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• CIOs should learn to deal with cash constraint: Gartner

  Having a positive ROI may no longer be enough to get your next major ICT project over the line, according to Gartner.

• What customers want from ERP vendors on software pricing

  Every enterprise software vendor is hearing the same thing these days from their customers: "I need to cut my software licensing and pricing costs. What can you do to help me out?"

• GFC Dampens CIO IT Budget Optimism: Gartner

  The global financial crisis is beginning to negatively impact the optimism of CIOs across Australia and New Zealand, Gartner has found.

• DIY tips: How to cut costs and get more from your IT gear

  With project budgets shrinking, network professionals are spending less time planning new purchases and more time trying to cut costs and squeeze more value out of existing IT resources.

• IT innovations help Kiva expand microfinance mission

  Aaron Yu wants to share his enthusiasm for Kiva, a nonprofit microfinancing organization. He sees Facebook as a prime way to do that.

• Five Recession Survival Skills

  It's a scary new world, but IT leaders who adjust can still deliver prosperous projects.

• Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees

  A senior corporate executive leaves the company, taking with him his framed family photographs, his prized gold pen-and-pencil set -- and the passwords of several hundred employees.

• Recession Drives Demand for Hosted Project Management and Portfolio Management

  Hosted solutions for project and portfolio management are two of the few hot tickets in town now, as IT groups seek low-cost software that's easy to deploy. Here's a look at the new SaaS offerings and how two companies tapped into the advantages of on-demand project and portfolio management tools.

• Could the recession be good for enterprise software?

  The recession has companies worldwide scrambling to rein in technology costs with desperate vendors responding in turn, offering deep license discounts, providing low-cost financing and proclaiming ever more shrilly that their products in fact save customers money.

• How to Recession-Proof Yourself

  Five tips for saving your job when layoffs loom.