Process Improvement
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Network services top on Asian firms' minds
News New IDC study shows seven in 10 IT heads say services around the network, and business continuity and recovery, are important to their organizations.
Tags: Services, Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Networking, SMB, Security, SOA, IT Services
IT sharpens Interpharma's edge
Insight Aligning IT to the business strategy has helped Asia's largest pharmaceutical distributor differentiate itself in the industry, says Interpharma's regional CIO John Dickson.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, ROI/TCO, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications
Align green project management with ISO 14000
Techguide Among the ISO international standards is the ISO 14000 that has environmental management as its focus.
Tags: IT project management
Six Sigma: Changing organizations for the better
Techguide The Six Sigma philosophy, implemented by companies such as GE and American Express, starts with a very simple and obvious idea: defects cost money. Find out more in this high-level overview.
Tags: Quality, Motorola Inc., Organization, TV, General Electric Co., Manufacturing, Japan, BPR, process improvement
Singapore BCM Standard SS540: TR19 with a facelift
Blogs In July 2008, I wrote that Technical Reference 19 (TR 19:2005), Singapore's proposed international standard for business...
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
Outsourcing and value for money improvement--incompatible?
Blogs Why would an outsourcer ever want to offer its clients value-for-money improvement? Perhaps before we answer that que...
Three security investigation pitfalls to avoid
Techguide Investigations are powerful tools for improving compliance--they should strengthen security controls and assure employees that the security team is a partner.
Tags: Risk Management, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Investigation Report, Security Team, Investigation Pitfall, Policy Violation, Tool, Intranet
Businesses must 'think tragically'
Techguide Investment in business continuity systems may be wasted because companies are not willing to contemplate the most extreme scenarios, a leading practitioner has warned.
Convert batch load processes into real-time processes
Techguide Read one college's efforts to drive inefficiency out of their systems and processes, and allow individual departments to focus more on providing services to students.
Tags: Data Management, Storage, Process, SOA, Database, Business Process, printing, food, billing, data management
PwC: Firms see mixed results in outsourcing
News Survey of U.S. and European companies finds that less than half consider outsourcing financial functions to be cost effective.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Malaysia helps local developers deliver quality software
News The Malaysian government is doing its part to enhance the competitiveness of budding software companies in the international arena.
Tags: Software
CIOs under pressure to deliver business growth in 2006
News A Gartner survey of 1,400 CIOs in 30 countries finds business process improvement is the top priority for them in the next 12 months.
Tags: Cost control, Operations, Leadership
Businesses must 'think tragically'
News Companies should contemplate the most extreme scenarios, and ensure that partner organizations have continuity plans, says Deutsche Bank executive.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, IT outsourcing, Disaster recovery, Business planning
Use branding techniques to build a positive image
Techguide The purpose of branding a project is to establish an identity that conjures up a positive image. Here are some tips for successful branding.
Tags: IT Management, Branding
