict top levels of performance. However, IT organizations should weigh this study among other sources of guidance when considering IT governance initiatives. For many...
- Tags: IT Governance, Performance, Information Technology, ITPI, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-02-25
- Insight | Fundamental Aspects of IT GRC Management
- IT Governance Risk and Compliance GRC is a cyclical process. It requires an on-going effort involving all levels of the organization, from the highest level of management to the end users. Contego assisted a major metropolitan health centre who found success by first understanding that an IT governance plan must...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Contego, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-02-04
- IT Governance and Compliance Whitepaper: Achieve Efficient and Effective Governance and Compliance
- To meet corporate governance and compliance requirements, the management of IT-related risks is critical. IT governance is integral to the success of corporate governance as it allows efficient and effective measurable improvements to be made in related enterprise processes. Enterprises are embarking on IT governance initiatives to manage risks, improve...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Compliance, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-01-08
- Requirements and failure: Interview with CA's SVP of IT Governance
- "Ambiguous requirements create failed projects" is a project failures law of nature. A shocking number of IT projects die an agonizing death because stakeholders didn't properly define requirements. Here's how to avoid the trap. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Project Portfolio Management, Computer Associates International Inc., Requirement, Helge, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (IT GRC): An Organizational Imperative - What It Is, and Why You Should Know
- Regulatory mandates, emergence of new forms of risk, and a growing stakeholder focus on managing them are the principal drivers pressuring organizations to adopt IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance IT GRC strategies. Research shows that the key to success is introduction of a coherent system with a governance structure that...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Compliance, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-10-01
- EMA's 2008 Survey of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in the Real World
- Over and over again, the recurring theme of all these aspects of IT GRC management is constant: the strategic value of process - not just empty processes conceived to fulfill some vague best practices ideal, but the processes enterprises actually rely on to define IT governance, assure a systematic approach...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., IT Governance, Information Technology, Compliance, Survey, EMA, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-07-07
- Information Security Control Centralization and IT Governance for Enterprises
- Information Technology IT governance is important in every Enterprise to ensure the execution of the firm's security policies and procedures. It is a subset discipline of Corporate Governance focused on Information Technology IT systems and their performance and risk management. This paper sights current some problems. It also presents the...
- Tags: Information Security, Centralization, IT Governance, Information Technology, Information Technology Governance, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-07-01
- COBIT Foundation Exam Prep
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends June 26, 2009.View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover the benefits of a sound IT governance framework and learn to realize effective IT governance using the COBIT best practices framework. Using ...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, COBIT, Strategy, Management
- Training 2008-06-01
- IT Governance and Outsourcing - What Are the Implications for Service Providers?
- Given the increased stakeholder expectations around IT governance, coupled with the complexities of governing Service Provider relationships in a Multisourced environment, organisations are looking for Service Providers with a unique set of skills and competencies. Datacraft recognises that when organisations make outsourcing decisions, they are increasingly selecting external partners who...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Dimension Data, Service Provider, Datacraft, Business Services, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2008-06-01
- IT Governance, Risk and Compliance: What the Best Performing Firms Do in IT to Deliver Better Business Results and Lower Risk
- Combining the governance of IT with a focus on operational excellence for managing business rewards and risks, the firms with the most mature practices and capabilities are posting much higher revenues, larger profits, along with much better customer satisfaction and retention than 88 percent of their peers - in almost...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., IT Governance, Information Technology, Compliance, Strategy, Security, Management
- Webcasts 2008-05-30
- ITIL in Practice in German-Speaking Countries
- Continuous change in business performance raises the pressure on IT to change at the same speed. In this paper the authors address the issue of implementing IT Governance especially the ITIL framework into the organizational context by introducing a decision support framework. The basic research framework is the IT Governance...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Decision Support, University Of Innsbruck, Research Framework, Data Mining, ITIL, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, It Services, Management
- White papers 2008-04-28
- Governance: The CIO's--and the Board's--Business
- Effective IT governance practices have become critical for supporting overall corporate objectives. Without this required level of governance, organizations are unable to ensure that business and IT goals are properly aligned. They are then limited in their ability to ensure that IT investments sustain and extend business strategies and objectives....
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Board, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- The Longtail of IT Governance
- Open source has shown how marketplaces can thrive on doing good, but can whether the same concept be applied to IT governance? Archer Technology hopes so. The risk assessment and compliance company announced Archer Exchange, an open marketplace for governance applications here at its user conference in Orlando. ...
- Tags: Application, IT Governance, Information Technology, IBM Lotus SmartSuite, Archer Exchange, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- IT governance and SOA governance: little in common
- IT governance and SOA governance: little in commonThe hype never ends"People frequently put IT and SOA governance in the same bucket, and suggest that it won't be long before the two will be one in the same."IMO, there is simply governance. Does splitting out a new category of governance provide...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, SOA governance, IT governance, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- IT governance and SOA governance: little in common
- People frequently put IT and SOA governance in the same bucket, and suggest that it won't be long before the two will be one in the same. However, the two actually have little in common, according to one industry commentator. In a new post over at the...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Rebuilding Corporate Trust: The Essential Role of IT Governance
- Consumers in Europe are the most skeptical about the willingness of large corporations to act in the public interest, followed by consumers in Japan, then North America. Although less skeptical than their developed country peers, consumers in China and India overwhelmingly agree that corporate obligations to shareholders must be balanced...
- Tags: Shareholder, IT Governance, Information Technology, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance
- White papers 2008-03-01
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