Data Information Management

We hear a great deal about the efficiencies of mobile working, as well as the environmental benefits. Sadly, we also hear a great deal about the vulnerabilities of mobile technologies, especially in terms of data protection. Too often and once is already too often as far as the people ... read more..

There is a groundswell of comment, news coverage and debate on information overload with v3.co.uk (formerly vnuunet) recently devoting a three-day summit to the topic. Since Alvin Toffler coined the term in the 1970s, it has come to mean different things to different people. But in the context of 2010, ... read more..

Growing numbers of banks and financial institutions are adopting text messaging as part of a raft of measures designed to improve customer communication, enhance service levels and attain competitive advantage. However, the constraints of traditional text technology have limited the range of services that can be delivered to customers. Leveraging an ... read more..

Relationships built on trust breed success in the marketplace. Trust emerges when companies understand the benefit of meeting the needs of both the customer and the company. Unfortunately, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools today often ignore the core driver of customer management success. Instead of engaging in relationships, current ... read more..

We like to think we live in a digital age but paper still plays a key role in most organisations. Yet paper documents can easily be lost or misfiled and are vulnerable to disasters like fire or floods not to mention the inefficiency and literal waste of space that ... read more..

why it pays to rationalise your BI infrastructure Your IT budget is razor thin, your staff is maxed out, and management has ordered another round of cuts. Meanwhile, three departments are clamouring for specialised applications to compete effectively against the market leader thats eating your lunch. Somehow youre expected to ... read more..

Not too long ago, the only people who cared about metadata were geeks like me. IT and business users didnt think about how data was organised, where it was located, or how pieces of information were related; they simply wanted reports. And for that, information analysts were the go-to people ... read more..

There is an urgent clash of priorities facing the UK when it comes to IT infrastructure We all understand the importance of ICT in a knowledge-based economy. The need for better, bigger, more sophisticated ICT will only continue to increase as Britain strives to compete as a world leader. ICT ... read more..

Businesses today face more data security threats than ever before.The threat landscape is constantly evolving to the point that as soon as a new security measure is put in place, that measure will likely be breached or become redundant in the face of a new threat. Security aims to stay ... read more..

As technology trends advance and reliance upon IT infrastructures increases, what effect will this have on the creative industry? With information moving towards the digital domain, Jonathan Morgan, co-founder of software developer Object Matrix, looks at the demise of tape-based archiving and the natural succession of the digital workflow.There seems ... read more..

Today's IT environments are a complex landscape, nearly always encompassing multiple technologies and providers. The key to effective IT management is to see beyond individual devices and connections to get a true picture of how each resource affects the applications and business processes it supports.Business Service Management via Remote Infrastructure ... read more..

This document describes the perils, pitfalls, best practices and business benefits of data center migration.Data Centre Migration: ... read more..

Cloud Computing is a term that has quickly become the hottest topic in the technology sector, with seemingly every major provider and thousands of smaller companies offering Cloud Computing services. But what exactly is Cloud Computing? A recent McKinsey report listed twenty-two definitions of Cloud Computing! The umbrella term 'cloud' has been used ... read more..

The potential to leverage IT services and business information has greatly increased over the last decade. The concepts of joined-up IT and web services are powerful tools for business innovation. However, uptake of these technologies is often hindered by existing inflexible systems and high costs. A company's core systems are ... read more..

The term 'Information Assurance' in its broadest sense is the process for enabling the right information to be available securely to the right people at the right time for best business advantage. To achieve this business requirement organisations need to: move away from traditional command and control ... read more..

There has been a recent surge in the number of websites that are created day in and day out. Have you ever wondered how many of these websites exist in the virtual world? Have you ever been in awe of the amount of effort that goes into developing a website? ... read more..

CASE STUDY: ANGLIAN WATER/CLICKSOFTWARE Anglian Water, part of the AWG Group, is located in the east of England and serves the needs of around 6 million industrial, commercial and domestic customers. It is geographically the largest water company in England and Wales - stretching across some 27,500 square kilometres from the ... read more..

Randy Clark of Platform Computing tracks the evolution of cloud enabling software from its origins in grid and high performance computing. The buzz surrounding Cloud Computing has reached an all time high thanks to intense media interest and the marketing efforts of big brands such as Amazon and Google. According to ... read more..

Combining paper and electronic corporate information makes obvious business sense. The best way to do it isnt so obvious. What is clear is that at a time of recession, paperbased information is an anomalous overhead that organizations would do well to eradicate or reduce. Technology in the shape of ... read more..

As the amount of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) grows, so too does the legislation around its disclosure. The economic downturn has damaged corporate performance and as a consequence companies are more carefully analysing expenses as budgets become more constrained. Like other expense centres in a corporation, the litigation budget is under ... read more..

Dave Gosling of Premier Global Services argues that IT and the business functions must work more effectively together to produce an efficient more productive organisation. In order for a business to be run both efficiently and productively, the IT and the business functions must work hand-in-hand. The problem is that in ... read more..

The financial crisis has affected business results and altered business practices around the globe. As a result, companies are carefully analysing expenses as budgets become more constrained. Like other expense centres in a corporation, the litigation budget is under continual scrutiny. However, the risk of litigation and the corresponding cost ... read more..

Free report As the scale and importance of organisational data has grown and the regulatory requirements relating to data security have become more sophisticated, the market for off-site data, backup, and secure facilities has evolved to meet the growing needs. This research set out to address these issues and examined ... read more..

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Many people believe that government bodies and civil service departments are not accountable enough to the general public. The aim of the Freeom of Information Act is to enable people to request and obtain information about public authorities e.g. the NHS, ... read more..