It budget
RSS It budgetTech spend to top $3.4tr
News However, a separate survey has revealed more than half (52 per cent) of UK IT directors are reporting cuts in their budget, despite 91 per cent saying they face greater demands in their departments than last year. [19 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: The CIO route to success?
Comment But CIOs also need to be able to monitor and implement progressive IT and concentrate on deliverables that are on time and within budget. People take charge of IT from all kinds of backgrounds and they don't need to have risen through the tech... [18 Aug 2008]
The True Value of Learning
White Paper This only leads to the budget being cut on a year by year basis. Yogi Berra, that paragon of word manipulation, exposition and baseball, is often quoted as saying, "The future ain't what it used to be. [13 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Why boards get IT spend so wrong
Comment Over the past week I have been consulting various interest groups about the capital budget for 2009. As part of the budget exercise, I went back over some return-based assumptions made the previous year. [11 Aug 2008]
Success Story: Sesame Workshop
White Paper With a small IT staff and a limited budget, Sesame Workshop needed innovative ways to manage its growing IT environment. The company implemented Novell ZENworks Asset Management to reduce inventory administration time by 70 percent and leveraged... [11 Aug 2008]
Kane County Streamlines IT With EqualLogic and VMware
White Paper In budget-constrained environment, Kane County wanted to upgrade old technology; increase application and data availability; consolidate servers and reduce server headcount; cut costs on HVAC, power, space; and improve support without increasing... [10 Aug 2008]
Nonprofit Group Centralizes IT Management, Saves More Than U.S.$671,000 Annually
White Paper As a nonprofit organization, BDA operates on a tight budget and with a small IT department. However, the decentralized system architecture resulted in time-consuming, expensive IT support costs, with support personnel travelling to each of the... [09 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.08.08
Round-Up But, perhaps to lure similar gadget-loving DIY-phobes, the Scandinavian purveyor of flat-packed boxes of delight, Ikea, has launched its own budget phone deal. But before window cleaners everywhere start investing in some heavy duty scrapers, it... [08 Aug 2008]
IBM-Linux love-in targets Vista grumblers
News Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president for IBM Lotus software, said in a statement: "The slow adoption of Vista among businesses and budget-conscious chief information officers, coupled with the proven success of a new type of Microsoft-free PC in every... [07 Aug 2008]
Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security: The Impact of HIPAA, PCI, PIIG and Other New Government and Industry Guidelines on Email Security Policies
White Paper Read this paper to learn about the impact of relatively new data protection regulations and standards such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Personally Identifiable... [05 Aug 2008]
Reduce Your IT Budget: Consolidate Data to One Platform - See How Quest Software Eases Data Migration to SharePoint
White Paper It's costly to manage and maintain multiple data platforms. By reducing the amount of supported systems, you'll save money - but is there a single platform you can trust to consolidate and manage all of your information? [04 Aug 2008]
Superfast London Olympic network gets underway
News Deighton said that the share of the overall £2bn Olympic budget allocated for technology is effectively capped, preventing overspends on the projects. Read all about IT… It also has to link to the outside world and match the huge demand for... [31 Jul 2008]
Citizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check
News But it warns that the approach does risk airing vendettas against individual public workers, introducing greater budget pressures and distracting from wider public service reforms. It points to the success of the Tidy Oldham project, where... [31 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment Across the various IT teams and whopping £1bn annual tech budget at TfL there are about 500 direct employees (nearer 1,400 when you add in the outsourced pieces), supporting 14,000 desktop PCs, 14,000 handheld devices, 30-plus data centres and... [29 Jul 2008]
BBC to take better care of web budget
News The BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust, has approved the corporation's plans to manage its website budget more effectively - but has not approved a request for an additional £39m of new investment over the next year. [22 Jul 2008]
