http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:35:54 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-05T20:35:54Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/have-we-lost-control-of-the-business-intelligence-investment/?cs=37281 Business executives know that one of the surest ways to lose management control is to skip the standard practice of auditing business investments. Unfortunately, that is exactly the current state for business intelligence. Spending on business business_technology business_intelligence external_and_internal_audits roi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:35:54 GMT d99miller@yahoo.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/have-we-lost-control-of-the-business-intelligence-investment/?cs=37281 2009-11-05T20:35:54Z 2 days, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/have-we-lost-control-of-the-business-intelligence-investment http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37281 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/the-expanding-footprint-of-the-privileged-identity-management-challenge/?cs=37271 Companies have traditionally focused their privileged identity management efforts on assets like servers, routers and databases. However, that focus is expanding into other areas such as point-of-sale (POS) applications, remote sensing equipment and internal_threat compliance cyber-ark passwords business_technology identity_management Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:19:22 GMT adam.bosnian@cyber-ark.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/the-expanding-footprint-of-the-privileged-identity-management-challenge/?cs=37271 2009-11-05T17:19:22Z 2 days, 5 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/the-expanding-footprint-of-the-privileged-identity-management-challenge http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37271 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/getting-a-rein-on-untethered-applications/?cs=37199 The cost benefits of virtualization and cloud computing are very seductive. Fewer physical servers in the data center leads to reduced power and cooling costs, not to mention savings on server hardware and related maintenance over time. At a time when business_technology xangati cloud_computing application_virtualization Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:16:51 GMT alan@xangati.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/getting-a-rein-on-untethered-applications/?cs=37199 2009-11-03T16:16:51Z 4 days, 6 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/getting-a-rein-on-untethered-applications http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37199 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/a-model-for-cloud-backup-and-disaster-recovery-services/?cs=37177 Cloud storage is a compelling business delivery model that leverages key storage and data protection services while reducing costs by shifting IT spending from a capital expense to an operating expense. One of the most interesting aspects of cloud cloud_computing storage_management backup disaster_recovery storage_virtualization business_continuity business_technology services_vendors Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:01:55 GMT fadi.albatal@falconstor.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/a-model-for-cloud-backup-and-disaster-recovery-services/?cs=37177 2009-11-02T21:01:55Z 5 days, 2 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/a-model-for-cloud-backup-and-disaster-recovery-services http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37177 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/introduction-to-project-management-best-practices-cobit/?cs=36809 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 are more project intensive, COBIT takes a top-down business_technology ca project_management cobit it_best_practices business_culture internal_governance pmo Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:20 GMT julie.tilke@ca.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/introduction-to-project-management-best-practices-cobit/?cs=36809 2009-10-30T00:01:20Z 1 week, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/introduction-to-project-management-best-practices-cobit http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36809 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/introduction-to-project-management-best-practices-pmbok-and-prince-2/?cs=36808 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), with its Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK). business_technology ca project_management pmbok pmo it_best_practices staff_training prince2 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:01:20 GMT haydn.thomas@ca.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/introduction-to-project-management-best-practices-pmbok-and-prince-2/?cs=36808 2009-10-28T12:01:20Z 1 week, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/introduction-to-project-management-best-practices-pmbok-and-prince-2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36808 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/the-four-myths-of-cyber-security/?cs=36997 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 investigations performed in 2008, where data compromise richard_kirk cyber_terrorism firewall data_loss_prevention identity_theft user_policies credit_theft fortify_software Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:42:29 GMT rkirk@fortify.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/the-four-myths-of-cyber-security/?cs=36997 2009-10-27T14:42:29Z 1 week, 5 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/the-four-myths-of-cyber-security http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36997 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/how-to-increase-pmo-maturity-levels-through-multiple-releases/?cs=36762 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 into a project. This article, the fourth in a series of business_technology pmo ca project_management benchmarking Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:01:20 GMT christopher.craig-jones@ca.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/how-to-increase-pmo-maturity-levels-through-multiple-releases/?cs=36762 2009-10-27T12:01:20Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/how-to-increase-pmo-maturity-levels-through-multiple-releases http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36762 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/viewing-openworld-with-an-open-mind/?cs=36995 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 Netezza has achieved in the past few years. In 2002, netezza management_philosophies enterprise_software_vendors oracle larry_ellison analytics jim_baum information_architecture business_technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:23:42 GMT james.baum@netezza.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/viewing-openworld-with-an-open-mind/?cs=36995 2009-10-26T17:23:42Z 1 week, 5 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/viewing-openworld-with-an-open-mind http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36995 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/evolving-the-maturity-level-of-your-project-management-office-pmo/?cs=36761 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 to the pressures of addressing immediate issues and benchmarking business_technology pmo ca project_management Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:01:20 GMT christopher.craig-jones@ca.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/evolving-the-maturity-level-of-your-project-management-office-pmo/?cs=36761 2009-10-26T12:01:20Z 1 week, 5 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/evolving-the-maturity-level-of-your-project-management-office-pmo http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36761 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/five-key-considerations-in-disaster-recovery-planning/?cs=36963 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 to situations - both planned and unexpected - that business_continuity sungard_availability_services brian_turley disaster_recovery Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:34:55 GMT brian.turley@sungard.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/five-key-considerations-in-disaster-recovery-planning/?cs=36963 2009-10-23T18:34:55Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/five-key-considerations-in-disaster-recovery-planning http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36963 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/implementing-a-project-management-office-pmo-into-your-organization/?cs=36732 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 some suggestions on how to best implement a PMO into business_technology project_management pmo roi ca Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:01:20 GMT george.hunte@ca.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/implementing-a-project-management-office-pmo-into-your-organization/?cs=36732 2009-10-22T12:01:20Z 2 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/implementing-a-project-management-office-pmo-into-your-organization http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36732 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/getting-started-with-a-project-management-office-pmo/?cs=36730 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 series, provides the first steps in creating an business_technology project_management_office roi ca project_management pmo Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:10:47 GMT george.hunte@ca.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/getting-started-with-a-project-management-office-pmo/?cs=36730 2009-10-21T13:10:47Z 3 weeks, 2 days ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/getting-started-with-a-project-management-office-pmo http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36730 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/not-all-managed-services-are-created-equal/?cs=36804     David Moorman is president of DynaSis Integrated Systems , a managed IT services provider. 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 business_technology managed_services services_vendors vendor_management dynasis Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:48:35 GMT maryann.denton@dynasis.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/not-all-managed-services-are-created-equal/?cs=36804 2009-10-20T13:48:35Z 2 weeks, 5 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/not-all-managed-services-are-created-equal http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36804 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/five-reasons-to-socialize-your-knowledgebase-inside-the-firewall/?cs=36756 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 revenue, reduce costs through improved organizational inmagic collaboration_software collaboration social_media knowledge_management business_technology social_networks business_case productivity roi Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:05:35 GMT phillip.green@inmagic.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/five-reasons-to-socialize-your-knowledgebase-inside-the-firewall/?cs=36756 2009-10-19T14:05:35Z 3 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/comment/five-reasons-to-socialize-your-knowledgebase-inside-the-firewall http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/guestopinions/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=36756