All Smart infrastructure articles http://www.paconsulting.com/rss/it-consulting/smart-infrastructure.rss As part of a cross functional team, PA developed an IT and automation strategy to allow the Discovery department to achieve its 2000 and 2005 goals over a 12 month period: http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/pharmaceutical-company-reducing-the-cycle-time-in-discovery-through-a-new-it-and-automation-strategy/ 1170 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:55 GMT 20120319110755 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:59:23 GMT 20090610115923 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:55 GMT 2012031911110755 As the economy worsens CIOs are being asked to do more with less. For many this presents a real challenge as for five years they have been driving out cost and delivering performance improvement. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/financial-times-four-steps-that-place-the-cio-at-the-centre-of-the-business-20-april-2009/ 1246 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090420000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:28:33 GMT 20090610192833 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:02 GMT 200912231420702 Business intelligence (BI) can unlock the value in HR data. World-class organisations are characterised by their ability to deliver the right information to decision makers, at the right time. Workforce data is a particularly valuable but often inaccessible source of information. If stored and used properly, it can be a powerful tool to help control costs and improve business performance. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/evaluation-centre-business-intelligence-meets-hr-8-december-2008/ 1371 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20081208000000 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:52:39 GMT 20090612125239 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:22:19 GMT 201004301532219 Aqua America making growth sustainable http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/aqua-america-making-growth-sustainable/ 1521 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:34:26 GMT 20120328193426 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:17:57 GMT 20090615151757 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:34:26 GMT 201203281973426 Global prestige cosmetics company - Enabling the delivery of a comprehensive IT compliance framework http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/global-prestige-cosmetics-company-it-compliance-framework/ 1757 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:41:17 GMT 20090710164117 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:16:58 GMT 20090619191658 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:41:17 GMT 200907101644117 Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board Reducing risk and streamlining operations with a solution builder strategy http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/prim-solutionbuilder-strategy/ 1758 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:48:42 GMT 20111111114842 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:44:02 GMT 20090619194402 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:48:42 GMT 2011111111114842 A special edition of Agenda looking at the challenges that lie ahead for CIOs in 2009. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/managing-your-it-portfolio/ 1778 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:21:50 GMT 20100910102150 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:50:12 GMT 20090622165012 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:21:50 GMT 2010091010102150 A special edition of Agenda looking at the challenges that lie ahead for CIOs in 2009. Green IT that makes business sense http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/green-it/ 1780 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:19:51 GMT 20100910101951 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:13:47 GMT 20090622171347 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:19:51 GMT 2010091010101951 Investing in new IT to create value and add other benefits to a business is a challenge. All too often the benefits are never fully realized, as the theoretical promises of the technology are never achieved due to the pragmatic constraints of delivering IT services in a real operational environment. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/virtualization-realizing-the-benefits/ 2286 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:50:39 GMT 20090716115039 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:02:38 GMT 20090630160238 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:50:39 GMT 2009071611115039 Making global connections by integrating networks for an international insurance client http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/international-insurance-client-making-global-connections-by-integrating-networks/ 2920 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:12:06 GMT 20090720191206 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:53:35 GMT 20090720185335 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:12:06 GMT 200907201971206 Major trading organisation- assuring disaster recovery compliance between data centres http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/major-trading-organisation-assuring-disaster-recovery-compliance-between-data-centres/ 2921 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:38:35 GMT 20100906163835 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:58:17 GMT 20090720185817 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:38:35 GMT 201009061643835 A multinational company - securely transforming the communications capability http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/a-multinational-company-securely-transforming-the-communications-capability/ 2922 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:07:43 GMT 20090720190743 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:04:09 GMT 20090720190409 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:07:43 GMT 200907201970743 ProcServe - combining IT infrastructure capability for an award winning electronic marketplace http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/procserve-combining-it-infrastructure-capability-for-an-award-winning-electronic-marketplace/ 2923 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:14:16 GMT 20090720191416 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:09:26 GMT 20090720190926 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:14:15 GMT 200907201971415 This article in the Financial Times Digital Business report looks at the techniques being used to measure consumers subconscious responses. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a neuroscience technique that combines eye-tracking and neurological data to measure mind-states, emotions and other subconscious responses. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/financial-times-technology-shows-whats-on-a-customers-mind-17-september-2009/ 4573 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090917000000 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:07:07 GMT 20090917100707 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:21:52 GMT 2009091712122152 Electronic dashboards and scorecards are powerful enterprise tools that provide executives with quick insight into business performance. They can be custom-built or based on reporting solutions offered by a number of vendors. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/business-performance-management-seven-mistakes-in-dashboard-implementations-1-september-2009/ 4922 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090901000000 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:24:07 GMT 20091006122407 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:36:41 GMT 201203281973641 PAs manager of the Innvoation Unit, Rob Gear, has contributed to CA Magazine October 2009's edition on 'cloud computing'. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/ca-magazine-every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining-1-october-2009/ 5504 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20091001000000 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:34:29 GMT 20091102133429 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:55:27 GMT 201003151755527 The greatest drawback for Cloud Computing and its uptake in the financial sector, is not the fact that vendors are driving the market rather than genuine demand though this is true but rather that Cloud Computing is unproven http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/computer-weekly-the-greatest-drawback-for-cloud-computing-3-november-2009/ 5679 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20091103000000 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:09:10 GMT 20091105130910 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:54:15 GMT 201003151755415 Earl Atkinson, business intelligence (BI) expert at PA Consulting Group, has contributed to the debate on data analysis in the Financial Times Digital Digest report. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/financial-times-resources-finding-a-home-for-all-that-data-27-november-2009/ 6265 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20091127000000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:37:04 GMT 20091127103704 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:37:15 GMT 201203281973715 PA Consulting Group business intelligence experts Peter Lumley and Stephen Black are quoted in the Financial Times Digital Digest report on how companies can turn raw data into information that can be used to improve performance. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/financial-times-the-final-frontier-of-business-advantage-27-november-2009/ 6266 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20091127000000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:50:34 GMT 20091127105034 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:21:37 GMT 201004301532137 Developments in technology and the reduction in cost to implement effective Business Intelligence (BI) systems, has provided the opportunity for organisations to make better decisions based on clear insightful information. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/business-intelligence-solutions/ 6726 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:09:00 GMT 20091209100900 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:11:34 GMT 20091215101134 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:55:19 GMT 201203201865519