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Friday, April 04, 2008 11:22 AM/EST
I've been wondering if the recession, if that's what it is, will cause CIOs to start cutting their budgets. Gartner just released its survey on first-quarter 2008 IT spending and reports that U.S. IT budgets are continuing to grow on...
Friday, March 14, 2008 9:45 AM/EST
A recession -- that's what the Wall Street Journal now calls our economic slowdown -- is no time to slack off on using IT for sales, marketing and e-business: When consumer spending drops, the need to compete for remaining dollars...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:23 AM/EST
As of February, 53 percent of companies still plan to increase IT spending, according to CDW's monthly monitor of IT spending plans and perceptions....
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:21 AM/EST
Forrester has just updated its IT spending predictions. Analyst Andrew Bartels is predicting a 4% increase in U.S. IT spending in 2008. By "IT spending," Forrester includes spending on hardware, software, telecommunications, services and IT staff....
Monday, February 04, 2008 4:13 PM/EST
The data is in from our IT spending survey. While I can't publish the data or post it on my blog until we share it with the survey respondents, I can say that I agree with Gartner Vice President Ken...
Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:57 PM/EST
Here are the 2008 IT spending predictions I've been able to gather as we head into the new year. All these numbers apply to the United States, unless otherwise indicated. Gartner: 5.7 percent AMR Research: 5 to 6 percent Forrester:...
Monday, November 19, 2007 8:32 AM/EST
How much are your competitors spending on IT? According to Forrester Research, the average percentage of revenues companies spend "to maintain and operate the IT organization, systems and equipment," is 3.7 percent....
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:52 AM/EST
If a penny saved is a penny earned, how many pennies are earned when a project is kept on track? One of the best ways to manage costs has got to be keeping projects on budget. So we asked IT...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:37 AM/EST
It's hard to manage IT costs effectively if your company doesn't have the information it needs. But getting that information is a huge job - total cost of ownership has a lot of moving parts, and estimating future costs is...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:15 PM/EST
Whenever we look at future trends or IT spending plans, we always do so with this caveat: "But if the economy begins to head south ..." And while like you I'm hoping for the best, companies have to prepare for...
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