How to use a crisis to move towards digital government
Constant budget cuts in times of crisis are undermining IT’s ability to deliver digital services across government, argues Glenn Archer.
Constant budget cuts in times of crisis are undermining IT’s ability to deliver digital services across government, argues Glenn Archer.
Thanks to the global financial crisis, IDC’s Forecast for Management Survey 2009 covers a year in IT unlike any other -- and the economic turbulence is reflected in the results.
Australian CIOs respond to the latest Forecast for Management Survey from IDC
IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers' financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won't soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets under way.
In response to pressures from economic crisis and the Gershon Report, organisations with outsourced environments are tackling the need to cut costs quickly. Here’s how they’re doing it. . .
Despite having to cope with massive budget cuts, salary freezes and demoralized staffs, most employed IT executives are more satisfied with their jobs this year than they have been in previous years, according to the results of a job satisfaction survey conducted by ExecuNet.
Customer care is emerging as a key IT investment area for CIOs in the current downturn, according to the findings of a new IDC poll.
As part of our coverage of the CIO Summit 2009, we bring you the whole CIO panel discussion. Topics include the effect the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is having on CIOs, the role of trust in an organisation and collaboration with the business.
In the financial quarter that just ended, arguably one of its most important quarters ever, Microsoft had a chance to bounce back after an unprecedented year-over-year revenue drop last quarter.
Despite being in the middle of a major recession, CIOs can look forward to a major period of growth through to 2012, according to IDC’s chief research officer, John Gantz.
As is the case with selling McMansions, Mercedes SUVs and 63-inch HDTVs, pushing expensive technology products and services during a global recession isn't an enviable task. Late last year, when the economic meltdown began and corporate IT budgets went under the CFO's knife, tech vendors had to hastily reevaluate their marketing messages and overhaul their sales tactics.
Dell said on Monday that demand for its products is "stabilizing" and that it expects to report a sequential increase in revenue for its second fiscal quarter, which ends July 31.
As CIOs begin to exhaust the supply-side cost reduction opportunities, controlling consumption and demand offers the next level of cost savings.
Though virtually all IT vendors say they'll face a tough sales environment over the next few quarters, a range of companies including IBM, Intel, CA and even financially beleaguered Nortel offered some hopeful words this week.
Rather than encouraging CIOs to batten the hatches, the global financial crisis (GFC) encouraging ICT leaders to take risks and create new opportunities, according to IDC.