CIOs seek better results, lower costs
CIOs can see the light at the end of the dark economic tunnel, but that hasn’t shifted their focus from increasing productivity and reducing costs.
Majority of SMBs Plan to Purchase New Hardware and Software within the Next Six Months
68 Percent to Buy New Laptops, Desktops and Servers; 51 Percent Plan New Software Purchases; and 33 Percent to Invest in IT Services
Global IT spending to drop by nearly 11% in ’09, Forrester says
The high-tech industry might finally be hitting rock bottom, according to Forrester Research, which Tuesday forecast global IT spending to decline by nearly 11% in 2009 before vendors and end-user organizations begin to see some signs of recovery later this year and early next.
Open source, Web 2.0 gain appeal as IT budgets shrink
San Antonio-based CPS Energy, the largest municipality-owned gas and electric company in the country, needed to get a better grip on its budget and its budgeting process. Since CPS Energy was an enterprise SAP user, more SAP AG software was the obvious and lowest-risk way for CIO Christopher Barron to go.
Follow the money: HP tool dissects IT spending
HP Tuesday announced new software designed to help enterprise IT managers better understand IT spending, and industry watchers say the software could help high-tech decision makers better navigate difficult economic times.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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