It Governance
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Downturn chops, delays HK IT projects
News One in five businesses have canceled IT projects that were underway, while over 80 percent are cutting or freezing IT investments, new survey finds.
Tags: IT Governance, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Survey, Hong Kong, accountability, business strategy, IT governance, monitoring
APAC CIOs score 'poor' in managing assets
News Region's IT chiefs rate themselves well in executing IT and governance but give low marks on competence in technology and asset management, new survey reveals.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Innovation, SOA, India, International Data Corp., Singapore, Cloud Computing, CIO
Every cloud has a risky lining
Insight perspective It appears unwise to ignore risks of moving to the cloud. Alan Calder, chief executive of IT Governance, provides a security checklist.
Tags: Cloud computing, Business security, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Security, Supplier, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), compliance, IT governance, software-as-a-service
Australian ICT guidelines embraced as world standard
News Guidelines on IT corporate governance developed by Standards Australia gets adopted as an international standard by the International Standards Organization.
Tags: IT Governance, Standards, Standard, Australian Computer Society, Information And Communication Technology, Australia, IT governance, process improvement, corporate governance, knowledge
Regulatory compliance is top priority for IT pros
News Data security, regulatory compliance and IT governance will be top of the agenda for IT professionals over the coming year, says Isaca (Information Systems Audit and Control Association).
Tags: Regulations, IT Governance, Security, Regulatory Compliance, Survey, Information Security, IT governance, compliance, personally identifiable information, business intelligence
Five reasons to kill IT projects
Techguide A recent study highlighted the top five reasons IT experts who killed a project gave for terminating projects prior to completion. Here's some insight on the five.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Project, Survey, business strategy, Michael Krigsman, IT governance, CIO, Strategic Planning, software
Asian firms step up ITSM efforts
News Organizations in the region are finding IT service management is paying off, and many are incorporating it on a wider scale, new study finds.
Tags: Service level management, Standards, IT Governance, Business, IT Service Management, ITIL, India, Philippines, Service Management, software
ICT causing UK govt to miss green targets
News A report has pointed to information and communications technology as one cause of the U.K. government's failure to meet its own carbon reduction targets.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Carbon Emission, Information And Communication Technology, computer, sustainable development, Server, public sector, carbon dioxide
Five ways to discover unstructured processes
Techguide Many companies tend to focus their IT efforts on larger, structured processes such as CRM and ERP. Here's why taking this attitude can be expensive.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Data Management, Process, CRM, BPM, Environment, compliance, e-mail, accident
Build governance into e-govt, experts urge
News Governments need to factor governance and collaboration into their e-government frameworks, not focus on IT and its application, said speakers at Singapore event.
Tags: IT Governance, Web services, Web 2.0, Government, E-government, Conference, e-Service, middle management, Singapore, CIO
What is the CIA Triad?
Techguide The CIA Triad is used to identify problem areas and necessary solutions for information security--here's a look at its strengths and weaknesses.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, IT Governance, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Security, Unix, Information Security, Confidentiality
Internet is a 'lawless space', says expert
News Former U.K. government offical warns of the increasing threat from cyberterrorism, and calls for a coordinated international response from governments.
Tags: Web sites, Viruses and worms, Hacking, IT Governance, Threat, Google Earth, violence, Business World, NATO, Internet Activity
Proper data management key to e-discovery
News Singapore kicks off new protocol for discovery of electronic documents to be used as court evidence, which experts say reinforces need for better information management.
Tags: Legal, Data Management, IT Governance, Hewlett-Packard Co., Phone, Security, Protocol, Organization, Keystone Law, Singapore
Singapore looks to export e-government
News The country's ICT regulator and promoter establishes a new body focused on applying its public sector infocomm expertise elsewhere in the world.
Tags: Government, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Business, E-government, Asia, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Infowave
APAC firms step up risk, access management
News Challenging economic climate has led to more attention on identity access management and governance and risk management in Asia, says CA executive.
Tags: Security Management, Business security, Security applications/tools, Data security, IT Governance, Security, Computer Associates International Inc., Security, Insider Threat, Asia-Pacific
