CIO.com - Governance

Enterprise Open Source Adoption Underway But Needs Company Policies

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

As the number of companies adopting open source increases -- and the number of business processes depending on them does, too -- research firm Gartner is urging companies to adopt and enforce open source (OSS) policies.

Why Project and Portfolio Management Matter More at Recession Time

Meridith Levinson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

IT departments scaling back on project work as the economy lurches toward a recession may be tempted to skimp on project management and portfolio management . But think twice: doing so could cost you far more--in projects gone awry and wasted resources.

Compliance Spending May Be Unpopular, But Offers Benefits Besides Security

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Spending now could not only result in better security and compliance, but ultimately higher profits, lower expenses, and improved customer satisfaction and retention. That would paste a smile on the face of the most frugal of CFOs!

Carphone Warehouse Automates SOA Governance

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Move will cut costs, improve reliability and avoid duplication.

Steps to SOA No. 6: Start Tackling Governance

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Particularly in large enterprises, managing service interface definitions and deciding who is responsible for what pose the biggest challenges.

Regulations Are Just a Security Distraction

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Full compliance should never be confused with robust security. One does not beget the other and, at times, changes called for by compliance rules can have a detrimental effect on an enterprise's overall security posture.

Mule Offers Enterprise SOA Governance

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Galaxy platform released, featuring registry/repository.

How Dow Chemical Keeps Its IT Costs Low

Meridith Levinson — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Mack Murrell, Dow Chemical's vice president of information technology, says scale and standardization are key to keeping IT spending in check while maintaining high quality service.

HP Boosts SOA Governance

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Software and services readied along with expansion of interoperability framework.

The Mission-Critical Impact of Data Governance on Your Corporate Assets

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

How the Mars Orbiter failure can impact your business with elevated costs and other problems.

Governance: A Higher Power

Sarah D. Scalet — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

When State Street acquired a Deutsche Bank company, it had to decide whether to keep or retire more than 900 inherited applications. The guiding force that helped it do that was governance.

ABC: An Introduction to IT Governance

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Virtually every company can reap the benefits of solid IT governance—from regulatory compliance to financial and technological accountability, ensuring that companies stay on track to achieve their strategies and goals.

SOA: A Governance Nightmare

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

How do you protect and connect applications as services across departmental and organizational boundaries in a flexible and scalable way?

HP Shareholders Reject Proposal to Reform Board Member Nominations

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

The same day Hewlett-Packard’s former chairwoman avoided jail time in the HP spying case, shareholders met, but rejected a reform proposal that arose from the scandal.Shareholders rejected a proposal at their annual meeting Wednesday that would allow for shareholders to nominate candidates for HP’s board. Shareholders asked several questions of HP executives at their meeting in Santa Clara, Calif., one ...

The Truth About Steering Committees

N. Dean Meyer — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Columnist N. Dean Meyer asks: A productive way to engage the business, or a bureaucratic albatross?