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Digital.ai – A new Value Stream Management (VSM) platform
CIO WaterCooler Contributor and Bloor Editor, David Norfolk, explores the Digital.ai Value Stream Management platform. The platform integrates existing tools such as Collabnet VersionOne, XebiaLabs and Arxan. VSM involves making an entire software pipeline transparent, with interoperable tools (including APIs for the integration of existing tools from other vendors in an organisation) and is about tracking, measuring and optimising value delivery.
Can you still Afford “not to afford” Cyber Security?
Expert Contributor and cybersecurity specialist Jean-Christophe Gaillard highlights the instability of the current security landscape. Specifically, he delves into why cutting security spending to the ground in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis would be disastrous.
Red Teaming: thinking and acting like the enemy to stop them in their tracks
Red teaming exercises help organisations to improve their security posture by using adversarial techniques to pinpoint weaknesses.
This one’s a Keeper – with KeeperHR, FTEs can have personalities too
Bloor Editor David Norfolk explores KeeperHR, which aims at elucidating employee personalities and keeping a record of them in a Personality Profile. This one’s a Keeper!
COVID-19, Cyber Security and the “New Normal”
Nobody really knows what the “new normal” will be like and when – and how – the dust will settle. But it is hard not to see tech, security and privacy coming out stronger.
BMC acquires Compuware
BMC has just acquired Compuware, which complements BMC’s mainframe management capabilities with Compuware’s mainframe DevOps capabilities.
How to Successfully Implement a Data Governance Tool
Expert Contributor and Data Governance Coach, Nicola Askham walks us through how to implement a Data Governance tool in the business. From technical to people considerations, this article covers the essentials.
Data Governance Interview with Neil Storkey
Data Governance Coach Nicola Askham speaks with Neil Storkey – a Data stalwart, having worked in this field for some of the biggest global companies. In true Nicola Askham form, the conversation is focused and detailed and includes more about Data Governance challenges, career advice, resources, than you would expect.
What makes a good managed service?
CIO WaterCooler member Andre Simm, an Interim IT Director, Transformation and Turnaround Specialist with a wealth of experience in IT services shares his best practices for managed services. Andre goes into great detail about the dynamic of the relationship between customer and vendor, and what value looks like. As many IT leaders are taking the route which sees their teams doing more of the “fun” and creative IT work, while outsourcing the BAU items, this article provides excellent advice for how to establish principles for an effective managed services approach.
The Chaos Factory by Adam Wasserman
David Norfolk reviews “The Chaos Factory” by Adam Wasserman, an excellent historical guide to how IT got the way it is today.
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