standardization news from FierceCIO

Standardization is not a four-letter word in IT. But sometimes it is treated as one. No one is at fault. It is just the way systems have grown. The effort to create a standardized PC fleet is not... Read more...

The question of who is ultimately in charge of a user's desktop may not have reached the CIO's office yet, but one day it will. The issue is a tough one, but an increasingly necessary one in this age... Read more...

IT is entering a new era that requires precision, process and predictability. But the only way to get there is to re-engineer and re-think IT decision-making. For your organization to realize the... Read more...

Federation, a burgeoning technology that makes identity and entitlements portable, is a major step in the progress of identity management. These advances should make extending authentication... Read more...

The bane of IT--maintenance and support--has long been a drag on tech budgets and resources. The goal is to figure out how to minimize the cost, labor and management time involved, yet boost... Read more...

There's always been a lot of talk on the benefits and value of deploying enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, and one U.K. manufacturer can tell the story on how a successful ERP system... Read more...

One of the eternal questions in IT will always be whether to buy or to build, and it's a critical decision. Standardization brings along cost savings, and it's a major reason why tech leaders... Read more...