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corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. ”
– Vilfredo Pareto
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Upcoming Webcast: Governing IT in a Green World
Sponsored
by IBM
July 9,
2008 (2 p.m. EDT, 11 a.m. PDT)
IT is a
key stakeholder in the definition of an organization's "green"
strategy and therefore must work to support the strategy. In order to do this,
IT must be aware of the issues facing the organization and then come up with
measures that make business sense. This webcast will cover a number of high-level
topics for environmentally conscious organizations to consider including,
understanding the risks facing IT, skyrocketing energy costs, global warming,
potential for new regulations, developing and implementing "green"
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The
“This
IBM Redpaper can help your IT organization as it begins the journey to becoming
a green data center. IBM wants to help others, particularly our clients, to
chart a course to reap the benefits of lower costs and improved sustainability
that running a green data center can provide. Understanding what is possible
can speed your journey to an optimized green data center with sustainability
designed into both the IT and facilities infrastructures. Although this paper
is not all inclusive, it provides a quick start for going green in data
centers.”
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4413.html
[ This
is an excellent document for groups looking at getting started in reducing
their energy consumption in the data center. ]
Book Recommendation
Deming and Goldratt: The Theory of Constraints and the
System of Profound Knowledge
This is
an excellent book. Domenico Lepore is a Deming Scholar and Oded Cohen
collaborates with Dr. Goldratt. Combined, the two do a very good straightforward
job explaining Deming’s Profound Knowledge and Goldratt’s TOC and
how they work together.
IT Audit / Internal Audit / Compliance
Compliance Week Survey: Companies Aren’t Prepared for
XBRL
“Nearly
80 Percent of Companies Lack Internal Expertise on the New Technology, While 59
percent Have Done Little or No Preparation, Despite SEC Mandate”
Corporate Social Responsibility
This is
an interesting Wikipedia article with links to many resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility
IT Process Improvement / Quality Management
Roles and Responsibilities in ITIL
“One
of the benefits of studying ITIL is to understand more about the potential
roles and responsibilities. Newcomers to ITIL see the ‘manager’
or ‘owner’ roles for the various processes and mistakenly assume
that these are organizational titles and thus shy away from ITIL for fear of
adding headcount. This is not the intent as ITIL doesn’t define
organizational structure but, rather, provides a comparison other to learn
from.”
https://swarm.jupitermedia.com/itsmwatch/2008/06/roles-and-responsibilities-in.html
Ten Things They Don't Want You to Know About ITIL v3
Rob
England posts 15 things that people need to realize about ITIL. It’s
a very good piece and worth a read.
http://www.itsmwatch.com/itil/article.php/3754741
ISO/IEC 38500:2008 on IT Governance has been released
Official
site: http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=51639
IT
Governance page: http://www.itgovernance.co.uk/products/1812?kbid=37797&sub=804
[ Thank
you for the head’s up Julia! ]
Security and Risk Management
Security Analysis: The Case For Disclosing Breach Data
“Read
this chapter from The New School Of Information Security before your company
gets hacked, and learn why covering up a data breach is a bad short-term strategy
and a risky long-term one.”
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208402864
Buy the
book from Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321502787?ie=UTF8&tag=georgespaffor-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0321502787
[ The
chapter at Information Week is very interesting as are the reviews on Amazon so
I just bought a copy myself. ]
Where the truth is: Logs and breach-disclosure laws
“Still,
as the Hannaford example shows, a compliant firm can still be successfully
compromised and have information stolen. And always, the remaining question is:
What are the guidelines for breach notification, the other half of the
corporate security responsibility story?”
NIST issues guidelines to test agencies' network security
“NIST's
instructions detail how agencies can assess their procedures for testing
security controls for information systems. The release is the latest addition
to the NIST Special Publication 800 series, which offers research and
guidelines to help agencies implement the 2002 Federal Information Security
Management Act. SP 800-53A explains how to evaluate a network's security
controls, risk management processes, and security strengths and weaknesses of
information systems that support missions and applications.”
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080701_4388.php
The “SP800-53A
“Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems”
can be downloaded at: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-53A/SP800-53A-final-sz.pdf
Healthcare / Bio-Informatics / Care Delivery Organizations
(CDOs)
“
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9742335
E-Prescription Networks to Merge
“The
nation's two electronic prescription networks plan to announce today that they
are merging in an effort to encourage the adoption of their technology by
doctors and patients.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063002072.html
HIT and Public Policy: The Challenges Ahead
“A
casual observer of recent Congressional action might think the road to a well
informed federal HIT policy would be straight and smooth. A closer look suggests
just the opposite: Congress is moving ahead with no idea of what it wants HIT
to do.”
Human Error / Safety / Environment
What’s Really Up With
“The
Drudgeosphere was all pumped up today about the ‘shock claim’ in
the (UK) Independent that the sea ice that normally persists year-round at the
North Pole (I stood on it in March, 2003) will be replaced by open water later
this summer. Given the unpredictable short-term dynamics up there,
which make the ice subject to vagaries of Siberian winds and a mix of currents,
a lot of polar ice experts tell me it’s pretty much impossible to make
such a prediction with high confidence.”
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/whats-really-up-with-north-pole-sea-ice/?hp
Which of These Is Not Causing Global Warming Today?
“When
600 climate scientists from 40 countries reported in February that there was,
for the first time, "unequivocal" evidence that the world is warming
and greater than 90 percent certainty that man-made greenhouse gases have
caused most of the warming since 1950, at least one expert demurred.”
http://www.newsweek.com/id/33510
Pay Up: Insurers Raise Rates Over Global Warming
“Plenty
of companies are angling to make money off climate change sometime in the
future. The insurance industry isn’t waiting around for the science or
the politics to settle: It’s raising premiums now on the premise that
rising temperatures will lead to more hurricanes, more damage, and more claims.”
Global News / Business / Economics
Global energy demand to grow 50%,
“Global
energy demand will grow by 50 percent over the next two decades with continued
heavy reliance on environmentally troublesome fossil fuels, especially coal and
oil, the
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/25/business/25energy.php
Globalization Requires Safety Net, U.N. Says
“Pointing
to food riots in dozens of poor countries whipsawed by soaring prices for wheat
and other staples, and to the rising income inequality that has become a
too-common feature of economies in the developed world, the report says that no
one is immune from the sometimes cruel consequences of global economic forces.
But governments should do more, both individually and collectively, to protect
people from their harshest impacts, it says.”
US News / Business / Economics
Energy's easiest
fix: Use less
“Want to help the country save
a quick million barrels of oil a day? Drive 5% less. Slow down. Inflate your
tires.”
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/30/news/economy/energy_demand/index.htm
World energy use
seen surging
“World energy use is expected
to surge 50% from 2005 to 2030, largely due to an expanding population and
rapid economic growth, according to a government report Wednesday.”
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/25/news/economy/eia_outlook/index.htm?postversion=2008062512
CNN Special –
Fueling
This page has links to articles on
videos that CNN has assembled relating to rising oil costs.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/fueling.america/index.html
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