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Please follow the links to view the publication.Connect and catalyse - our strategy [innovation management]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_20080553
A collection of slides form the authors' conference presentation is given. The paper discusses the vision for the UK to be a global leader in innovation and a magnet for innovative businesses, where technology is applied rapidly, effectively and sustainably to create wealth and enhance quality of life. (31 pages)Knowledge process outsourcing - a new revolution
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_20070768
The knowledge process outsourcing is passion in today's business world. This makes the ups and downs in economy across the countries. Where the future market expectation is skilled (knowledge) workers, the demand is for engineers and scientists, and the second largest pool of IT manpower, by outsourcing process the home countries can reduce the cost of labour, management and capital.The new storage [business data storage management]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/inp_20050603
IT strategists have realised that, without best storage practice, their key data can go all over the place - and system performance suffers. But fresh thinking on storage management is pushing it up the priorities list. The Storage Expo event in the UK in October - reflecting concerns over growing complexity and emerging legal requirements for retaining emails and other electronic records in secure, tamper-proof environments. New compliance regulations mean that more data has to be retained and over longer periods of time. At the other end of the spectrum, the rapid growth in real time Web-based applications is increasing the amount of data that has to be available with sub-second response time and rapid recovery in the event of failure. These trends are accelerating growth in data volumes to the extent that they are likely to double in the next few months, according to many estimates. But the greater challenge lies in managing the proliferating data effectively.Source work [IT innovation]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et.2009.0610
The UK's universities are leading the way in many aspects of ICT R&D. In the first of a three-part series, Christine Evans-Pughe surveys some of the most innovative projects.Strategic moves: outsourcing is a #1 concern
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/em_20040610
This article discusses the results of a survey conducted on the topic of outsourcing. It highlights such issues as: key drivers for offshoring; partnerships; product development; offshore facilities ownership; partner collaboration; key tips for offshore outsourcing; intellectual property; and general business process offshore transfer.Central support goes into the field
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et_20080118
Enterprise mobility accelerates the trend towards centralisation and consolidation of information technology - in particular the management and governance of data. However, the mobile devices capable of running high-end IT applications and delivering gains in productivity also bring big security, management and compliance challenges. Enterprises are responding by bringing tools like smart phones, PDAs and even USB memory sticks within the realm of existing IT policies, support teams, and management systems. Often mobility is the last nail in the coffin for the data networking configurations that have dominated enterprise IT since the early 1990s: client/server is finally conceding to the 'big iron' it once looked like obliterating.Trading places [IT investment]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/inp_20060402
Finance directors are often frustrated at their inability to understand and measure return on investment in IT. IT directors are often frustrated because their fellow directors do not appreciate the complexity of the challenges that they face. In extreme cases this can lead to a complete breakdown in communication and trust between these two key parts of any management team. So the author envisaged an organisation where the CEO had devised a unique approach to breaking down these communication barriers. Cultural misunderstandings are one of the reasons organisations fail to get the best out of their IT investment. In this article, the author investigates what benefits might accrue if the techie and the bean counter-swapped roles for a couple of days?Counting the cost of IT projects
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/inp_20040104
We discuss about counting the cost of IT projects. Estimating the cost of a project has to be the most thankless task in IT, but it should be one of the most important. We also discuss how we justify projects when we do not try to find out the real cost. Estimates are need for three reasons: the first is to justify a project. It enables the cost to be compared with anticipated benefit. Second is the estimate used to enforce the discipline which is needed to make the project succeed and the third is to improve software production procedures and evaluate the effects of process improvement.Managed chaos [data management]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/inp_20050503
Data management (DM) is often just seen as a subset of PLM (product lifecycle management). Three trends have brought a new impetus to the discipline of data management. One is compliance with financial and, in this case, environmental legislation. Another is globalisation as the distribution of functions across multiple geographic sites within the same company continues. And then there is a related factor: outsourcing, as services, manufacturing and design activities are transferred to third parties. In this article the author examines these three trends that have boosted the discipline of data management.Techies on the edge [IT contracting]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et.2010.0211
IT contractors are facing tough times as budgets bounce and new projects are parked. Keri Allan details the pressures at play on the jobbing freelancer. After several good years, IT contractors took a hit in 2009. The very nature of being reliant on the fluctuating requirements of other parties meant that they were among the first victims of the economic downturn, and according to figures from the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) the number of general computing freelancers in work fell by 12 per rent in the first quarter of last year, despite the additional funding being made available for IT projects as part of recent quantitative easing programmes.The final run [IT paradigms]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/inp_20070603
This is the last issue of Information Professional before it morphs into the IT section of Engineering & Technology magazine's 24 January 2008 issue. The author looks back at some of the shifting IT paradigms that the magazine has covered since its inception.Because IT is worth it [IT management]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/inp_20070607
IT departments faced both good and bad news in 2007. The good news was that their budgets were on the rise. The bad news is that they have to work harder for the money, having lost more traction with the board. Too often the underdog in the enterprise pecking order, the IT function needs to get an image makeover so it can unleash its contribution to the bottom line. We are seeing very little discussion around turning risk management into topline benefits right now.