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Leading Change With Every Move You Make 25 January, 2008 12:29:28
How to use simple but powerful actions to communicate your leadership agendaHow to use simple but powerful actions to communicate your leadership agenda - +
Blog: Why IT Needs a Blueprint: The Case for a Unified Service Model 05 December, 2007 12:55:15
Blueprint (blōō • prĭnt) - noun: (1) something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; (2) photographic print of plans or technical drawings. - +
How to Manage Project Risks, Part 5: Leading Indicators of Failure 30 October, 2007 11:31:34
Too many Sponsors and governance committees rely just on standard project reporting to gauge the status of their project. This is too risky.Too many Sponsors and governance committees rely just on standard project reporting to gauge the status of their project. This is too risky. - +
Blog: Is Santa the Original SOA Architect? 14 December, 2007 11:36:51
It's the most wonderful yet hectic time of the year as consumers vie for mall parking spaces and also spend their precious lunch hours shopping online. Meanwhile, vendors are busy carefully managing and monitoring inventory and their supplier relationships to ensure their goods are delivered to stores and homes on time. - +
Auditor general finds Canadian gov't failing security test 15 November, 2007 20:06:15
Auditor General lashes out at governments ineffectual security practiceCanadian government agencies are failing to meet security standards on industrial contracting procedures, leaving sensitive government information vulnerable.
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How to fire an IT person 03 June, 2008 11:50:55
They can cause devastating damage to your systems and your morale if you don't handle a termination rightJoseph Powell first suspected that there were problems with his IT contractor when the admin refused to cede his administrative rights on an accounting software package. Powell, who was the business administrator for a private school, began noticing more issues. When the school's board ordered the IT admin to cede control of the software, he began introducing deliberate errors into the school's database. "We also began to experience costly downtime on the network coinciding with any time [he] was unhappy with how he was treated by the administration," Powell says. - +
Bank shaves up to 40 per cent off telecom costs using UC 04 June, 2008 08:00:00
WesBanco's Cisco network already pays for itselfWest Virginia-based WesBanco Bank, which provides financial services to the residents and businesses of West Virginia, Ohio, and western Pennsylvania, grows through acquisition. - +
Mandiant releases Intelligent Response discovery tools 29 January, 2008 12:14:35
Mandiant's new set of electronic evidence discovery tools perform post-breach analysis tests to accelerate the response processMandiant introduced new incident response automation technology that promises to perform the first set of post-breach analysis tests the IT security company would provide via its breach investigation services. - +
Visa adds to its list of apps that improperly hold card data 04 February, 2008 08:11:14
Update puts three more vendors on the list, according to a copy posted on the WebVisa this week privately issued an updated list of payment applications that store all of the magnetic-stripe data taken from credit and debit cards, as part of its ongoing effort to get retailers and other merchants to stop using such software. - +
Becoming future smart 05 November, 2007 15:26:13
Constant connectivity to technology, customers, and markets is critical in today's IT marketplaceAs technology continues to progress, connectivity to improve, and standards to emerge, industries will have the wherewithal to become more networked. Since only a few large companies will be able to span the full range of products in a vertically integrated manner, most will focus on areas where they have a comparative advantage.
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4. Appoint an IT risk ombudsman. In addition to a chief risk officer, it may be helpful to appoint an IT risk ombudsman, a respected senior manager to whom IT staff can raise concerns without fear of personal exposure. The ombudsman should be a veteran technologist with a deep understanding of the whole IT architecture, and be able to spot problems without agendas or affiliations.
5. Rethink robustness: Robustness means more than the number of backups; it includes labour availability and partner capabilities. For example, a top credit-card processor's call centres were shut down after a hurricane cut off the staff's access to clean water, but the company was able to shift call volumes to outsourced centres.
6. "De-average" the data. Customers don't care about averages when systems are compromised by downtime at the worst possible moment. By using averages as benchmarks, you're effectively saying, "If it's not likely to happen, it's okay to be poorly prepared."
7. Fix the whole thing, not just elements. Instead of rebuilding application by application, identify how each application maps to the technology platform and related (usually integrated) applications. Fix them in concert for faster results. Smart disaster recovery strategies call for a permanent shift in mindset - away from compliance and complacency, and toward a heightened sense of readiness. As organizations, business processes, applications and infrastructure grow, new failure and recovery scenarios will continue to emerge. Unless an organization designates roles and trains staff for comprehensive recovery scenarios, downtime minutes will turn into hours, and hours into days. Customers are likely to feel the impact and take their business somewhere else. There can be no better reason for CIOs to act.
Craig Sands is an Executive Partner within Accenture's Systems Integration & Technology practice in Canada. His focus is on helping clients become high performance businesses by aligning and executing IT-driven business strategies.
Andrew Truscott is Security Lead for Accenture in Canada. His is one of the company's thought leaders on security issues, leading projects across Canada.
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Radicati Market Quadrant 2008 on Corporate Web Security
An Analysis of the Market for Corporate Web Security Solutions, revealing Top Players, Mature Players, Specialists and Trail Blazers. Read on to discover who makes the grade.
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