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RSS spending thirdsBest Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function
White Paper According to the results of a recent APQC study, finance organizations, no matter what their size, are still spending almost two-thirds of their time on transaction processing, to the detriment of more strategic functions such as decision support... [17 Jul 2008]
City slickers addicted to email
News Workers in the City just can't resist checking in at work while on holiday with almost two-thirds contacting the office by phone, text or email while they're away. But two-thirds said losing their BlackBerry or mobile phone would result in... [07 Jul 2008]
CIOs not taking security breaches seriously
News Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of internal audit chiefs surveyed by business consultancy Ernst & Young, don't regard data privacy and IT fraud as the most important issues. Separate research found that despite the economic downturn, IT security... [27 Jun 2008]
£81m cost of botched gov't shared services
News As a result the programme is set to go £65m over budget and projected savings have been slashed by nearly two-thirds. The figures were revealed in a scathing report by public sector spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO), which slammed... [23 May 2008]
IT spend in retail slowing down?
News More than two thirds have transactional websites in operation and nine out of 10 expect to see non-store sales increase. IT spending growth in the retail sector appears to have faltered, with many retailers trying to do more with the same money... [07 May 2008]
Why IT must escape the belt-tightening
Comment At a recent event, about two-thirds of the audience said they had no idea about the business value of their IT investments because of the intangible benefits they had delivered. Two-thirds. Perhaps we need a new name for the IT budget, because it's... [18 Apr 2008]
Is your network performance getting you down?
News The research also found performance problems are rising, with more than two-thirds of respondents spending between 25 and 50 days per year determining the cause of network issues. IT teams are dedicating increasing amounts of time on getting to the... [01 Apr 2008]
The CIO shopping list
Comment IT governance was cited as the top technology and strategy area they will be investing in during 2008 by almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of the 20 CIOs who responded to the fourth annual CIO Agenda Survey. [26 Mar 2008]
Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts?
News Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of IT decision makers surveyed by networking giant Cisco in an annual poll into remote working said they are planning to increase security spending this year to mitigate risks associated with employees who work... [11 Mar 2008]
Health warning to overweight IT managers
News The survey of health assessment data collected by Bupa over the last year found almost two-thirds (61 per cent) of senior employees in the tech sector are overweight with a body mass index score of over 25. [15 Jan 2008]
UK businesses shunning encryption tech?
News Despite the lack of encryption, UK IT managers claim their corporate data is safe and almost two-thirds (65 per cent) said the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach will not change their IT spending priorities, according to a survey by Check Point. [03 Dec 2007]
Green IT - do companies really care?
News While two-thirds said their organisation has a board-level executive responsible for energy and the environment, only 45 per cent of businesses have a programme in place to reduce their carbon footprint. [27 Sep 2007]
Boards underestimate tech risk
News The research found two thirds of internal audit departments are spending less than 20 per cent of their time reviewing IT risk. More than two thirds (68 per cent) of internal audit bosses believe their board isn't able to fully understand IT risks... [05 Sep 2007]
Tech sparks rapid rise in electricity bills
News Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said the proportion of budget taken up by energy and electricity costs is rising rapidly. One IT director, who did not wish to be named, said: "We run a small data centre within a large... [15 Aug 2007]
Revealed: UK's IT job hotspots
News Nearly two-thirds of all new IT jobs are created in London and the South East, even though the area only accounts for 26 per cent of the UK's population. According to the recruiter, another reason why some UK regions are bumping up their share of... [14 Aug 2007]
