Eleven member organisations representing Construction, Energy, Finance, Legal, Pharmaceutical, Transport Infrastructure and local and Central Government, met to learn more about a balanced scorecard approach to proving the value of people skills and development in very large organisations. The group heard from two members who had developed a SIFA Framework based approach which has been […]

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Organisations need to understand that PCI DSS compliance is not just the responsibility of the security or IT department, say security and compliance officers from some of the UK’s largest organisations.
A survey carried out by the Corporate IT Forum’s Information Security Service at their annual PCI Conference revealed that over 80% of large corporates are […]

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With the current economic climate, IT Departments are under pressure to cut costs where ever possible - but how do you do this without affecting service levels? Revisiting your current Service Level Agreements (SLAs) may hold the key to unlocking ways for IT to be more effective in delivering value - both in its processes […]

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The Recession has triggered an even greater focus on cost reduction by organisations. A target area for cost reduction is supplier costs, especially service provision costs. A recent Forum webinar brought together some of the UK’s largest businesses to share strategies for maintaining good long term relationships with suppliers to prevent budget cut are eroding […]

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Although managing data warehouse report ‘creep’ means data warehouses continue to be expensive to maintain, require extensive planning and are extremely resource hungry, there are tried and tested solutions that can be adopted. This workshop examined the different ways 5 large organisations deal with legacy data.

The group produced a number of best practice recommendations including:

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