As a “seasoned” Change Manager, I have been involved in many diverse projects focusing on managing the business aspect of technology implementations; e.g. ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics), Core Banking Systems, Business Intelligence, Case Working and Knowledge Management solutions, and the like. To this day, I continue to be asked why is there a need […]
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Break the Habit: 4 IT Codes That Can Hurt Your Business
Whether you’re a startup or a seasoned business, your IT team is as close to the heart of your everyday functionality as it gets. Making sure your IT team is on the up-and-up is always good for business. An IT person faces many challenges each day to maintain the business and help it establish itself […]
Up in the Air? The Future of Cloud Computing [Infographic]
Ideas, daydreams, and lost balloons float in the clouds. Birds do too, and airplanes. Now, so does technology. Welcome to the world of cloud computing, where data is stored, shared and passed along in an invisible domain that can be made private or public, demanding on your companies needs. Cloud computing as a concept has […]
Top Tech Tools to Get Organized, Boost Productivity & Improve Business Operations
Digital devices and tools enable business owners and entrepreneurs to do things better, faster and cheaper, in our personal and at-work lives. But don’t let “shiny object syndrome”—the state of distraction caused by every cool gadget and tech trend that comes down the pike—keep you from using the best digital tools. These tools should be carefully curated […]
BYOD in the Workplace: Mitigating the Risks, Reaping the Rewards
The data management firm SailPoint found in its 2013 Market Pulse survey that 82 percent of large companies (those with 5,000-plus employees) have some sort of bring your own device policy. Cisco reported in its 2012 report, “BYOD: A Global Perspective,” that U.S., Asian and Latin American firms are the most receptive to BYOD policies, […]
A Mobile Strategy That Helps Your Business Evolve
An IBM/Oxford Economics survey of businesses around the world reports that 81 percent of them see mobile capabilities as changing the way they do business. Maintaining a mobile strategy is not easy, but the returns in attracting customers and increasing your employee productivity might be worth it to your company. Here are few considerations when planning your […]
The Ultimate Reference Guide for Consultants
The majority of documents available on Flevy are produced by seasoned consultants and consulting firms. Many of these documents were produced FOR consultants, as well. Below, we have listed a number of must-have references for anyone working in management consulting–and, in particular, those who run their own boutique firms. They are roughly grouped into common […]
Recommended Documents by Business Topic
UPDATE: This article will no longer be updated. All updates are now being made directly to our Management Topics section. Due to the rapid growth of our documents library, we have developed a less manual way of organizing our documents. We have organized documents into Business Toolkits, where each toolkit is focused on a specific business project […]
Safety in the Cloud: 5 Best Practices for Cloud Storage Security
As companies migrate to the cloud for broader access to applications and scalable storage at a reasonable price, concerns about security in the cloud are rising. The 2012 SailPoint Market Pulse Survey found that over one-third of U.S. businesses have or plan to have high-risk data stored in the cloud, and more than 95 percent […]
ITIL Business Relationship Management, the “Hidden” Process
The Business Relationship Management (BRM) process was introduced into the Service Strategy element of the ITIL Service Lifecycle in 2011, but you’d be forgiven for not being aware of this. BRM is perhaps a little ambiguous, and the line between it and its better-known cousin, Service Level Management (SLM), is certainly blurred. To better understand […]
When Did You Last Have a Critical Look at Your IT (Service) Strategy?
The CIO and the IT Department need to position themselves as a premium provider of IT services and focus on value to cost. Nowadays, IT’s significance is often challenged: “Do we really need a CIO and IT department to bother us with technology when we can use the cloud?” To avoid this line of questioning, […]
