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April 4, 2008

Friday, April 04, 2008 11:22 AM/EST

One in Four CIOs Cut IT Spending This Year

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...

March 14, 2008

Friday, March 14, 2008 9:45 AM/EST

Is Customer Experience Recession-Proof?

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...

March 5, 2008

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:23 AM/EST

CDW Survey: IT Spending Still Rising

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....

February 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:21 AM/EST

Forrester: US IT Spending Up 4%

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....

February 4, 2008

Monday, February 04, 2008 4:13 PM/EST

No IT Recession Yet

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...

December 27, 2007

Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:57 PM/EST

2008 IT Spending Predictions

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:...

November 19, 2007

Monday, November 19, 2007 8:32 AM/EST

Forrester's 3.7% Spending Benchmark

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....

September 26, 2007

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:52 AM/EST

Few Projects Are Over Budget

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...

September 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:37 AM/EST

The Cost Information Shortage

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...

September 11, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:15 PM/EST

Forum: What's Your Cost Management Strategy?

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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