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A GPS for your business

August 16, 2010 Digest

Anytime, anywhere information technology. Today’s planes and cars are equipped with GPS devices that can proactively warn you the moment you veer off course. Tony Probert, European managing director of Cherwell Software says the same peace of mind is now available for the IT professional.

Accurate, timely and available data is the key to a successful organisation, without easy access to critical information how can any organisation know its current status and be in a position to make decisions about what actions it needs to make on a day to day basis.

Information technology is experiencing a ‘revolution’ with the development of web technologies and the increasing capabilities of smartphones – they are changing the rules of the game in the way we receive and respond to critical information. Access to real time information can help organisations react immediately to situations and events that impact their business, delivering real time course correction data and creating a business GPS system.

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Conquering the hurdles of managing IT production

October 3, 2009 Digest

I was recently speaking with Andy Howell about his training plans for the next few years. Andy (see breakout box) has a long-term dream to reach the 2012 Olympics. Andy’s photo is a powerful marketing image. But as I thought about what Andy was trying to achieve, I was aware of deeper similarities between his world, and the world of IT production management.

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Counting the cost of energy consumption

October 3, 2009 Digest

Hot on the heels of the article in the May/June issue VitAL, ‘Delivering eco-friendly IT’, it’s nice to be able to report that vendors are starting to provide innovative additions to their solutions designed to give business leaders a helping hand towards delivering on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.

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A more efficient future for the BBC

October 3, 2009 Digest

As the head of service management at BBC Worldwide, Andrew Hutchinson is responsible for the provision of effective and efficient IT service desk operations.

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How does ITIL v3 help improve IT services?

October 3, 2009 Digest

The ITIL v3 revised guidance was published on May 30th 2007, with updated content including new concepts, revised processes, terms and definitions pertaining to the management of IT services based upon a lifecycle approach.

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Rediscovering the value of IT

August 25, 2010

Rediscovering the value of IT

IT must become more than a cost centre in the eyes of the greater organisation, and it can only do this by raising the stakes and adding a new level of value to its clients. Dave Ramsden, chief intelligence officer at Atrion Networking Corporation, says it’s time to rediscover the value of IT.  

Doing more with less

August 16, 2010

Doing more with less

As the public sector cuts start to bite across the board, VitAL Magazine editor Matt Bailey speaks to West Lancashire Borough Council chief executive Bill Taylor MBE and finds out what one council in North West England can do with its IT in order to meet the challenge. It is certainly a time of upheaval, [...]

Greening the enterprise

August 16, 2010

Greening the enterprise

Kevin T McDonald, Washington USA-based senior information technology analyst and cloud strategist for ICF International Inc offers his perspective and strategies for greening your business. The planet has entered a new era where everything is on-demand. The public and private sectors are all in, with YouTube videos explaining everything, from how to play jacks to [...]

Entering the cloud

August 16, 2010

Entering the cloud

A timely and detailed guide as to how to embark on a cloud project, what to consider and how far to commit. John Rollason of NetApp heads into the cloud. Cloud computing is a reality, and it’s a force that I believe IT professionals need to come to terms with quickly. The economic motivation for [...]