As more and more companies come to terms with the unknown factor that is the length of this downturn they fundamentally reposition themselves. Many do this to merely survive the storm. Some, however, see this as an opportunity to thrive by pushing their boat out.
The online education sector is growing at a rapid pace internationally. According to research undertaken by analysts at IBISWorld, the sector is one of the top five growing industries, worth $5bn in annual revenue in Australia. It employs nearly 20,000 people and is also expected to outperform the overall economy through 2017-2018.
Spending on risk management IT is expected to slow, as financial sector budgets remain low and organisations shift investments to new areas.
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) is looking to help professional accountants manage the various risks associated with outsourcing through new management guidelines.
Businesses should be questioning the effectiveness of their risk management practices and budgeting in order to find new ways of improving profitability in the continually dour economic climate, Ernst & Young claims.
Earlier this week Richard Stiennon published an article that questions the value of risk management in IT, and I would argue that, although risk management presents challenges to IT, best practice-driven approaches leveraging aspects of risk management are essential to good security.
Organisations are demanding more and more of their IT departments to be increasingly agile and responsive to users’ needs when it comes to bring your own device (BYOD). The challenge is ensuring BYOD doesn’t become bring your own disaster.
In the great quest to measure any company's essential value there's one big question we try not to think too much about: How do we put a value on invention, or, to be more specific, a value on future invention?
Chief information officers have some things down pat. For a start, they’re good at working with a business to find out how information technology can automate processes to improve productivity and efficiencies.
Finance chiefs often have a difficult balance to strike – objective yet allied too
The fifth in a series of in-depth features on sector specific challenges facing CFOs
Project managers have the immense task of juggling requirements and resources that are often not under their direct control in order to produce the required project deliverables within the limited constraints to which they must adhere (scope, time, quality, etc.).
Public companies may need to look more closely at their exposure to cyberattacks after new guidelines were released this week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Poor data quality is robbing insurers and financial institutions of between 15 and 25 per cent of operating profits, exposing it as low hanging fruit for the growth-starved financial services industry.
To undertake needs assessment, there are some basics steps that you can work through to assess what resources will be required to complete a project.