Focusing the ITO on value also requires a strong risk management programme, covering regulatory risk (the need to meet specific regulatory and legal reporting and financial monitoring requirements), financial risks (mostly traditional insurance...
SAP announced an expansion of a partnership with IBM focused on the retail segment, teaming with Big Blue to offer a package of technology and services meant to help retailers streamline operations, specifically around inventory management...
It's a daunting task by any measure but MySQL chief executive Marten Mickos appears anything but intimidated. MySQL, the open-source software company, has undertaken the formidable task of going head-to-head with database giants Oracle, IBM and...
A worrying number of UK CIOs are failing in the vital task of IT governance and understanding what assets they have within the organisation. Although most agree they need to have a clear picture of what assets they own before they can even begin to...
The Customer Software Asset Management (SAM) toolkit, available starting today on the Microsoft UK Business website, breaks down the software management process - which Microsoft UK licensing programme manager Ram Dhaliwal admits can be "daunting...
He said: "One of the most fundamental gaps is simply the asset inventory and then understanding not just how many of what you've got and what's on it but what business purpose those machines serve and that drives the prioritisation of your...