http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/ Orange Business Live is our annual event that looks at how information communications technologies (ICT) can help enterprises meet their business challenges. This blog continues that dialogue. en Copyright 2011 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:41:52 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Philip Diab, former chairman of the Project Management Institute, addressed the audience this morning with a session on how strategic project management is in organizations. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/project-management-as-a-strategic-competency-at-microsoft-project-momentum.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/project-management-as-a-strategic-competency-at-microsoft-project-momentum.html project management IBM microsoft MS Project project management project management body of knowledge Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:41:52 +0100 Companies are struggling to reconcile governance, risk management and compliance requirements with the demand for increased productivity. A report from governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) specialist su53Solutions has found that fear of regulations and directives designed to improve corporate responsibility is costing the UK economy dearly, both in terms of innovation and productivity. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/companies-struggling-with-compliance-demands-in-search-for-productivity.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/companies-struggling-with-compliance-demands-in-search-for-productivity.html IT advice innovation compliance corporate EMC GRC IT National Computing Centre risk management RSA Europe Conference Sarbanes Oxley Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:16:48 +0100 The Microsoft partners and customers testimonials in Barcelona at Project Momentum were very clear. Project Portfolio Management does really add value to the business. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/project-portfolio-management-truly-adds-value.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/project-portfolio-management-truly-adds-value.html project management IT Portfolio Management PPM Project Management project server tool Volvo workflow Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:10:09 +0100 Unified communications is helping financial institutions evolve beyond the focus on devices towards a new approach that centres on users and communities. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/unified-communications-the-new-holy-grail.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/unified-communications-the-new-holy-grail.html Telephony collaboration mobility telephony and VoIP trading unified communications finance MiFID social medias traders unified communications users Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:00:00 +0100 I attended a great webinar offered and organized by Yann Gourvennec and Denis Failly of Orange Business Services. We started with a session on Web Analytics lead by Raphaël Richard of Neodia. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/boosting-your-web-traffic-great-webinar.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/boosting-your-web-traffic-great-webinar.html social media B2B B2C google analytics social media traffic web web analytics Webleads Trackers Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:38:10 +0100 How is IPv6 address space allocated to users and what could be the future benefits of having billions and billions of IP's for each individual on earth. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/ipv6-address-allocation-policy-is-waste-or-strategy.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2011/01/ipv6-address-allocation-policy-is-waste-or-strategy.html applications innovation mobility networks address space Allocation policy Internet of Things IPv6 M2M nanobots sensors Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:16:00 +0100 Employees using consumer technology devices to manage their workloads are exerting an increasing influence on corporate IT departments. Earlier this year, Gartner claimed that the consumerisation of IT had progressed from a macrotrend within technology to become a broader business force. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/mine-works-better-than-yours-why-it-departments-are-drowning-in-consumerization.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/mine-works-better-than-yours-why-it-departments-are-drowning-in-consumerization.html applications innovation mobility consumer smartphone Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0100 How can the modern CIO not only encourage IT professionals to innovate, but also invite suggestions from end users across line of business functions? http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/6-tips-for-creating-an-innovation-culture.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/6-tips-for-creating-an-innovation-culture.html advice collaboration innovation social media enterprise IT innovation social media Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0100 At the Gartner Data Centre & IT Operations Summit 2010, the company said that new data centres will be able to provide a 300% growth in capacity in 60% less space than existing data centres. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/new-data-centres-to-provide-300-growth-in-capacity-in-60-less-space.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/new-data-centres-to-provide-300-growth-in-capacity-in-60-less-space.html virtualization & cloud computing data centre Gartner virtualisation Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0100 A couple of days ago, I was able to talk to Jan Sysmans, director of product marketing at Sugar CRM in Cupertino, California. Jan was able to take me through a major evolution of its CRM systems in order to... http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/social-crm-3-stages-of-social-integration-within-sales-force-automation.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/social-crm-3-stages-of-social-integration-within-sales-force-automation.html CRM innovation CRM SCRM Social CRM Sugar CRM Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0100 How long will it be before social media reaches the trading floor? http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/trader-social-beast-or-lonely-wolf.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/trader-social-beast-or-lonely-wolf.html social media trading compliance social media trading Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0100 Since the introduction of the term, "cloud computing," we have seen many different definitions of the term and explanations of what it is. The term's many definitions have made it an easy target for abuse. Well, you can put the "cloud" moniker (lipstick) on a legacy service (pig) but it's still a legacy service. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/cloud-computing-or-lipstick-on-a-pig.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/cloud-computing-or-lipstick-on-a-pig.html innovation virtualization & cloud computing Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0100 Within France Telecom-Orange, our "shadowing days" program was developed in 2009 to help respond to a global deficit of engineers and the low percentage of women employed in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. Within Orange Business Services, we have implemented special days during which female students shadowed a female Orange employee working in a technical job role. This is an opportunity for students to experience the workplace, understand more about technical job roles, and of course ask questions. Shadowing days are a key element of our diversity policy which includes gender equality. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/students-shadow-female-managers-in-singapore-and-cairo-offices.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/students-shadow-female-managers-in-singapore-and-cairo-offices.html Inside Orange asia mea briefing north America Africa Cairo diversity human resources inside Orange Singapore Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:52:56 +0100 In many organizations, the facilities department pays the electricity bill. As many companies attempt to reduce their carbon footprints and save on energy, how close is the communication between their IT departments and their facilities departments? http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/sustainable-it-needs-cio-to-make-friends-with-line-of-business.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/sustainable-it-needs-cio-to-make-friends-with-line-of-business.html advice green IT CIO data center green IT Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0100 Arian Financial chooses Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions' Open Trade communications platform. We are happy to be partner of choice with a new customer in the UK. http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/arian-financial-chooses-orange-business-services---trading-solutions-open-trade-communications-platf.html http://blogs.orange-business.com/live/2010/12/arian-financial-chooses-orange-business-services---trading-solutions-open-trade-communications-platf.html collaboration innovation trading unified communications open trade trader trading Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:24:38 +0100