Project Management

Most industries have been able to use information technology to streamline operations and bring significant efficiencies. But healthcare, a sector that could benefit tremendously from the application of IT, is a notable laggard in this regard. Why is healthcare IT on the sick list? Several prominent IT executives in this sector offer their diagnosis of the problem, along with some ideas for remedying it.

Analyst firm Gartner is predicting that by 2010, environmental-related issues will be among the top five IT management concerns for more than 50 per cent of state and local government organizations in North America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

A fast growth rate and recent acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe will extend Acer Inc.'s lead over Lenovo Group Ltd. as the world's third-largest PC vendor behind Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., according to a study released by Gartner Inc. Wednesday.

IT departments have been treated as captive technology providers for years. Scotiabank and others offer strategies on how to make enterprise lines of business accept the cost burden

If you are in charge of a project, you can be lulled into a false sense of security as the weeks go by, yet the status reports become a paper trail that comes back to haunt you. Because important information is in those reports somewhere and because you don't see it, you will pay the consequences unless you take steps to make sure key issues and potential problems are clearly highlighted.

One of the most important things a company needs to do when planning IT projects is ensuring the right stakeholders have been identified, and that there

In an effort to produce the next generation of chief security officers and IT systems defense experts, an online training company is offering a new master's degree program in security science.

Calgary based coffee shop chain embarked on a technology upgrade for its continuously expanding business. How the company managed to save on time and cost