It Governance Publishing imprint: 127 books
The Governance of Green IT
The Role of Processes in Reducing Data Center Energy Requirements
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
This book’s message has nothing to do with greenwash. It is intended for people who are looking for hard, practical advice on how to fix a problem. Green IT needs to establish baseline data so that progress can be effectively tracked, and metrics are essential for that. Taking Green IT seriously also means coming up with a plan and making sure it gets delivered.
Cloud Security and Governance
Who's on your cloud?
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010
Increasingly worried about security and compliance in the Cloud? The rise of Cloud Computing, with services delivered “in the cloud”, offers businesses incredible power and flexibility. It promises the efficient use of human and financial capital resources, reducing infrastructure and operation...
In Hindsight
A compendium of Business Continuity case studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
In this book, the authors analyse the causes of some of the major disasters from the last thirty years and explain what could have been done better, before and after the event. Unlike many titles on business continuity and disaster recovery, In Hindsight: A compendium of Business Continuity...
Changing how you manage and communicate change
Focusing on the human side of change
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Transform the way you manage and communicate change in your business
How has your organisation changed recently? How did the people in it or associated with it react? Was it in exactly the same way? Do you have more changes coming up?
People’s reactions vary depending on a number of factors,...
IT Project Management
30 steps to success
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
This pocket guide is designed to help IT project managers to succeed, and is based on the author’s years of experience in IT project management. The guide’s step-by-step approach will enable those new to IT project management, or intending to make a career in this field, to master the essential...
by Kurt McWhirter, Ted Gaughan, PMP
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Up-to-date, based on the ITIL® framework, as well as COBIT®, ISO/IEC 20000, PMI® and ISO/IEC 27000, The Definitive Guide to IT Service Metrics will show you how to integrate metrics into your business and maximize their usage and effectiveness. You will learn what to consider when gathering and reporting information and how to secure and protect your company's metrics.
IT Outsourcing Contracts
A Legal and Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
This book identifies some of the benefits and the pitfalls that an organisation can encounter when outsourcing its IT.By providing a short, legal and practical guide to IT outsourcing, the reader should be able to quickly come up to speed with some of the legal and practical issues that might arise in an IT outsourcing contract.
by Alan Calder
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
This pocket guide is intended as a brief, accessible survey of the major North American legislation relating to IT and information security.
Coaching for High Performance
How to develop exceptional results through coaching
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
If you are an IT manager and work with IT professionals on a regular basis, Coaching for High Performance will inspire you with practical advice and tips on a range of soft skills areas to help you create the ideal coaching environment for your department. Use your easy to apply coaching skills...
Changing the IT Leader's Mindset
Time for revolution rather than evolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Changing the IT Leader’s Mindset is designed for the busy executive. Short and concise, it does not try to paint the necessary personal transition as a simplistic process or procedure, but focuses on an understanding of human nature and evolutionary psychology. By employing key steps and reflective...
by Premanand Doraiswamy, Premi Shiv
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
A concise guide to the top 50 IT project management challenges and how to overcome them. Project management forums highlight many of the challenges project managers face. Unclear requirements, scope creep and undefined roles are well-trodden issues that can derail a project. Other challenges...
ISO/IEC 20000
An Introduction to the global standard for service management
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This pocket guide is a handy reference to the key information on ISO/IEC 20000. It features an overview of the purpose of the standard and shows how to use it. It explains qualification programmes, certification schemes and the interrelationship of ISO20000 with other standards, such as ISO27001....
It's All About Relationships
What ITIL doesn't tell you
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
A unique holistic approach to ITIL in the real world As more companies begin an adopt/adapt initiative based on ITIL guidance, they quickly realize that looking at single processes in isolation is not enough. To benefit fully from the framework, companies have to look at the relationships between...
by Alan Calder
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
This pocket guide provides you with a concise and accessible guide to the relevant UK legislation, including the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. It explains the importance of keeping and preserving records, and outlines...