IT Governance

EBOOK: Most organizations are looking for ways to better manage their structured and unstructured data – and information governance has the potential to do so. But implementing an effective program can be tricky. Review this e-book to gain practical tips on how to implement an information governance program, learn 5 pitfalls to avoid, and more.

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2012

EGUIDE: Effective information governance is a top priority in modern enterprises, but crafting a successful strategy is more challenging than most professionals realize. Read this e-guide to learn information governance best practices, such as why case studies help secure executive support, the importance of involving senior management, and more.

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Effective data governance can provide the peace of mind that your data will stand up to privacy policies, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting. Yet most organizations become overwhelmed by the undertaking and halt implementation. Read this paper to learn 7 practical steps to crafting a productive data governance plan today.

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

EBOOK: This e-book highlights the importance and benefits of scoring and prioritizing all IT projects as they enter the IT pipeline. Additionally, the e-book presents a three-step framework for approaching scoring and prioritization and a use case for a scoring model.

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Security concerns are the top barrier to cloud computing implementation. This virtual seminar foucses on the various governance, risk, and compliance cocerns that security pros have with transitioning to the cloud. Discover how to evaluate a cloud security provider's controls, key GRC issues in the cloud, and much more.

Posted: 04 May 2012 | Premiered: 02 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Today’s enterprises should have a performance system—a means to transparently measure and manage progress against business goals. This white paper documents the requirements of an effective IT performance system and introduces a set of KPIs and best practices that leaders within different IT domains can use to improve performance.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: The UK's June Budget provides a mandate for all government departments to submit their spending review plans before the summer break and reports that it has scheduled the government spending review for October.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Many organisations implement “learning engagements,” or training programmes, to increase employee satisfaction, realise better team performance, and improve communication.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper recommends additional definition of IT governance within TOGAF to strengthen an organization’s ability to effectively govern the architecture and make appropriate investment decisions.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 06 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: The use of project and portfolio management (PPM) can help organizations see the big picture – and effectively plan ahead to achieve strategic results.  Learn how your organization can benefit from a PPM approach that provides visibility into project decisions for greater success.

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

EZINE: Find out how to incorporate governance into SharePoint customization to empower users while setting boundaries.

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 | Published: 16 Feb 2009

WEBCAST: Public, private and hybrid cloud services have made it increasingly difficult for IT organizations to govern and manage IT services— at the same time that businesses are demanding greater agility and faster delivery from IT. View this webcast to learn how to rein in this supplier sprawl to improve service quality and reduce costs and risks.

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 | Premiered: May 9, 2012

WHITE PAPER: Find out more about value management and building value realization practices into every IT project. Discover how using value realization best practices during the lifecycle of your implementation can help you achieve greater value from your IT investments. Learn about the value of ASAP methodology and SAP offerings.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines IT skill shortages, how to minimise them within your company, and 7 deadly skills that your IT team should possess.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

CASE STUDY: Read this brief case study to discover how global company Deutsche Post DHL leveraged an agile application lifecycle management (ALM) platform to implement better IT governance, streamline collaboration and sharing software modules, automate and standardize application delivery, and gain visibility into source code and software partner information.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover intelligent automation tools that free your IT team from the labor-intensive and time-consuming tasks that are associated with the administration of the SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator appliance while accelerating time-to-insight with easily-accessible, timely, accurate business intelligence (BI) data.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 23 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper examines multiple case studies that demonstrate how smarter computing - the idea of transforming IT to deliver breakthrough economics and support innovation - offers improved IT economics. The case studies inside cover different IT domains — optimized systems, federated data, cloud and new service delivery models.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Learn how IT can improve its overall contribution to business innovation with an action-oriented business intelligence (BI) and analytics strategy.

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents eighteen best practices for leaner, more agile software development project governance.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives an overview of the IT service management (ITSM) market and provides criteria for for successful vendor assessment and product implementation.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Jul 2011

EBOOK: This eBook explains the performance management and governance software and methodologies that can align technology with business goals and bring IT costs under control.

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Despite the many benefits, cloud computing also introduces new security risks and compromises the traditional control of IT, hindering many business from adoption. This paper offers insight into cloud governance, that helps tackle cloud security concerns and provides a path that will guide businesses to the cloud in a controlled and secured manner.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses taking a pro-active approach to business agility. Learn how this strategy can create "operational dexterity" to deal with changing conditions and business complexity, as well as drive innovation by encouraging growth and flexibility.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details why building in business process management, information management and SOA governance across the enterprise is critical to SOA success. It also presents real-world examples of IBM customers that have done so and are now reaping the benefits of SOA, including service reuse, business agility and business transformation.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2010

ANALYST REPORT: As organizations undergo the transformation from IT to business technology (BT), they will have to make many important decisions in the process of moving from the current “as-is state” to the “to-be state.” Read this paper to learn how the CIO as a “portfolio strategist” can shape the decision-making relevant to implementing BT.

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 | Published: 06 Jul 2011