IT Performance Management
Marc Benioff tells how he created and grew Salesforce.com
A practical approach to creating web applications for the Cloud environment and migrating existing systems to it.
Covers reliability, security, and the ability to predict load and capacity.
NEW The Real Business of IT, Richard Hunter and George Westerman reveal that the cost mind-set stems from IT leaders' inability to communicate about the business value they create-so CIOs get stuck discussing budgets rather than their contributions to the organisation
Examines best practices. Outsourcing strategy and issues. CIO and IT function planning. Specific strategies for creating value
An invaluable aid to rethinking the benefits of linking business strategy and IT investment
Reducing IT costs could impact business growth
There is evidence that 2nd and 3rd round cutting of IT budgets is jeopardising the ability of IT organisations to adequately service the business.
The current economic climate is encouraging a review of new technologies such as cloud computing, as well as more established options such as outsourcing to meet the demand for lower costs, but these initiatives are being implemented as short-term measures.
Very few organisations have put in place formal governance structures to evaluate the tradeoff between risk and cost reduction - potentially impacting the ability to support the business as the economy picks up.
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