An operational approach to managing Big Data
A recent press release presages a new approach to managing complex systems of systems with lots of data.
Musings from David Norfolk, Practice Leader for Development & Governance.
BCS CMSG Conference 2012
Configuration Management - How to Ease the Pain of Change
Business process automation – the business fights back?
Although business process automation concentrates on business agility, traditional IT disciplines such as testing can still be important
IBM Rational to acquire virtualised testing environment.
IBM has announced its intention to acquire Green Hat, for its virtualised integration testing expertise and technology.
Newest but not bestest?
With "people centric process" highlighting the iPhone as a process interface, it's sometimes hard to remember it's still "people" before "technology".
SAM Revisted
Software is an asset that must be managed as much as any other - but the barriers to doing this are are both cultural and technical. New standards may help.
Configuration Management or Versioning?
Configuration management is important to good governance - but does everybody understand what it is, is it named well and what exactly does it cover?
The Open Group on Cloud Computing
The Open Group has published a useful book on Cloud Computing that provides a good basis for discussion of business implementations
Data centre schizophrenia
The Dynamic Data Centre is the end of a journey from where we are now to where we'd like to be and business service levels mustn't be impacted on the way.
Bribery, no longer an option
The Bribery Act 2010 came into force in July. The IT group mightn't have responsibility for compliance, but its activities aren't exempt.