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CIOs: How to innovate during a recession
Insight perspective Downturns are no time for businesses to sit still, says an academic. Here's a plan for nurturing new ideas in any economic climate.
Tags: R&D, Innovation, E-learning, IT Budget, Investment, CRM, Innovation, CIO, recession, strategy
Small firms in emerging markets up IT spend
News Fewer small businesses in markets such as China and India are feeling pinch from downturn, with 17 percent indicating budget increases, new research shows.
Tags: IT budgeting, Personal Computers, Servers, Business, IT Budget, Small Business, business productivity, Server, Emerging Market, Germany
MIT: CIOs should focus on fewer items
News Chief information officers need to learn to cut costs and streamline IT operations so they can better present a "rock solid" business case to management.
Tags: IT project management, IT budgeting, Microsoft Corp., Asia, IT Budget, IT Services, Project, Singapore, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, auditing
Revealed: CIOs' biggest challenges this year
News In 2009, CIOs are challenged to do more with less and proving how vital the IT department is to businesses, new study shows.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT budgeting, Cost control, ITIL, IT Budget, Survey, Steve Ranger, business skill, CIO, Silicon.com
Green still in despite recession
News Despite the slowdown, companies are stillforging ahead with green technology projects
Tags: Green IT, Green IT, Carbon Emission, IT Budget, IT-spending, Steve Ranger, recession, Deloitte LLP, carbon dioxide, information technology
Asian banks not in 'hibernate' mode
News Region's financial entities will lean toward innovation to ride downturn--even the more conservative will invest to be more efficient, say industry watchers.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Business planning, Project management, Pay-for-performance, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Asia, IT Budget, IT Services, Financial Company, Innovation
Securing your business--what to invest in
Insight Today's enterprise faces loads of security challenges. Find out which areas to focus on to keep your organization's data safe and sound.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Business security, Data security, Authentication, Security, Organization, IT Budget, IT Security, Cloud Computing
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Hidden costs mean open source software isn't always an IT budget stretcher, tech chiefs in the United Kingdom say.
Tags: Cost control, Open source, Open Source, Director Of Information Technology, software, Information Technology, IT Budget, Open-source Software, CIO, Silicon.com
Wary companies not cutting on IT security budgets
News Surveys show that enterprises are increasing their security budgets in 2009 despite cuts in overall IT budgets, with tech chiefs expecting security issues to grow this year as a result of the economic uncertainty.
Tags: Security, Business security, Director Of Information Technology, IT Budget, IT Security, Insider Threat, Survey, Ecotec, Rodger, Counterpoint
IT security spared from budget cuts
News Companies like Malaysia Airlines, are still dishing out money to strengthen their IT security framework. But, product evaluation process is now more rigorous.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Forrester Research Inc., Security, IT Budget, IT Security, Information Security, Information And Communication Technology, CEO
Chinese firms continue network equipment spend
News Boosted by finance and public sector spending, China's enterprise networking equipment market will grow to US$4.3 billion in 2012, predicts Springboard Research.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Network security, IT Budget, e-governance, Asia-Pacific, network equipment, public sector, network, China
APAC SMBs to keep spending on IT
News update Symantec survey reveals 84 percent of small and midsize businesses in Asia-Pacific region intend to increase or maintain their level of IT spend.
Tags: PC security, Network security, IT budgeting, SMB, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Budget, IT-spending, IT Security, Survey
Asia's CIOs to pave the way forward
News Working closely with their CEOs, they are in strong positions to help their companies overcome current economic challenges, says Gartner.
Tags: Asia, IT Budget, Survey, Singapore, Gartner Inc., Business Process, CIO, CEO, vice president, information technology
IT: Set your sights high
Insight perspective In a depressed economic climate, IT should raise its sights and help the business generate revenue, says analyst.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, IT Budget, CRM, IT-spending, Sales, software, marketing, revenue
Bursting the proprietary-software bubble
Insight perspective Strip away all the bluster and jargon and you soon realize the end is nigh for proprietary software, argues open source expert.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Software licensing, Marginal Cost, IT Budget, Bubble, Open Source, Financial Company, software, theory
