A whole new world of acronyms at the Cable And Wireless Site - what do they mean?
Posted by Cloud Net on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 @ 08:11 AM
Reading about the newly demerged Cable and Wireless Worldwide - also known as C&W Worldwide I was fascinated to learn just what their new plans were.
They believe that innovation in the ‘cloud' will continue to help the CIO address the five key challenges they face.
What are those challenges? C&W think they are
1) ELEVATE THE IT-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Projects that focus on improving IT measurement and business impact with visible and understood value.
2) DRIVE SMARTER TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
Improve bottom line and business performance by finding alternatives to traditional sourcing methods.
3) CREATE A CULTURE OF PERFORMANCE AND VALUE IN IT
Help to deliver a vision that focuses on the right objectives and the significant impact that IT has on the business success.
4) SHAPE IT FOR TODAY & TOMORROW
Implement the right structure and processes to support the overall strategic plan.
5) PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE
Using skills and resources more effectively will enable better longer term strategic planning in preparation for the future.
So let me try and translate for those who like their English in English.
The 5 chief challenges summarised - do good IT projects and measure them.
I know it is tough to talk about technical matters in words that we can all understand but at Cloud Net we do try and make it simple.
So as a service to those who may also want to read the Cable and Wireless Site here are a few more of their acronyms translated:
FMC - Fixed mobile convergence
MVC - Managed Video Conferencing
MSP - Multi service platform - There are lots of other meanings as well eg managed service provider
APM - Application Performance Manager
Blobserver - is the piece of software that serves PDF's to viewers on their site - a prize of a bottle of Scotch to anyone who is really into acronyms and can translate this one.
Written by David Hill Chairman Cloud Net
Source
https://www.my-cw-portal.com/cs/BlobServer?blobcol=urluploaddocument&blobtable=CWDocument&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1258634270979&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobnocache=true