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Business/IT interface: Does the board know?
Using enterprise content management (ECM) to enable the knowledge-based workforce is the key technology trend for the next five years. But it will take strategic, board level commitment to make it work.
Compliance and Legislation: Arbitration
Niall Lawless explains why arbitration is more effective than litigation in determining IT disputes.
Security: Identity, identity, identity
There's no such thing as identity theft...
Green computing: He who lives by the blade...
High density equipment enables data center managers to fully exploit their racks, it dramatically increases the risk of a power outage. And there are ethical issues too.
Exclusive best practice portal
BCS has partnered with the Corporate IT Forum (tif.) to provide chartered members and chartered fellows with exclusive access to unique best practice guidance and information on the adoption and implementation of IT.
About the sponsor
Palm is a market leader in smartphones, handhelds, software and accessory solutions. Create a mobile lifestyle with a Palm Treo 680 smartphone powered by the Palm OS or with the Windows Mobile platform on the Palm Treo 750.
Visit the Palm website
Consultations
Consultations
Consultations in progress are now on the BCS website and can be RSS'd.
The group
The Elite Group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology) is the UK lead forum for IT directors and senior managers to exchange experiences, views and expectations on how information systems should be managed to achieve business objectives.
www.elite.bcs.org
Featured events
And the winner is...
The BCS IT industry awards is now accepting registrations for entry in the 2007 competition. This year the BCS is partnering with NCC and Intellect to recognise the best organisations, projects and individuals with the industry's ultimate accolade. Deadline for entries is 26 July 2007.
Leading the IT function - the new professional agenda (PDF)
This is a one-day conference organised by BCS and UK Academy for Information System in London, 17 May. Facilitated by leading practitioners and academics, this conference highlights the future skills and competence needed by IT leaders, oriented around four themes: future technology landscape and its impact, business/IT alignment, leading IT through people and compliance.
To register for the conference please complete the form for the London conference.
Elite/Gartner co-sponsored event
For the fourth year, Elite will be supporting the Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit which will be held at Disneyland Paris, France on 26-28 June 2007.
More information on the Elite website.
See, touch and feel the future of technology-enabled public service delivery...
GC 2007expo, the UK's leading ICT event for public servants, on 12 - 13 June in London offers an impressive FREE education programme and an excellent networking opportunity for IT professionals to discover the latest products and how technology can enable you to meet efficiency targets and see how it will shape public service delivery in the future.
As an Elite member, you are exclusively invited to attend Sir Clive Woodward's keynote seminar for aspiring leaders on 12 June. Come along and learn how public sector organisations can benefit from the successful management strategies of someone with a worldwide reputation for building winning teams.
Register online through this link and receive a FREE MP3 player when you attend.
Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2007
11-13 June 2007, London. Designing a Foundation for Flexibility and Integration.
The 8th Annual Enterprise Architecture Conference will uncover successful strategies and tactics for maximising the value of Enterprise Architecture within your organisation.
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