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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]
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]
Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? A Comparative Cost Analysis
White Paper A Comparative Cost Analysis, Forrester Research, Inc. Download the independent research report comparing the costs of email from Google and other providers. According to Forrester, "Google is setting a... [22 Oct 2009]
Google Apps 2nd Wind ROI Case Study
White Paper Nucleus Research conducted an ROI study with 2nd Wind Exercise and found that this 300-user specialty retail company achieved an ROI of 837% and a one-month payback.nd Wind replaced its existing Microsoft Exchange... [22 Oct 2009]
ROI Case Study Google Apps TVR Communications
White Paper An ROI study by Nucleus Research found that a 400-employee customer deploying Google Apps achieved an ROI of 500% with a one-month payback. TVR Communications replace its existing Microsoft Exchange environment with... [22 Oct 2009]
The why behind going green. Midsize companies speak.
White Paper This white paper presents the results of a study conducted by Info-Tech Research Group and sponsored by IBM. More than 1,000 IT professionals in midsize businesses, from 12 countries and eight industries, were consulted... [21 Oct 2009]
