Reports
Output reports from Workshops, Webinars and Educational Seminars
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The Forum Cloud Conference enabled senior IT professionals with experience of migrating to the Cloud to sit alongside those who are currently evaluating or using the large range of services on offer. It included presentations from practitioners who had introduced Cloud computing in the enterprise as well as industry experts, to discuss the challenges that this significant shift in IT's business model brings.
Ref: W770 Applications, Architecture/Strategy, Business Relations, Governance, Infrastructure, Operations/Service Management, Security/Business Continuity, Supplier Management/Procurement, Technologies
Following on from the Forum's last Outsourcing focused event (in September 2009) members were keen to discuss certain topics in more depth. One of the major areas highlighted was the day-to-day management of outsourced contracts this event covered this as well as many other key areas.
Ref: W783 Applications, Architecture/Strategy, Operations/Service Management, Supplier Management/Procurement
Due to the growing international participation from member organisations, the Corporate IT Forum has realised the importance of developing an international presence, offering participation in workshops across Europe. The Forum was therefore delighted to accept an invitation from DHL to join with them in hosting an open technology forum at their Innovation Centre in Cologne, Germany.
As an international meeting place, the centre opens avenues for the exchange of information and for the discussi...
Ref: w823 Architecture/Strategy, Infrastructure, Technologies
This webinar was designed to show-case Man Group's video conferencing solution. The event featured two presentations, the first from the Transport Policy Office from the Climate Change Team at WWF. The second was delivered by the Video Conferencing Manager and the Head of Global IT Support at Man Group. The session was attended by 27 individuals from enterprises across all sectors of industry. The presentations were completed with a detailed Q&A session.
Ref: W826 Architecture/Strategy, Operations/Service Management
The adoption of smartphones at both the business and consumer level is on the rise.While the Blackberry® is expected to retain its dominant position in the enterprise over the next couple of years, many organisations are now trying to tackle the growing challenge of device consumerisation. Senior managers in particular are falling in love with the iPhone, not only because it has the 'cool' factor, but because it has an easy-to-use interface that can be employed to access internet services seaml...
Ref: w778 Architecture/Strategy, Infrastructure, Security/Business Continuity, Technologies
The Forum ran a series of Supplier Management workshops in 2009; a common theme through all of them was that demonstrating value to the business is a tricky task. This workshop was designed to share best practice amongst a wide range of organisations, in order to discover the best ways to enable to business to see and understand the value gained from effective supplier management.
Ref: W779 Supplier Management/Procurement
Following a hot debate at Business Analysis Methodologies event in November and as the Agile vs Waterfall Q&A had so many responses, an Agile vs Waterfall debate seems like the obvious next step to allow members to discuss this topic in more detail.
Software development methodology refers to the framework that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing an information system. A wide variety of such frameworks have evolved over the years, each with its own recognised streng...
Ref: w797 Architecture/Strategy, Programme Management
VDI - virtual desktop infrastructure - is the process of running an end-user desktop inside a virtual machine that lives on a server in the data centre. For those used to managing server-based computing environments, consisting of Windows Terminal Servers and Citrix, managing VDI is a similar task. But do the business models truly exist for VDI? And what are the management, security and implementation issues for VDI and its alternatives, both now and into the future?
This workshop was aimed at...
Ref: W776 Applications, Architecture/Strategy, Business Relations, Infrastructure, Technologies
Few organisations have been able to afford the luxury of a Project Management Office (PMO), but as the clouds clear IT departments are once again able to concentrate on the value which a PMO could bring.
During this on-line expert-led case-study presentation, the presenter shared her experiences of setting up and running successful PMOs.
Ref: W780 Programme Management
Unified Communications (UC) is a hot technology issue - but often the real business potential is missed. Analysts and strategists have claimed that effective UC implementations can dramatically change enterprise productivity and efficiencies, but that poor implementations could 'be disruptive instead of productive'. Do our members agree? The top driver from June's Unified Communications Reality Checker was cost, but are organisations aware that UC can also improve business processes and producti...
Ref: W777 Architecture/Strategy, Infrastructure
Data centre efficiency is something that all data centre managers strive for, whether it's reducing the overall cost of the centre or simply ensuring that the servers are working economically. In this time of potential recovery, businesses are continuing to cut costs in all departments and the data centre is no different. Can virtualisation save money on servers and therefore space and air conditioning? Will new technologies coming on to the market help solve issues around airflow and humidity?
Ref: W768 Architecture/Strategy, Infrastructure, Supplier Management/Procurement
This session was a discussion-based webinar, attendees discussed the most effective ways to 'switch back' from a DR service to regaining BAU.
Ref: W744 Business Relations, HR, Operations/Service Management
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