Outsourcing can be an important asset in the firm's arsenal, but it is no panacea, and it must be proactively managed. This very realization is what motivated our interest in an issue entirely dedicated to the client-vendor relationship in the IT outsourcing context.
November 2009
In this issue:- Client-Vendor Relationships: Toward the Relationship Paradigm
- Client-Vendor Relationships: Are We Ready to Take the Relationship to the Next Level?
- Promoting Greater Satisfaction in Client-Vendor Relationships
- Client-Vendor Relationships: Time to Revise Old Practices
- Client-Vendor Relationships Survey Data
October 2009
Don’t Go There
Social networks in the enterprise are a security threat and an employee productivity sinkhole. Don’t fall into the “me too” trap — the risks are just too great.
They’re Good to Go
The benefits of social networks in the enterprise far outweigh the risks posed by these technologies. Get moving — before your competitors use them to take your market share.
In this issue:- The Value of Social Networks in the Enterprise
- Finding the Sweet Spot: Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Social Networking Technologies in the Enterprise
- Can Enterprises Capitalize on Their Social Networks?
- Applying Workplace Metrics to Measure the Value of Social Networking Technology
- Crowdsourcing: A Social Networking Approach to Outsourcing
- Toward Collaborative Business Process Modeling
October 2009
This month's issue focuses on green IT and its measurement. Our objective is to benchmark current practice and offer tangible guidelines on the measurement of green IT and green IS efforts. Our academic contributor is Brian Donnellan, Professor of IS Innovation at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and Co-Director of the Innovation Value Institute. Our practicing contributor is Bhuvan Unhelkar, a Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant.
In this issue:- Green IT Metrics and Measurement: The Complex Side of Environmental Responsibility
- Green IT Metrics: Enhancing Brand Value While Meeting Compliance
- Creating and Applying Green IT Metrics and Measurement in Practice
- Measuring Green IT Efforts: Much Work Remains to Be Done
- Green IT Metrics and Measurement Survey Data
September 2009
Semantic Enterprise Today
The Semantic Web offers us a compelling architectural framework upon which to build next-generation, Internet-ready applications within the enterprise. Now is the time to embrace the possibilities.
In this issue:- The Rise of the Semantic Enterprise
- When Semantic Enterprise Means Rethinking Everything
- Understanding and Adopting Semantic Web Technology
- Leveraging the Semantic Web for Data Integration
- Accruing Business Value Through the Adoption of Semantic Web Technologies
- Intranet Architecture for the Semantic Enterprise
September 2009
This month's installment of Cutter Benchmark Review takes an in-depth look at one of the critical issues that typically emerges in our yearly series on IT budgets and the budgeting process: IT governance, which we define as the process of identifying responsibilities and implementing decision-making tools and structures for appropriate oversight of the management and use of IT resources.