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Executive Report
Developing an Enterprise-Wide Testing Strategy
Many studies have been devoted to new requirements devolving from the advent of the Internet Age, particularly the needs to manage fast and constant change and for 24/7 resilience. Yet the role of testing in all this has been strangely neglected. In this Executive Report, we explain why testing strategies also need to change, and how.
Executive Summary
Developing an Enterprise-Wide Testing Strategy
The accompanying Executive Report presents the case for a more holistic, enterprise-wide approach to IT testing, contained within an envelope of business risk management.
Domain
IT Industry
Assertion #86Companies that invest now in new IT infrastructure will emerge from the present downturn markedly stronger than their less confident competitors.
The reason why enterprises pursue systematic knowledge management (KM) is clear: they wish to make people -- and the whole enterprise -- act intelligently to operate more effectively and better satisfy their stakeholders. However, the practical issue of how to approach introducing or expanding the KM practice is complex.
Executive Update
When Intelligence Is Much Needed
With the recent acceleration of the economic downfall of several industries, the business community is entering an untested playground mined with all sorts of unpredictable threats.
September 11 changed many things. Our personal lives have changed as much -- if not more -- than our professional lives. Some years ago, I had to beg for more money to enhance a security infrastructure. Why should we spend so much money on a "low-probability event?" I was asked. Do we really need such a large off-site contingency facility? How will we pay for all this stuff? Today, it would be easy.
Editor's note: Assertion 57 from the Cutter Business Technology Council states: "Every server on the Internet is attacked every day by hackers or hacker agent software.