innovation http://www.itworld.com/innovation xx Understand and reduce your IT costs http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/84863/understand-and-reduce-your-it-costs With less than one-third of IT spending targeted towards new projects and innovation, the last thing an organization wants to do is cut these valuable projects that add new business value. Yet many CIOs miss opportunities to effectively reduce IT costs, says Tim Raducha-Grace, co-author of 'The Business of IT', because they don't have a clear view of their IT spending. Here he offers three steps to understand and reduce your IT costs http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/84863/understand-and-reduce-your-it-costs#comments Business IT management/strategy Tip innovation IT spending The Daily Tip Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:26:11 -0500 ITworld tips 84863 at http://www.itworld.com Don't call it brainstorming: 10 tips for better innovation http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/81747/dont-call-it-brainstorming-10-tips-better-innovation Brainstorming can be a great source of new ideas. But many companies struggle with identifying the truly great ideas and turning them into organizational wins. Here are 10 concrete ways to get both quality and execution out of your brainstorming sessions. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/81747/dont-call-it-brainstorming-10-tips-better-innovation#comments Business IT management/strategy Tip brainstorming innovation The Daily Tip Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:22:54 -0400 ITworld tips 81747 at http://www.itworld.com Behind the scenes at the Cisco AXP Contest http://www.itworld.com/development/80564/behind-scenes-cisco-axp-contest Cisco's contest to develop applications for a new Linux-based module drew contestants from all over the world. http://www.itworld.com/development/80564/behind-scenes-cisco-axp-contest#comments Development Internet News Cisco contests innovation Linux Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:58:58 -0400 davidstrom 80564 at http://www.itworld.com Behind the scenes at the Cisco AXP Contest http://www.itworld.com/development/80563/behind-scenes-cisco-axp-contest Cisco's contest to develop applications for a new Linux-based module drew contestants from all over the world. http://www.itworld.com/development/80563/behind-scenes-cisco-axp-contest#comments Development Internet News Cisco contests innovation Linux Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:56:12 -0400 davidstrom 80563 at http://www.itworld.com Transformative technologies for the 21st century http://www.itworld.com/networking/77988/transformative-technologies-21st-century Have a look at just three technologies that have the ability to completely revolutionize IT from the ground up: memristors, nanowires and OLEDS. http://www.itworld.com/networking/77988/transformative-technologies-21st-century#comments Networking Feature innovation memristor nanowire OLED Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:46:49 -0400 ITworld staff 77988 at http://www.itworld.com