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A presentation for Information Technology Governance covering the following topics: What is IT Governance and why is it important Key IT decisions and decision makers Survey on Shipping IT Governance How do enterprises govern IT and how is shipping different How top performers govern Some conclusions and proposal Includes the results of an exclusive survey […]

This presentation was delivered to the DigitalShip conference by Charis Nassis, Information and Communication Technology manager at Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises and deals with IT strategy in a large shipping company and the successful deployment of SAP ERP for shipping. The following topics are presented: Information & Telecommunication Technology in Shipping companies IT strategy evolution […]

A presentation related to  performance management for shipping IT covering the following topics: The role of shipping IT Measurements and key performance indicators The Balanced Scorecard Approach Smart Targets The Shipping IT Balanced Scorecard Integrating the IT targets with those of our Company The role of the Maritime IT department Information and communication technology is […]

Information and communication technology (ICT) is the most important technology for shipping companies. IT systems are complex and over the years the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has evolved to the credible executive assigned to extract value from the use of technology. ICT in shipping is very much alike other industries but some […]

One of the latest email phishing scams claims that a hacker has cracked your email and device a few months ago. It claims that you entered a password on one of the sites you visited and that they intercepted it. If you received an email message that says “I’m a hacker who cracked your email […]

We were informed about some email fraud attempts targeting specifically shipping companies and we would like to offer some practical advise below on how to avoid email fraud and phishing. The specific frauds attempts originated from a look alike email address of a shipping agent informing that money transfers should be made to a different […]

akereon Email Antispam/Antivirus, now warns users about incoming emails with suspicious content (.exe,.exe-ms,quotes.exe) We still deliver every email but we take special provisions for messages with suspicious content.