Governing the Infrastructure.

Doing more with less - IT and the Economy

By David A. Kelly on March 23, 2009 3:28 PM 1 Vote 0 Votes

For many IT departments, 2009 is turning out to be the year they're doing more with less. At more, with a lot less. With a lot more uncertainty. I believe that there's going to be more pressure on organizations and... Read More..

IDC Sees Rising Importance of Corporate Governance in 2009

By David A. Kelly on February 23, 2009 9:00 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes

In a recently released IDC report on IT services market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), IDC sees a 'back-to-basics' forecast for 2009, with an increased role for corporate governance, as organizations try to balance governance and cost savings. According to its... Read More..

Rational Decision Making

By David A. Kelly on February 20, 2009 9:00 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes

In his blog, The IT Governance Evangelist Steve Romero from CA brings up a great point about decision-making. From his perspective, decision making is the heart and soul of IT governance. "What decisions are made, who makes them, and how,... Read More..

Using SOA to Create Better Compliance

By David A. Kelly on February 18, 2009 9:00 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes

Okay, okay, so SOA isn't easy. And no one (well, perhaps auditors, governments or shareholders) like compliance. But good compliance can make SOA easier to implement--at least that the gist of Jaimin Patel's article in Computer Technology Review. Patel, director... Read More..

Better Risk Management - CA's GRC Manager 2.0

By David A. Kelly on February 16, 2009 9:00 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes

No one wants to spend more time then they really have to managing compliance or risk. For small companies, it's generally not a big deal--but for mid-sized or large companies, risk and compliance management can be huge. Dealing with, quantifying,... Read More..

Solid Revenue Growth in BPM and Enterprise Architecture

By David A. Kelly on February 13, 2009 9:00 AM 2 Vote 0 Votes

This week's announcement by Metastorm shows that not all is bad at the moment. The company, which acquired Proforma Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise modeling solutions for Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Business Process Analysis (BPA) back in late 2007,... Read More..

Do We Need Governance for Social Media?

By David A. Kelly on February 11, 2009 11:52 AM 2 Vote 0 Votes

In this week's forum, we're discussing a great question that's particularly relevant these days--do we need IT governance for social media? Do Web 2.0 initiatives need IT governance? Few would argue that there are basic governance issues when it... Read More..

Featured solution - BP Logix Workflow Director

By David A. Kelly on February 6, 2009 11:00 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes

Today's featured solution is BP Logix Workflow Director from BP Logix. BP Logix is a software vendor that doesn't have a governance-specific solution, but does have a practical solution for many process automation problems that organizations may have. As I've... Read More..

Governance from Within

By David A. Kelly on February 5, 2009 9:31 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes

While there's been lots of conversation about governance, from IT governance down to SOA governance, and there are an increasing number of governance-specific technologies that can help organizations implement more effective governance strategies, there are other ways to solve your... Read More..

Featured solution - Compuware Changepoint 2009

By David A. Kelly on January 30, 2009 11:31 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes

This week, we're taking a look at an IT portfolio management product--Compuware's Changepoint 2009. Compuware Changepoint 2009 is an IT portfolio management solution that allows organizations to have greater visibility into all the work of IT. Changepoint 2009 provides advanced... Read More..

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