it spending
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment But when it comes to exploring buying opportunities, India's top outsourcing companies have been bashful suitors. There is a clear feeling that it's cheaper for firms to grow organically than to spend... [06 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre broadband to around 10 million homes and businesses by 2012. Almost a third (28 per cent) of the respondents said they are already... [05 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment Such willing collaborators are drawn to the site, according to Wales, "because the combative types just find it frustrating. If you've ever written something about Jimmy Wales and posted it online,... [05 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News Financial services firms' IT budgets fell by 8.3 per cent between 2008 and 2009, meaning the banks have cut their budgets more than other industries, and saw spending fall by 6.8 per cent year-on-year. [04 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up Throw in that green-tinged Gollum tan that many IT people develop from spending too much time hunched over a screen and add in those odd, bearded sysadmins that lurk dwarf-like in the server room, and... [30 Oct 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment Cons: It won't be; before you know it you'll be spending agonising hours over-analysing every mouse click. Pros: It's fair Action: Ignore every friend request from a... [28 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times? Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director at... [28 Oct 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News When it comes to deciding how to spend a hard-won portion of the IT budget, who do CIOs trust for advice? According to a survey by industry watchers Pierre Audoin Consultants and the IT... [28 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News JLR is spending £200m separating its IT operations from Ford, largely on carrying out the painstaking process of copying and cloning more than 1,600 business applications. It has been... [26 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News It's never been easy being green, especially when it comes to electricity-hungry IT infrastructure. And in the midst of a recession, with cost cutting a priority, it's... [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News With software spending down 16.5 per cent year-on-year, Windows 7's launch tomorrow will see it enter the market amid one of the toughest squeezes on IT budgets for some time. Governor... [21 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News If you haven't guessed already: 2009 was a bad year for IT spending, analysts have found. Not all IT sectors will remain static, however: as spending starts to recover... [20 Oct 2009]
Managed Print Services and Beyond: How You Can Cut Costs and Go Green While Increasing Employee Productivity
White Paper According to the Photizo Group, a recognized thought leader in print services management, hardcopy costs are the last bastion of uncontrolled spending within organizations today—regardless of industry. [13 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News But it also said online security measures, which require the cardholder to enter a password when making purchases over the web, have contributed to an 18 per cent reduction in the amount of phone, internet and mail order... [07 Oct 2009]
How to grow tech businesses during a recession
Comment While you may be selling to IT managers, there is no guarantee they will be able to sell your offering internally to senior decision makers. Focus on what the product can do for the specific customer, not simply what... [06 Oct 2009]