T2P Systems Development & Architecture News

Enterprises Get New Guidance on PCI Compliance in Virtual Environments

2011-06-15T04:00:00Z

Enterprises got some much needed clarification on the implementation of PCI requirements in virtualized environments on Tuesday.

Five virtualisation management issues CIOS must manage

2011-03-27T03:00:00Z

Virtualisation is powerful and creates welcome efficiencies and savings, but can also introduce some new IT management challenges. We explain five of them â€“ and how to meet the challenge and create smarter virtual infrastructure â€“ in this tip.

Go New and Shiny or Wait - community blog from Robert Siciliano

2011-03-24T16:14:56Z

5 Questions to Help Recenter IT Design on the Business

2011-03-10T05:50:48Z

Stop designing IT architecture around applications and start designing for business outcomes, says Forrester's Randy Heffner. He shares five key questions to get you started.

Lies my vendor told me: Tech relationships gone wrong

2011-03-25T10:00:00Z

Unmet expectations, inferior products and services, arrogant staff... There are many reasons an IT-vendor relationship can go off the rails. Read and learn from these true tales.

How to integrate an acquired company in just 90 days

2011-03-21T10:00:00Z

Avnet's M&A playbook allows it to bring acquired companies -- and their IT systems -- into the fold with 'deliberate speed' -- usually within 90 days.

A blueprint for open source software adoption

2011-03-14T16:39:00Z

Open source software is probably the most defining element of software innovation in the last decade. But the complexity of today's development environments makes open source license violations a real and common possibility.

IT shops run way too many apps, study finds

2011-03-21T19:35:00Z

Nearly two-thirds of enterprises are supporting more or "far more" applications than they actually need to run their operations, according to a survey released Monday by Hewlett-Packard and Capgemini.

Semantic Web: Tools you can use

2011-03-23T10:00:00Z

Standards, tools, platforms, prewritten components and services are available to help make semantic deployments less time-consuming, less technically complex and (somewhat) less costly.

Customer sues Infor after ERP license audit

2011-03-07T18:07:00Z

A New York manufacturer is suing ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Infor following a dispute over whether it should have to pay nearly $150,000 in additional license fees.

Former Goldman Sachs coder gets 8-year sentence

2011-03-21T20:12:00Z

A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer has received a stiff prison sentence for stealing source code used in the company's high-frequency trading system.

ISF Lists 'Seven Deadly Sins' of Cloud Computing

2011-03-22T04:00:00Z

The Information Security Forum (ISF) has identified the "seven deadly sins" of cloud computing implementations in a new report, and has offered guidance on how to tackle them.

Inside American Eagle Outfitter's 8-Day Website Nightmare

2010-08-09T04:00:00Z

This e-tailer just suffered an unprecedented site outage--at the start of the crucial back-to-school season. Would your disaster-recovery plans and backup systems fare any better?

Cloud Computing: What CIOs Need to Know About Integration

2010-05-15T04:00:00Z

When combining cloud computing services with internal systems, confusion reigns. The reasons: lack of standards, concerns about availability and the potential for vendor lock-in.

How Kelly Services Manages Risk in the Cloud

2011-03-23T04:00:00Z

CSO contributor Bob Violino recently interviewed Rosie Rivel, senior manager of IT global risk and compliance at Kelly, regarding risk and the cloud.

Why IT Management Frameworks Don't Guarantee IT Success

2008-03-05T05:00:00Z

It just isn't enough for your IT organization to have mature management and software development processes if the business organizations don't do their part. Companies also need an IT maturity model for the enterprise. PLUS: 5 tips to jump-start consultants and standards organizations.

Measuring Corporate Contributions to an Open Source Project

2009-01-08T05:00:00Z

Open source is looking more attractive to software development managers who need to make their budgets stretch farther, as the enterprise can benefit from FOSS community's contributions (which you don't have to pay for, cool!). But IT managers need to evaluate how to best participate in open-source projects and how to measure their developers' success.

Why is license compliance so %$#$% hard?

2010-11-22T06:14:00Z

Mark Gibbs challenges the BSA to make our lives easier

Open-source software grows up

2010-11-22T18:45:00Z

A survey shows that companies are embracing open-source software because of its quality and reliability -- not just because it's cheap.

ERP gone bad: Lessons from real-world failures

2010-11-16T16:48:00Z

Spectacular flameouts have much to teach managers about the right way to run projects