(ITBusinessEdge, 8 May 2012) In Brief: Five forces are transforming IT – as well as the way businesses approach it, according to this writer. They are: Technology-savvy consumers, rapid change, low corporate IT performance, cloud computing, and the strategic use of software. To reap value from IT projects, companies must be able to visualize the [...]
Read more(FastCompany, 3 May 2012) In Brief: Social media is the “key to the survival of business in general,” this writer says, yet most companies have not tapped the full potential of social channels like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. IR teams in particular, she advises, should learn StockTwits, a platform enabling companies to send compliant messages [...]
Read more(ComputerWorld, 4 May 2012) In Brief: “Massive” demand from the corporate world is prompting top venture and growth capital firms to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in companies that develop Big Data technologies, this writer says. Our View: As investors continue to channel resources into enterprises that create and sell these systems, it is [...]
Read more(Business 2 Community, 30 April 2012) In Brief: IT projects fail for a variety of reasons, this writer says, but for the most part, pitfalls are either people-related (such as a lack of user knowledge) or process-related (such as poor management of the transition from one system to the next). Our View: When it comes [...]
Read more(InsideCounsel, 4 May 2012) In Brief: When drafting social media policies, companies need to account for the traits of workers from the Millennial generation who don’t have a clear sense of boundaries and are used to expressing themselves online, this lawyer says. He offers five tips, including: Make policies straightforward, specific, and brief (don’t feel [...]
Read more(Risk Management Magazine, May 2012) In Brief: Mobile devices, the ‘bring your own device’ to work phenomenon, endpoint security solutions, and cloud computing are four key IT areas for risk managers to master, according to the CEO of one technology firm. Our View: The importance of technology to companies’ operations and the large volume of [...]
Read more(ComputerworldUK, 27 April 2012) In Brief: Companies should start small with IT governance and go slowly, according to this writer. Focus on one initiative at a time, and revise the plan as needed each time you move to a different one, he says. Also, assess your culture before deploying any program: Is your organization “governance [...]
Read more(CFO, 23 April 2012) In Brief: “When you give people too much information, they actually underperform,” CEB Executive Director Michael Griffin tells CFO magazine. “There is more and more data coming in. But that doesn’t make it any easier for FP&A teams to deliver actionable insight to their business partners.” Results from a CEB survey [...]
Read moreWhile responsibility for raising security awareness lies with Information Risk organisations, most continue to work in the dark while designing their efforts, lacking knowledge of what works and what does not. Effecting behavior change in a global end-user community requires skills typically found in marketers and psychologists, traits that go far beyond the scope of [...]
Read more(ITBusinessEdge, 20 April 2012) In Brief: To capture value from Big Data, companies need to: ensure that the information is high-quality, govern their data (this will be more complicated than traditional data governance), and develop programs comprised of non-IT analytics professionals, according to this blogger. Our View: These points are all valid; we have more [...]
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