Search Results: Authors starting with S from IT Governance Ltd

Save the planet, and save money too!
The information economy depends on the old energy economy. Without the electricity that powers computer and communications systems, no IT business could function. Moreover, computers use a lot of electricity. Much of the world’s electricity is generated in coal- or gas-fired power stations. So the more electricity computers use, the bigger their carbon footprint.
 
Forward planning
Information is vital to how you understand your customers and increase your sales. Almost certainly, this information will be stored and updated in vast data centres that are heavy consumers of electricity. The issue of climate change has increased the pressure on both governments and corporations to do more to reduce their carbon emissions and to protect the environment. Economic growth in India and China, which is expected to lead to increased competition for the world’s energy resources, compounds the problem. This is why it is important to prepare your business for the… Read More

Do you know what your IT systems cost your business in electricity?
If you store a leg of lamb in your freezer, you will be using electricity. And if your business is involved in data storage, then you will be using electricity for that as well.

Money talks
People are not always aware of how much of their electricity bill goes on data storage. This is because the amount of money they are spending on the electricity for IT systems is often hidden inside the bigger electricity bill. Many businesses have already been confronted with the heavy operational costs associated with increased data storage. So unless you keep track of the problem, your business may be pouring money down the drain without you even realising it. If you care at all about growth, this is a form of waste you cannot afford. Moreover, a sudden rise in electricity prices may even push your company into making disruptive, short-term cuts.

Brand equity
Heavy use of electricity also has a negative impact on the environment.… Read More

Expert advice on combining soft skills with hard techniques to fundamentally revolutionise relations with the Board.
Read this book and learn how to:
 

Successfully balance Transactional and Transformational LeadershipBy becoming flexible in your approach to leadership, you will be able to simultaneously deliver business as usual, whilst enabling change and innovation.

 

Understand the IT Leader stereotype and how to alter its perceptionPeople have developed through evolution to automatically stereotype, and, as part of the IT professional crowd, there is a certain stigma attached to your perception which can often make you seen to be an outsider. This book will show you not only how to understand others’ perceptions, but also how to work with them to become a trusted and leading member of your organisation.

 

Utilise tools like action learning and co-creationIn a leading role, you will have to deal with a multiplicity of situations and varying reactions from the individuals of… Read More

A culmination of 26 years’ experience in the internal audit field, this book encompasses a compilation of articles that the author, Dan Swanson − an internal audit veteran – has prepared over the years. It is a comprehensive, yet concise, work which discusses numerous different internal audit challenges and practices, all in one place. It can serve as a roadmap to develop that true internal audit function.



It opens with chapters that explain the internal audit function as a concept, and then proceeds through the specific topics that internal auditors must know: risk management, IT security, business continuity, ethics and compliance, and much more.