Governance & Risk Management
It enables greater innovation and business value from IT by aligning business goals and IT investments while reducing the risks and costs of operating a secure, resilient business.
Additional Resources from IBM
Datamonitor Decision Matrix: Selecting an IT Systems Management Vendor
Planning and Implementing SOA - Ensuring the Successful Deployment of a Services-based Approach
Managing value with IBM Service Management
IBM White Paper: "An architectural blueprint for autonomic computing"
IT automation related article: "Start your engines"
IMAGINE improved SOA implementation through IBM Service Management
IT Governance
This Executive Briefing discusses many of the nuts-and-bolts issues relating to aligning business and IT goals, from keeping major IT projects on track to disaster recovery. Several real-world examples are included in the report, as well as a section on managing business/IT alignment.
SOA Governance
An SOA without governance is not an SOA, mainly because you need a way to manage the new matrix of dependencies across the organization. By its very nature, an SOA encourages services to be shared across organizational boundaries. Among departments or business units, disputes arise over how to build, consume, modify, and retire services, as well as over levels of service availability. SOA breaches the usual departmental silos, so conventional management approaches tend to fall short.
The New Security Reality
While the government now mandates compliance with a wide range of security practices, big businesses don't need the reminder. Breaches cost millions, badly damage reputations and have even driven some firms out of business. Compliance is a requirement, but sound security is a corporate life staple. An examination of the tools companies are bringing to bear to mitigate risk, comply with government regulations and keep the bad guys at bay.