The book gives an idea of how organizations should organize their information and communication technology facilities in order to be able to say “IT does not matter.”, ...

The goals of this book are to: • Show how to align IT and the business. •Gather and use lessons learned to cumulatively improve IT performance.....

This book is limited to services provided by IT – namely the IT operations and provisions that keep the company going – as opposed to development, which plans and implements the company’s future IT..

This book brings some new insights relevant to practitioners and students to the problem of valuation. ...

 Major topics include: strategy formulation and implementation; strategic planning and decision processes; strategic control and reward systems; resource allocation; diversification and portfolio strategies; competitive strategy;....

IT Problem Management isn’t just theory: it delivers real-world case studies, detailed benchmarks, and practical solutions for turning your help desk into a high-performance IT service center,...

With the growth of IT from a peripheral part of organizations’ internal systems infrastructure to its present central and dominant role in operations, the CIO now needs to demonstrate the value of the expenditure in IT to a business  ....

 This book is now the hub of our Masters Degree in Network and System Administration at Oslo University College. It makes contact with more traditional areas of computer science and engineering,...

The information presented in this book has been designed to assist software engineering professionals involved in the implementation of processes in Business and provide for a smooth implementation path. ..

Start-to-finish guidance for architecting effective system, software, and service-oriented architectures; using product lines to streamline enterprise software design; leveraging powerful agile modeling techniques;....

Global IT management is like the art of running IT as a global business, developing the right balance of local and global products, and capitalizing on any global opportunities for improving performance...

IT processes and procedures, and how to align your IT projects to the company's strategic objectives. Also how to determine which project will solve the right problem at the right time while still delivering high-quality ...

Integrated project management, or program management as it is sometimes called, involves selecting, coordinating, and synchronizing projects in a company or agency, so that all the key factors for success are optimized. ...

It serves as a "road map" for IT executives, IT managers, and IT senior technical personnel who are tackling the issues surrounding the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide operations center .....

It is important to understand the strategic uses of IT and how to apply technology when developing a corporate strategy. You will see how creative organizations have integrated technology with strategy, allowing them to gain and sustain a competitive advantage...

The topics featured encompass a broad spectrum of areas, ranging from the fundamentals of access control, malicious software, and network security to more esoteric, but equally important, organizational culture and governance framework discussions ..