To achieve its objectives, IT must effectively coordinate, leverage and integrate the technology, people and processes of its various IT functional silos in support of the overall IT plan. If IT fails to deliver service in accordance with business objectives, IT and the business environment will both invariably find themselves at risk. IT organisations that consistently underachieve will find that they lose business confidence, and face the risk of being outsourced.
CobiT is a management framework that establishes the link between IT and the business objectives. Investment in IT provides no direct value. Information systems are essentially tools, much like bulldozers and other expensive equipment used in the process of creating value for a customer. An information system has no intrinsic value on its own.
At the "CobiT Week" scheduled for 6 to 10 October information security management, ISO 17799 and CobiT is one of the seminars that will boost delegates understanding of IT governance. Dr Derek Oliver, an international expert on IT governance from England will present a full-day seminar on the implementation of ISO 17799. Dr Oliver will draw on many years of experience in this field, and will share some of his most recent activities at engagements around the world, and specifically as an adviser to a large multi-national corporation that has rolled-out IT governance using ISO 17799 and CobiT.
The "CobiT Week" is a series of seminars over a period of five days that will take the novice from the fundamental concepts to the advanced level for implementing IT governance in your enterprise. Monday, 6 October commences with the CobiT fundamentals course. This will be followed by the CobiT, ISO 17799 and information security management seminar on the 7 October.
Dr Oliver will also present a full day seminar on CobiT and ITIL. This is scheduled for Wednesday, 8 October. This service delivery seminar will assist delegates with their understanding of the complementary nature of these two sources of best practice. Based on real life experiences, this event will assist delegates to use CobiT as the umbrella framework that sits between ITIL and the business objectives.
For more information, visit www.cobit.co.za.
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