Research
RSS ResearchWindows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News According to research by analyst NPD Group, Windows 7's first week after release blew Vista's out of the water. That Windows 7 is more popular than Vista is no surprise - but just how much more love is Microsoft's latest... [06 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News Financial services is not making the steepest cuts, however: that honour goes to the agriculture mining and construction industry with a 9.2 per cent year-on-year fall, followed by the discrete manufacturing industry with an 8.5 per cent... [04 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News David Supple, head of IT and creative services at Ecotec Research & Consulting, said the UK won't turn out the next software powerhouse "until the government puts a more supportive framework in place to help our creative... [03 Nov 2009]
Forrester Strategies for Assessing IT Business Satisfaction
White Paper This new Forrester Research white paper explores the importance of assessing IT business satisfaction. If you aren't assessing customer satisfaction you are overlooking a potential goldmine. This valuable data is crucial... [02 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Research group Forrester claims that 55 per cent of energy consumed by UK firms is outside of the datacentre, so centralising management of the desktop environment is essential. It's no surprise that for some companies... [29 Oct 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News The research, which queries business and IT professionals, found getting referrals from colleagues was rated the most popular first step for identifying potential new IT services. Julie Schwartz, SVP of... [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet While analyst house ABI Research notes that AR technology has been with us for more than 15 years, the company is predicting dramatic growth in the take-up of the tech over the next five years - driven by mobile... [27 Oct 2009]
Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
News Augmented reality - the process of superimposing digital information or objects onto real-time video streams in order to create the illusion that they are part of the physical scene - will be pulling in revenues of more than $350m by... [26 Oct 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News The EC has called for cross-border online shopping to be simplified, following research that found six out of 10 shoppers attempting cross-country purchases had their transactions blocked. The European Commission's... [26 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up The research reported that six out of 10 people admitted they would be both annoyed and envious to find a neighbour was receiving better broadband access than them. Research by Top 10 Broadband claimed... [23 Oct 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News The top 50 UK software companies reported revenue growth of around 20 per cent last year, together with operating profit growth of around 25 per cent - showing that the UK's software industry is "a thriving and highly profitable business... [23 Oct 2009]
Will 'citizen developers' shake up IT development?
News Eric Knipp, senior research analyst at Gartner, said the rise of the citizen developer would enable the IT department to focus on deeper architectural concerns. We've had the 'citizen journalist', blogging from war zones... [23 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Check out the research note I've published on preparing for Windows 7. Stephen Kleynhans is a research vice president with Gartner. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his initial installs of... [23 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News David Supple, head of IT and creative services, Ecotec Research and Consulting Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to... [23 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News Mark Blowers, principal analyst at research house Ovum, explained: "If you have to make a large investment, I don't think you could swing it just on sustainability benefits in the current climate, whereas perhaps 18... [22 Oct 2009]
