Generally, IT best practices encompass the many frameworks and processes companies use to efficiently and effectively accomplish IT tasks. ITIL, COBIT and ITSM are standard ways of managing software processes that result in the desired end with the most efficiency and the fewest complications.
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Managing Return on IT
In “The New Voice of the CIO, a recent report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value, one key concept is that IT success rests, in part, on raising the ROI of IT by simultaneously being both “savvy value creators” and “relentless cost cutters.” One CIO quoted in the study says, “the balance... More >
Striking the Right Balance in Server Utilization
Arthur Cole spoke with Mark E. Stumm, senior vice president of product marketing, nlyte Software . Cole : Recent studies indicate that about 15 percent of the servers in a typical enterprise are drawing power but not performing any meaningful function. Is that a reasonable amount, or should... More >
The Dawning of the IT Automation Era
Over the next five years, IT automation will overtake offshoring as the next major efficiency trend in IT. For many companies, offshoring has been a way to reduce IT costs by lowering the cost of labor and facilities. However, offshoring is demonstrating diminished returns as IT infrastructure... More >
New Data Protection Strategies
This white paper discusses how continuous data protection (CDP) can cost-effectively improve data security with minimal impact to business.
FBI's Sentinel System Delayed
An audit by the FBI's inspector general shows that the FBI's $451 million Sentinel case management system , which was expected by the end of the year, has been pushed back until September 2010, reports InformationWeek . Sentinel will replace the FBI's mostly paper-based case management efforts with a single digital... More >
Cyber Security Audit Spanks Department of Interior
The Department of the Interior has failed an inspector general's assessment of the agency's IT security performance, reports InformationWeek . The report sharply criticizes the agency's cyber security performance, calling its personnel "substantially under-qualified." Interior required that staff only get... More >
VA Restarts 45 Failing IT Projects
The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to restart 45 IT projects that were temporarily paused this year after falling far behind schedule or over budget, reports InformationWeek . The failing projects were caught by a new IT Dashbord . While he wouldn't discuss the status of specific projects, Roger... More >
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Data Deduplication
Data manipulation strategies that make data stores more manageable and reduce the need for storage capacity and its associated costs.
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Data Loss Protection
Data-loss prevention tactics, technologies and best practices to protect your sensitive and valuable company data.
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Applications for Mid-size Businesses
Applications that mid-sized businesses can use to improve operational efficiency, accelerate growth, and maintain profitability.
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Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence
Comprehensive storage solutions for better data access and retrieval, leading to better-informed business decisions.
Six Sigma Framework for IT
This collection of tutorials, calculators, and templates will show you how to apply six sigma thinking to IT service management.
The IT Service Catalog Management Toolkit
Bridge the it-business gap once and for all! A well documented IT services catalog is the conduit for IT services to the rest of the company.