Gartner recession
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News Last but not least, the economic case for open source came under scrutiny with only two of the 12-strong CIO Jury revealing they have adopted open source software as a way of cost-cutting during the recession - with... [09 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News In a recent silicon.com survey, more than a quarter of respondents admitted green IT was off the agenda because of the recession. At the datacentre level, the main thing that has happened over the last couple of years is... [29 Oct 2009]
Midrange mobiles choked out as phone world polarises
News For several quarters now, smartphones have represented the fastest growing segment of the mobile market, and this has been in spite of a global recession. Overall, mobile phone sales were down for the second quarter,... [14 Aug 2009]
UK business PC sales drop by 25 per cent
News The UK PC market will not recover from the impact of the recession until next year, Gartner predicted. UK sales of professional desktop and mobile PCs fell in the second quarter by more than 25 per cent... [07 Aug 2009]
Hardware-hungry techies pack more than five PCs each
News In spite of silicon.com readers' fondness for devices, the PC market continues to struggle in the face of the recession. According to research by analyst house Gartner, PC sales reached 68 million units... [21 Jul 2009]
Indian outsourcing trainees feel heat of recession
Comment But despite its grandeur, the campus has not been able to insulate itself from the effects of the global recession. Even if some of that competition has slowed due to the current economic recession, one... [23 Jun 2009]
Beat the recession with BI
Comment While no panacea, business intelligence tools can give organisations the info they need to ride out the recession, says Andrew Donoghue. However, this is lower than in previous years due to the impact of the... [10 Jun 2009]
Forget the fancy hardware as CIOs say: 'show me the money'
News Security too has risen up the corporate agenda as a result of the recession, Balsillie said, with risk management a particular focus. According to the latest set of figures from industry analysts... [06 May 2009]
Crunch bunch can't get enough of cheap BPO
News The analyst house puts the growth down to thirst for cheap BPO spurred by the recession. According to Gartner, Indian companies' share of the BPO market is set to double between 2008 and 2010. North... [21 Apr 2009]
Virtualisation to boom in recession gloom
News The current recession that is affecting various economies in EMEA could prove to be a short-term brake on uptake of virtualised technologies, so vendors must be aware of how the technology can save organisations money by... [14 Apr 2009]
Outsourcing prices 'will plunge by 10 per cent'
News Regardless of the relative strength of outsourcing during a recession, many companies are reporting intense discussions with their vendors, according to Da Rold. The outsourcing market faces up to two years of falling... [24 Mar 2009]
The Credit Crunch Time for IT Service Management to Prove Its Worth
White Paper In late September '08, Gartner, Inc.was reported as saying that it did not expect a recession in technology spending, but at Symposium/ITxpo forecast that overall spending will grow 3 percent year over... [23 Mar 2009]
Nokia to slash 1,700 jobs
News What does the recession mean for your job? Recession making techies do more unpaid overtime Techies still hunting new jobs despite recession Carolina Milanesi, research director at... [18 Mar 2009]
'Everyone always needs records'
News While the wider world felt the bite of the recession, the world of storage continued to enjoy growth last year, according to analysts at Gartner. There is no recession in storage for... [09 Mar 2009]
IT service levels: It's time to drop your standards
News Businesses could see their IT service levels drop as tech departments find new ways to cut back in the recession. According to research by analyst house Gartner, with cost-cutting currently the most... [02 Mar 2009]
