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News None of the IT chiefs surveyed said the latest iteration of the Mac OS - Snow Leopard - will push their business to adopt Apple desktops.silicon.com readers also had their say on the matter - with voices raised both for... [09 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News A September survey by Gartner found that IT chiefs weren't paying enough attention to measuring, monitoring and modelling energy use in datacentres, focusing on immediate concerns rather than looking at... [29 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News According to Gartner, the 10 strategic technologies will have an impact on the enterprise over the next three years, with IT chiefs encouraged to make decisions on them within the next two. Green IT will... [22 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet A silicon.com CIO Jury found a cautious approach among CIOs, with just one of the IT chiefs polled saying they plan to adopt the operating system in 2010, with 2011 cited as a likely rollout date by a number of tech bosses. [20 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News The news is not all good for CIOs, however: for more than half of tech chiefs, budgets won't grow in real terms next year while spending will only return to 2008 levels in 2012. According to research from... [20 Oct 2009]
IT chiefs ignoring datacentre energy use
News Datacentre and IT chiefs aren't paying enough attention to measuring, monitoring and modelling energy use in datacentres - and unless they do, they will not be able to cut their energy costs and meet compliance... [25 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News And a poll of US tech chiefs also found a lack of interest in moving to Macs on the back of Snow Leopard's launch. Read an exclusive article, in response to the CIO Jury findings, from Michael Silver, research VP and... [21 Sep 2009]
Forget the fancy hardware as CIOs say: 'show me the money'
News According to the BlackBerry maker's co-CEO Jim Balsillie, the company has seen the economic downturn spur IT chiefs into taking a 'show me the money' approach. Balsillie's comments echo silicon.com's own recent CIO... [06 May 2009]
Just keeping the lights on means biz doom, CIOs warned
News IT chiefs should instead step up and cash-in the credibility they have built up within the business to push for investment in a "forward-thinking" technology strategy - preparing to capitalise on the post-crisis world,... [05 Mar 2009]
CIOs: Are you ready to be a hero?
News Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner EXP, said IT chiefs are being faced with global economic conditions that have not existed for more than 50 years: "This environment is... [14 Jan 2009]
CIOs having night sweats over job security
News But even if budgets are not scuppered on a post-dot-com scale, the analyst believes IT chiefs must take a long term view during the current economic crisis and seek to ensure limited resources work as hard for the... [14 Oct 2008]
CFOs to be bossing CIOs by 2013
News Aron said: "Where IT fundamentals are strong and the CIO is looking to add the next level of value, CFO reporting often creates a challenge in that CIOs must work harder to break out of the IT box," highlighting that almost half (45 per... [10 Oct 2008]
Google mobile mission: Not lifting off as expected?
News Photos: When tech chiefs rock out. Research firm Gartner predicts worldwide mobile advertising revenue will grow from less than $1bn last year to $11bn in 2011. Google sees mobile as its future but the... [11 Feb 2008]
Dell sees the future - and it's mini!
News Photos: When tech chiefs rock out. Last week Gartner predicted that by 2012, around half the developed world's workers will be running virtualised desktops transported on portable storage devices like... [08 Feb 2008]
Apple, open source and SaaS tipped to be tech future
News Photos: When tech chiefs rock out. Gartner's five-year forecasts are out and there are plenty of trends which could prove worrisome for Microsoft - namely the research firm's prediction Apple will double... [01 Feb 2008]
