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Forget Everything You've Learnt About Project Delivery, Part 1: Scope Management 05 February, 2008 12:58:54
Acknowledging the two types of scope can force some of the problems with scope management to disappearAcknowledging the two types of scope can force some of the problems with scope management to disappear
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Outsourcing contracts at risk 29 January, 2008 16:09:06
Management must act to protect investments over the long termBusinesses are in danger of losing control of their outsourced IT projects due to a lack of internal IT leadership, poor business sourcing strategies, inadequate relationship building and a failure to provide the right internal resources and skills, according to a study commissioned by LogicaCMG as part of its Outsourcing Enterprise whitepaper series. - +
Healthcare systems under pressure as costs continue to rise 18 December, 2007 14:59:12
ICT critical to reducing healthcare burdenAdvances in ICTwill play a critical role in the future of health with the CSIRO investigating a range of technologies to reduce the burden of spiralling healthcare costs. - +
Feds update ICT sourcing guide 28 September, 2007 10:07:54
Original guide now three years oldThe Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has released an update to its ICT sourcing guide for government agencies which was first published in 2004. - +
Mining group installs e-recruitment to create international talent pool 12 December, 2007 08:43:55
System will allow Xstrata greater exposure to advertise vacant positionsGlobal mining group Xstrata which operates in 18 countries is deploying an online recruitment system throughout its global network. - +
Juniper opens up to third-party development 10 December, 2007 12:08:22
New software development kit for customers and partnersJuniper Networks has announced a Partner Solution Development Platform (PSDP) allowing customers and partners to develop specialized applications on its JUNOS operating system.
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The development of innovative products and services - or for the sake of brevity, let us just call it new product development - is an imperative for enterprises of every stripe in response to rising stakeholder expectations and growing market competition. Unsurprising then that when asked about such things in the latest Gartner survey of CIOs, supporting and driving new product development was one of the predominant IT issues for 2008 and beyond.
New product development is an opportunity for the CIO to show that they are a business leader and for an IT department to show it is well aligned with enterprise goals. What distinguishes a CIO business leader and their IT organization is where and how they choose to focus their efforts. Choosing to play a passive role and focusing on not dropping the ball is not particularly value adding in the long run. Rather, choosing to play an active role and focusing on bringing new products to maturity is where the value is.
IT has more product development capabilities than most people,including many IT people, realize
For those CIOs seeking to position their IT organization to play this active role in new product development, there are a number of different paths that can be taken. For those of a more traditional disposition, or operating in an industry where IT really can't make a direct contribution to new product development (surely they must exist), there is the participating route.
Participating in product development. New product development is an information-intensive process, requiring high-quality data from across the enterprise to plan, configure, develop and deploy products and services. CIOs and IT can participate in this process by helping to address challenges associated with these activities.
The first step of participation usually involves implementing and then integrating product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) tools with existing enterprise systems. PDM uses controls and governance to capture and maintain a product's definition and related data through all phases of its life - from inception to retirement.
The most popular PDM software applications are library functions (search and file check-in/check-out), management of bills of materials, product configuration management and engineering change management. PDM is a core enabler of product-related collaboration and PLM.
PLM guides product decisions throughout the product lifecycle. PLM pays particular attention to initial product development decisions, as they have the greatest influence on total product lifecycle costs.
The aim of PLM at every phase is to provide the greatest business value to the enterprise and its trading partners. PLM employs product information and business analysis to support strategy, planning, governance, content capture, content control and execution.
There is, however, another set of resources that the CIO and IT organization have at their disposal: know-how. IT has more product development capabilities than most people, including many IT people, realize. CRM and ERP systems managed by IT combine information and automation to bring the value proposition of the product or service to the customer.
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Recent IDC research shows that over 59% of CIO's believe that 'to achieve their business strategies, technology should be used more aggressively than today.'
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Best Western forced to play defense on data breach disclosure 29 August, 2008 08:08:00
Could hotel chain have done a better job of defusing story about system intrusion?The headline in this week's Glasgow Sunday Herald -- "Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist" -- was a grabber. - +
US Terror threat system crippled by technical flaws 28 August, 2008 09:53:00
US Congress charges that US$500m project to prevent another 9/11 is a complete failure.A US House subcommittee is charging that a US$500 million IT project intended to "connect the dots" on terrorists and help prevent another 9/11 is a failure; it can't even handle basic Boolean search terms, such as "and, or and not." - +
Malware infects space station laptops 28 August, 2008 08:15:00
Not the first time, says NASA; astronauts load up Norton AntiVirusMalware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station, NASA confirmed yesterday. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit. - +
Separation of duties and IT security 28 August, 2008 09:40:00
Muddied responsibilities create unwanted risk. Kevin Coleman says auditors may start labeling poorly defined IT duties as a material deficiency.Separation of duties is a key concept of internal controls and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly one to achieve. This objective is achieved by disseminating the tasks and associated privileges for a specific security process among multiple people. - +
How to recruit and retain the best young security employees 27 August, 2008 08:32:00
Today's youngest generation of workers, known as Generation Y, have different career goals than their parents did. What do you need to know to get them to work for you?The final installment in a series of articles about generational differences and security. Part one looked at managing workers in different age groups. Part two examined the types of security concerns that are most commonly associated with different generations in the general workforce. This article provides recruiting and retention advice for security employees.
Tumbleweed appoints O2 Networks to its Australian Channel Partner Program 29 August, 2008 12:31:00
HP ProCurve Brings Big Business Gigabit Switching Features to Small Businesses 29 August, 2008 12:00:00
GlobalConnect Provides Treatment for Healthcare Provider’s Contact Support Requirements 29 August, 2008 09:59:00
Sybase and Logica Partner To Mobilise The Supply Chain 29 August, 2008 09:47:00
New global landscape for qualitative researchers with Spanish and Chinese software releases 29 August, 2008 09:34:00
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Revolutionising Back-up and Recovery
Rapid adoption of virtual server technology, and the challenges associated with the backup and recovery of ever-growing stores of information is causing a number of IT managers to reevaluate their data protection strategies. New backup and recovery methods which use data de-duplication technology to reduce capacity and network bandwidth requirements are being deployed to keep up with explosive data growth, shrinking backup windows, compliance initiatives and security concerns. Read on to find out more.
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