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Entries Tagged as 'Operations & Service Management'

Is the best green policy not to buy?

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

The pressure’s certainly on for IT directors to keep an eye on their IT budgets and to ensure that, going forward, their IT’s sustainable and green. But surely - at least in some areas - can’t green also mean lean?

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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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Moving to Vista? How do you compare

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The Corporate IT Forum has introduced a new range of corporate IT ‘reality checkers’ to enable IT directors to easily compare the progress and position of their company’s IT against other, similar-sized organisations.
Designed and developed by and for large-scale users of IT, the Corporate IT Forum reality checkers will allow IT users to immediately identify […]

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Outsourced IT: Are you receiving value?

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Companies often spend large proportions of their IT budgets on outsourced and offshored IT service providers so would it surprise you that many IT directors still struggle to find out whether or not they are receiving true value from these contracts?
When it comes to benchmarking outsourced contracts, companies are usually trying to find out one […]

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