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Posts Category: IT Operations

P.E.O.P.L.E Agile space and people management

P.E.O.P.L.E Many years ago, I was asked to an IT manager’s round table to discuss what was happening in the industry. Towards the end of the event the compere said I will be going around the table asking every fourth person to sum up the event. I counted around...

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IT is dead long live Technology

IT is dead long live Technology Well actually no its not and it probably won’t be for some to come, however, we are moving very slowly towards the death of IT (Information Technology) as we currently know it. I was having a conversation with a colleague recently and I...

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GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) isn’t it just another EU regulation?

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) isn’t it just another EU regulation? Well actually no this is a seismic shift in the enforcement and penalties for anyone who has personal data belonging to someone else – and yes, I do mean anyone. I was at a seminar about this little...

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What everyone wants to know about hiring a CIO / CTO.

What everyone wants to know about hiring a Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Chief Technical Officer (CTO). This article will try to answer some of the questions that you have, so that you can make informed decisions that help you reduce your costs, increase your productivity and most importantly...

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‘IT’ is coming towards you at the speed of light, are you ready?

‘IT’ is coming towards you at the speed of light, are you ready? Information Technology ‘IT’ is permeating every aspect of our lives but are we ready and more importantly do we know what we want and need from technology? For many years ‘IT’ and other services have almost...

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Strategic IT Management is not IT operations

  Why IT Strategic Management is Vital and an entirely different skill set from IT operations. Information Technology (IT), proliferates almost everything we do. There is almost no industry, job or household that does not have to engage with IT at some point in the day. Yet it is...

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Why you should consider moving to a hosted data centre

It is becoming increasingly apparent that information is one of the most valuable commodities in the world today, so you would be forgiven for believing that the best place for your data centre is on-site, in-house. I felt exactly the same way, and in the past, I was even...

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What is the real cost of moving people?

Whilst working for a large financial broker we moved every person in the building at least once every year and paying for the churn took almost half of my yearly budget. I appreciate that this was an extreme case but change does have a cost and understanding this and...

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CIO Today Publication

Nico Consultancy was featured in the CIO magazines publication  ‘The Big Book Of Things Technologists Say’. for their caption. “If you think humans are fallible, look to automate or don’t complain when it goes wrong”. For a free copy of the CIO book, go to the website at  http://www.ciotodayuk.com/bigbook.html Nico Consultancy specialise in creating...

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Surviving a pandemic

Introduction to a pandemic Recently there have been concerns over avian influenza highlighted in the media as Swine Flu and more recently Bird Flu and whilst neither has really lived up to the hype and media hysteria, there is a real threat as each variation is more resistant than...

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