Information Technology

GCC eGovernment and eServices Conference Kicks-off

18 May 2013

DUBAI - The ‘19th GCC eGovernment and eServices Conference’ kicked-off today in Dubai. The event has brought to its platform some of the most prominent and finest of minds in the information technology and government organizations from across the globe, comprising ministers, undersecretaries, directors, vice presidents, senior technical directors, parliamentarians, and government and business ...

FOCUS: Small Massachusetts towns may need to do more to protect data

18 May 2013

Many small towns in Massachusetts are doing too little to protect or back up important and sometimes sensitive computer data, from tax and billing records to payroll, according to a state information technology official.

A McKinsey View On Whether Information Technology Matters

17 May 2013

Ten years ago this month, the Harvard Business Review published an article by Nicholas Carr, who argued that ?IT Doesn?t Matter,? i.e., that information technology doesn't create strategic advantage. To be sure, there are plenty of mundane IT applications?expense reporting and benefits enrollment systems, for example?but if IT categorically doesn?t matter, how does one explain, say, Google?s ...