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RSS budgetsQuocirca's Straight Talking: Budgets made simple
Comment CPM software aims to support speedier processes, greater visibility of the budget figures and ownerships, improved data quality and less budget gaming (negotiating artificially low revenue or high expense budgets in order to maximise bonuses). [06 Oct 2006]
Call centre IT budgets divorced from call centres
News While call centres are increasingly realising that IT strategies are vital for business, call centre IT budgets are increasingly becoming divorced from the centres themselves. Despite the new-found realisation of the value of IT, call centres are... [17 Feb 2005]
IT budgets under pressure as CIOs lose control
News According to Bauer's research, CIOs revised their budgets on average three times during 2001 with consulting and staffing taking the biggest hit, according to his survey. There is no question that budgets are very tight - a lot tighter than last... [11 Feb 2002]
IT budgets hit by millennium effect
News European IT spending will remain flat throughout next year, according to one recent survey - but another analyst house is claiming that budgets will continue to grow as more money is devoted to EMU and ecommerce projects. [27 Aug 1999]
NASBO Analysis: Medicaid to Stress State Budgets Severely Into Fiscal 2003
White Paper Just as states are trying to manage the recession's fiscal fallout, NASBO's analysis demonstrates that Medicaid continues to pressure state budgets severely. Even as states struggle to close budget gaps and confront revenues growth that will lag a... [07 Jul 2005]
Tech jobs and budgets defy economic gloom
News IT budgets and staffing levels are forecast to defy the gathering economic gloom over the next 12 months. And twice as many of the 47 respondents thought their IT budgets would be increased rather than cut. [15 Aug 2008]
CIO Jury: IT budgets on the rise in 2007
News IT budgets are set to increase in 2007 on the back of technology refreshes and mobile working projects, according to UK CIOs. Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-man CIO Jury IT user panel this week said they expect their IT budgets to increase in... [06 Dec 2006]
High-tech crime hits police budgets
News Police forces are facing a £350m shortfall in budgets as chief police officers are struggling to juggle funds because of new responsibilities, such as fighting cybercrime. A cap on council tax rises to low single figures would leave a shortfall in... [24 Nov 2004]
Budgets still tight for IT: study
News Forrester Research this week reported that IT budgets are expected to increase to $729.2bn next year, up 1.7 per cent from the level anticipated for this year. American companies continued to spend less than the amount they budgeted for information... [14 Nov 2003]
Storage technology takes growing slice of IT budgets
News Organisations are now spending 12-15 per cent of their IT budgets on storage technology. Reasons for the weaker growth include the general state of the world economy and budgets going on SANs. Vendors have long-known this figure has been rising... [21 Feb 2003]
Recession fears squeeze tech budgets
News Tech budgets are starting to feel the squeeze on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a recession. But the credit crunch isn't yet hitting tech budgets across the board, with reducing operational costs now a constant feature for most... [24 Jan 2008]
Ellison: Give me control of your budgets
News Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promised to slash customers IT bills by five per cent a year over the next five years - if they give him complete control of their IT budgets. Despite ASPs' fall from grace, and the obvious reluctance of IT directors to... [18 Jan 2002]
SMEs cautious as budgets trend up
News Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are careful about making purchases and tend to mistrust outsiders while their IT budgets hold steady. Over the last three years only 12 per cent of SME executives saw a decrease in their IT budgets, while... [17 Dec 2004]
IT budgets flat - but the financial sector bucks the trend
News Research by Merrill Lynch, which questioned 75 US and 25 European CIOs, has found IT budgets are flat this year despite figures at the start of the year predicting a small increase. CIOs and other IT buyers are remaining cautious, despite some... [31 May 2002]
Little cash for new IT as budgets growth stalls
News There will be little cash available for new IT projects this year, with IT budgets only creeping up by one or two per cent. UK businesses plan to grow IT budgets by 2.3 per cent in 2006 with 20 per cent of this earmarked for new IT investments. [12 Jan 2006]
