Is there any opportunity for organizations seeking to benefit from their customers' use of social networks? How can organizations take advantage of the explosive growth of social networking? Here the answer is not so simple. For this reason, we focus this issue of Cutter Benchmark Review on this important and timely topic: organizational uses and opportunities in social networking.
May 2009
In this issue:April 2009
Despite the generally positive and upbeat outlook for SaaS and cloud computing, there are a number of risks and pitfalls that must be carefully managed in order to exploit the potential offered by the emerging paradigm. Our contributors offer important insight that will help you assess the risks as they manifest themselves in your specific context.
In this issue:- Cloud Computing and Software as a Service: The Hyper, the Hype, and the Facts
- SaaS Adoption Cautiously Moving Beyond the Hype
- Charting the Path of SaaS and Cloud Computing: It Is More than Just Another Overhyped Technology Trend
- SaaS and Cloud Computing: No Longer Just a Promise
- SaaS and Cloud Computing Survey Data
April 2009
In this issue of Cutter IT Journal, we'll examine the critical - and overlapping - areas of information security, privacy, and compliance.
In this issue:- The Convergence of Information Security, Privacy, and Compliance -- Opening Statement
- Cautionary Tales About Information Security, Privacy, and Compliance: From the Archives of McCarter & English, LLP
- All Together Now: Converging to Build Information Security and Privacy Awareness
- Driving the Point Home: Using Privacy Dashboards to Implement Secure Work Practices
- Advancing Security and Privacy Through Collaborative Risk Management
- Identity 3D3C: Confronting the Security and Privacy Challenges in Virtual Worlds
March 2009
Tough Times Demand New Metrics
The recession is forcing companies to make tough choices. New metrics are needed to make the right decisions on getting through the downturn.
Existing Metrics Are Good Enough
Organizations should resist the urge to concoct new measures when the existing ones, applied correctly, will do.
In this issue:- New Metrics for Managing Turbulent Times
- Ethics, Morality, Metrics, and Agility
- Metrics Show Architectural Impact on IT
- How to Deliver a Maximum-Impact IT Portfolio in Tough Economic Times
- Show Me the Money: The Use of Financial Metrics in Your Contracts
- Outcomes, Not Outputs: Why We Need Portfolio-Level Performance Metrics
March 2009
The importance of the mobile platform as a tool in the arsenal of modern organizations is undeniable. What is less clear is how firms should incorporate the potential of mobile technologies into their IT and process infrastructure. That's the challenge our authors in this installment will help you meet in your own organization.
In this issue:- Mobile Technologies: Harnessing the Potential of the Anytime/Anywhere Future
- The Continuing Growth of Mobile Technologies
- Mobile Business: Upcoming Opportunities, Challenges, and Transition Approaches
- Mobile Technologies: Still Capturing Attention Despite Shrinking Budgets
- Mobile Technologies: Harnessing the Potential of the Anytime/Anywhere Future Survey Data