IT Governance White Papers

"Customer data is twice as likely to suffer from quality and management problems than any other domain" This paper references a survey that shows that customer data in many organisations is fragmented, duplicated and poorly managed. It goes on to look at best practice in data governance. VIEW SUMMARY

Governance means something different for each organisation; it even means different things for people within an VIEW SUMMARY

89% of companies agree that departmental funds have been wasted due to data inaccuracy. This paper discusses how adopting data governance through a phased approach can help you understand these underlying causes and introduce efficient solutions that improve data accuracy and quality. VIEW SUMMARY

Most data centres are only operating at a fraction of their efficiency potential. This white paper explores the attributes of an efficient infrastructure and describes strategies you can implement immediately to increase resource utilisation and free up your IT budget VIEW SUMMARY

This IDC white paper identifies some of the key challenges that occur in virtualised environments and highlights some of the key IT services that complement and enhance a virtualised environment VIEW SUMMARY

Open source now represents an average of 29% of the code deployed by IT and technology innovators are using 60%-80% of open source code, which can yield cost savings and free-up development resources. This paper covers how you can maximise the return of open source while mitigating business risks. VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper focuses on the increasing use of SharePoint, the benefits it offers for collaboration, and the need for appropriately governing content in SharePoint infrastructures. VIEW SUMMARY

In today's economy, good business is all about reliable data. To all intents and purposes, the corporate data - including information about customers, products, employees, materials and suppliers - is the business. But how deeply does the UK trust its core data – or even care about its accuracy? VIEW SUMMARY

Businesses today face IT security and compliance risks on several fronts. But, are they rising to these rapidly proliferating challenges? This report based on a survey of 353 IT professionals shows 41% of organisations are not well aware of or protected against information security risks VIEW SUMMARY

Effective governance for lean development isn’t about command and control. Instead, the focus is on enabling the right behaviors & practices through collaborative and supportive techniques. Learn how to form a lightweight, collaboration-based framework that reflects the realities of modern IT VIEW SUMMARY