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Entries Tagged as 'HR & People in IT'

Plan for a future that’s firewall-free

October 13th, 2008 · No Comments

De-perimeterisation will be “already happening” to your company and security and network chiefs must start planning for a firewall-free future - according to experts gathered to discuss the issue at a recent Corporate IT Forum (tISS) presentation workshop.
The workshop, led by de-perimeterisation guru Paul Simmonds (who is also board member of the Jericho Forum), aimed […]

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Users get tough on suppliers’ green credentials

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

IT suppliers are coming under increased pressure from buyers to be more environmentally savvy about their products and services.

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No source code, no sales… in China at least

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

A Japanese newspaper has reported that the Chinese government is planning to start asking firms wanting to export digital equipment into the country to give the government the source code for the product.

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Steve Ballmer responds to the Forum

October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Computer Weekly asked The Corporate IT Forum if it had any questions to ask Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer as they were interviewing him. So how could we refuse?
With our latest Corporate IT Forum Reality Checker suggesting that corporations may skip Vista altogether and go straight to Windows 7, we asked why large businesses should upgrade to […]

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Declan Curry Stars at the Real IT Awards

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Declan Curry, the new presenter of the BBC’s popular Working Lunch TV programme is to present the awards at the Forum’s prestigious Real IT Awards ceremony on November 27 at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London. The Forum’ s Real IT Awards have been designed by and for corporate IT and aim to recognise and […]

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Going beyond SLAs

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s not enough to set a series of standard service level agreement (SLAs) for your outsourcer and hope for the best, according to Forum members who met recently to share each other’s approaches to data centre management and outsourcing.

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Tags: Architecture & Strategy · Business Relations & IT Policy · Governance & Standards · HR & People in IT · Infrastructure · Operations & Service Management · Supplier Management & Procurement