Data Analytics - Get Ahead of the Next Information Frontier
Thursday, 2nd June 2016

What risks and opportunities are coming over the horizon? Jinfo's director of research, Robin Neidorf, explains.

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Learning Their World - 4 Steps to Strategic Interaction With IT
Monday, 16th May 2016

How can you develop a clear plan to better interactions with the IT department? Jinfo's director of research, Robin Neidorf, explains.

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Alignment with IT Happens at Every Level - 5 Things You Can Do to Get There
Thursday, 14th April 2016

Alignment between information services and the IT department should happen at every level of the organisation. Jinfo's director of research, Robin Neidorf, explains how to make this happen.

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Insights and Actions from the Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT"
Thursday, 14th April 2016

This end of Focus report collects a full thematic index of content from the Jinfo Research Focus, "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT" in a convenient PDF package for download and offline reading. Includes the key insights: Alignment with IT Happens at Every Level - 5 Things You Can Do to...

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Researching IS and IT - from Outsourcing to Control of Key Projects
Friday, 8th April 2016

Our recent research into "Relationships Between Information Services and IT" shed light onto areas from outsourcing to control of key projects and reporting lines. Robin Neidorf picks out some highlights.

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Reflecting on the Jinfo Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT"
Wednesday, 6th April 2016

As the Jinfo Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT" reaches its conclusion, co-producer Scott Vine looks back and highlights some of the key articles, market landscapes and reviews on subjects from creating better relationships with IT, to the importance of broad stakeholder engagement in project work and the continued rise of the digital workplace.

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Real World Reflections on Working With IT
Tuesday, 5th April 2016

The Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of Information Services and IT" features a number of case studies, research-driven articles and personal accounts of working with IT.  Steve Bynghall, co-producer of the Focus, highlights some of the recent articles as the Focus comes to a close.

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How KM and IT Can Get Along
Monday, 4th April 2016

Although KM and IT departments often need to work together, there can be tensions. Some of the friction arises from differing world views, and simply being aware of these can help smooth the way. In many organisations there is also a gap that KM could fill which would be mutually beneficial: the deeper adoption of knowledge-worker tools.

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What is the Broader Agenda for IT?
Friday, 1st April 2016

Having a better appreciation of the wider strategic agenda for IT functions can lead to better communication and fewer misunderstandings. Steve Bynghall examines several areas where IT must deliver, including maintaining security and ensuring compliance, and how they deliver on organisational strategy, particularly around digital transformation, and increasingly input into strategy.

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How Working With IT Has Evolved
Thursday, 31st March 2016

Many of us have experienced the occasional challenge when working with IT. However, this article argues that although there will inevitably be issues when you work together on projects, over the years working with IT has evolved for the better. From personal experience of working with different IT professionals over 20 years, working with IT has become easier and more productive.

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