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The final entry to CA’s series on Project Management Best Practices is an overview of the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT) methodology. Where both PMBOK and PRINCE2 a... More >
Project management best practices have been captured, explained and evangelized for more than 20 years. The first formalized methodology came in 1987 through the Project Management Institute (PMI), w... More >
Incidents and exploits crafted by an effective and growing menace are threatening the continuity of and confidence in the very core of our commercial and social infrastructure. In just 90 criminal in... More >
A “release” is a project that addresses a group of recommendations for improving project, program and portfolio management maturity. In short, a “release” is a grouping of recommendations that feed i... More >
Regarding Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2009, I find his continued reference to Netezza as a baseline against the now-defunct HP version of Exadata a stark reminder of what N... More >
In the pursuit of improving IT project delivery, many companies tend to focus primarily on the process but might overlook a crucial step: benchmarking effectiveness. This step is often overlooked due... More >
Business and technology environments are more complex than ever and the reliance on information technology is firmly entrenched in the success factors of most organizations. Being prepared to respond... More >
After determining the organization’s needs and level of maturity, a rollout plan must be developed for establishing the PMO. While there is no preset order for executing against this plan, here are s... More >
For organizations tracking and managing dozens – or even hundreds – of projects, a solid project management office (PMO) proves crucial to project success. This article, the first of a six-part serie... More >
Many IT providers in the market today claim to offer “managed services,” and for rock bottom prices. But just what qualifies a provider’s service as a “managed IT service” and what distinguishes one ... More >
We all know technology and information managers are under increasing pressure to justify expenditures. In today’s economic climate, projects under consideration are those that directly increase reven... More >
Backing up files and data online has been around for quite a while, but it has never really taken off in a big way for business customers. There is also a new solution coming onto the market which us... More >
For all organizations, the impact that a disaster can have on the business is significant. From small events such as a lost e-mail or corrupted files through to large-scale problems caused by fire or... More >
Cloud computing - the process of storing, accessing and sharing company data and processes remotely on the Internet - has changed the audit and risk profile of data systems in most organizations. Whi... More >
Microsoft Office 2010 is on the horizon and many companies are still one or even several software versions behind. So it makes sense to forgo any Office upgrades at this point and wait it out until 2... More >
Be sure to read part one of BitDefender CTO Bogdan Dumitru's article on network security . Strategic layers for effective defense The BitDefender Business Security package can be tailo... More >
The advent and wide scale implementation of local area networks and wide area networks in the past 20 years facilitated the migration from standalone workstation to collaborative environments, offeri... More >
There are many definitions of IT clouds and most of them aren’t very helpful. The fogginess of this buzzword has rendered it almost meaningless. So, I came up with my own definition of an IT cloud: &... More >
Today, it’s expected that merchants accept electronic payments. It’s more than expected that those payments are secure. No data leaks or breaches of any kind. The reality is many companies don’t trul... More >
Picture the scene: It is 5:00 p.m. on a weekday and you have been alerted that your firewall has crashed. Thankfully, you have a spare on-site and you manage to have that up and running quickly in fa... More >
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