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SpotON – Digital Compliance
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30/06/2023
Employee Portrait: Khalid Abu Nemah
Our company is made up of people and we want to introduce them to you in the coming weeks and months. Today we are chatting with Khalid Abu Nemah from our Software Asset Management Team. We'll find out what makes COMPLION means to him, what his daily tasks are, and what he does when he's not working on customer projects.
Identifying dependencies on external IT vendors – good practice and added value
In today's globalized economy, companies are increasingly dependent on external suppliers to achieve their business goals. The relationship with these suppliers can be of great importance and has potentially far-reaching effects on the success of a company. In this blog post, we will look at the various dimensions, identification, and associated added value of dependency relationships with external suppliers.
The impact of remote working on IT license management
Remote working undoubtedly has its advantages for companies and employees: more flexibility, increased productivity and the freedom to work in your pajamas. But in license management in particular, it becomes clear that every coin has its flip side. Because the widespread introduction of remote working has also created new challenges and implications for license management.
In this blog post, I would like to look back on my first weeks at Complion and offer you an insight into the exciting and varied professional life of an IT consultant. By now I have been working at Complion for almost half a year and would now like to take the opportunity to draw a short interim conclusion. If you are interested in joining Complion, please read this article to the end.
Success factors for the introduction of holistic IT provider management
IT Provider Management defines and coordinates the strategic selection, relationship building, and operational communication and interaction with (strategic) IT providers on functional, technical, and commercial topics. This includes all IT-related services in the areas of commodities (e.g., hardware, standard software), managed services, and consulting. The focus is on the needs-based and risk-oriented selection of providers. A holistic approach increases the efficiency and effectiveness of IT provider management. But how does the introduction of holistic IT provider management succeed? In this blog post, we would like to present the most important success factors.
Our company is made up of people and we want to introduce them to you in the coming weeks and months. Today we are chatting with Stephanie Riesebeck, Co-founder of Complion. We'll find out what makes COMPLION means to her, what her daily tasks are, and what she does when she's not working on customer projects.
The importance of IT asset management in cost-saving programs
IT asset management is the efficient administration of IT assets over the entire lifecycle, such as software, hardware and cloud resources. The goals of IT asset management in addition to asset tracking to achieve transparency, are the cost-efficient use of IT resources and the reduction of IT risks (e.g. within license management or IT security).
The use of Microsoft 365 product suites is now widespread. Since the beginning of the year, Microsoft has been offering new online services on an almost monthly basis, for which additional licenses can be purchased in addition to the M365 plans - even to M365 E5. The question quickly arises whether Microsoft might not bundle these services into an M365 E7 in the future. This article summarizes recent developments and looks ahead to a possible E7 license.
ChatGPT: The software that can do everything? Functional scope as well as opportunities and risks for companies
The topic of artificial intelligence is currently on everyone's lips - but it is far from new. The "logic theorist" was programmed in 1956 as the first "AI software" by John McCarthy to verify mathematical proofs or to develop new mathematical proofs, which he also succeeded in doing.
With ChatGPT, a "disruptive" revolution in work is at the gates, accompanied by as many outcries and cries of doom as the Internet or Blockchain delivered in their turn. At the beginning it is important to know what the program does at all and what it can do in its current version 4.
"Entering the professional world as a management consultant?" is a move I would make again!
After 15 years in consulting in the area of software governance, risk and compliance, I was asked the question of what challenges (or perhaps even fears?) I had to overcome back then when I started my career. Thinking about it a bit, I can now say that these were mainly due to preconceptions such as long travel times, lots of overtime, and strong pressure to perform.
The importance of soft skills in consulting: What is crucial in addition to technical skills.
Professionally, we at CompliON have the most diverse backgrounds. Some team members have more classical degrees with regard to a job in IT management consulting, such as in economics and computer science. Our colleagues with a more exotic background studied e.g. history, engineering or political science. The range of our (previous) professional experience is also diverse: while some colleagues started as consultants directly after graduation, working for software manufacturers or in IT departments, others gained experience in event management, event sales, as teachers or even at the United Nations.
So what is our common denominator?
Selection of a suitable information security standard from the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
As early as 2021, the BSI classified the cybersecurity situation in Germany as "critical" in its annual report. Geopolitical changes, such as the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, are exacerbating the dangers to which companies are exposed.
Legal and contractual requirements are also increasingly influencing information security in one's own company. Whether KRITIS VO or cyber insurance requirements – it is often necessary to prove the implementation of an information security standard. But what is that and how do you choose the right standard? Especially as an SME?
