it strategy - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• JackBe rolls out 'enterprise app store'

  JackBe is applying the app store concept to its own products for building enterprise mashups, applications that pull together data from various systems.

• Gartner rolls back 2010 IT spending forecast

  Gartner has dropped its 2010 IT spending forecast, citing currency fluctuations caused by the ongoing European debt crisis.

• Open-source ERP 'most active' SourceForge project

  Open-source ERP (enterprise resource planning) software may still represent a small chunk of the overall market, but as a concept it has clearly gained a critical mass of adherents.

• SAP readies 'River' cloud platform for public debut

  SAP is segmenting its emerging cloud-computing strategy across multiple development platforms, including one code-named "River," which will support lightweight extensions to its on-premises ERP (enterprise resource planning) software.

• Infor buddies up with Microsoft

  Infor will be relying on Microsoft technology for the next generation of its line of ERP (enterprise resource planning) products, in the wake of a deal the companies announced Wednesday.

• Improve Corporate Performance through Risk Management

  Enterprise reinvention and enterprise risk management have been a challenge to implement in many large organizations. The key to unlocking the potential of both is to understand and overcome why the traditional implementation approach consistently struggles.

• NSW Education CIO rides IT pressure test

  With some 1500 staff and 500,000 devices under his command, NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) CIO, Steven Wilson, is no stranger to large IT projects. With the Digital Education Revolution in full swing and infrastructure demands skyrocketing, Wilson is developing an accessible and sustainable IT program for students and teachers across the state.

• Defence CIO group plans for fewer suppliers in IT shake-up

  The Department of Defence will appoint one or more service providers to deliver IT projects and assist with its strategic reform agenda as part of a larger move to transform how services are delivered by agency's internal IT organisation.

• Hospitals with better IT have fewer deaths, study shows

  The level of technology deployed by hospitals to help doctors and nurses automate their work can mean the difference between life and death, according to a recently-reported study. The study, involving more than 167,000 patients in 41 hospitals across the US, also showed that better IT lowered costs.