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Downturn chops, delays HK IT projects
News One in five businesses have canceled IT projects that were underway, while over 80 percent are cutting or freezing IT investments, new survey finds.
Tags: IT Governance, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Survey, Hong Kong, business strategy, IT governance, accountability, monitoring
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
Hope for IT spending ahead
Insight perspective Just because we're in a recession doesn't mean all IT spending is on hold. Expect some innovative projects and financing over coming months, says consultant.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Investments, Investment, IT-spending, Workforce, financing, Tony Lock, Freeform
10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Techguide Estimating what a project will cost is only half the battle; controlling those costs during the project and after delivery is equally critical.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Cost control, Baseline Cost, Business Unit, Benchmarking Exercise, Information Technology, Project, IT-spending, Cost
UK banks trim tech spending
News Technology spending by U.K. banks has been pulled back, but some areas are not likely to be affected.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Datamonitor, Investment, investment banking, operating income, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, compliance, financial, financial service, bank
Gartner: IT budgets squeezed further
News Almost half of CIOs surveyed by the research firm said they spent less on IT in the first quarter than they had initially planned.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Chief Information Officer, IT Budget, IT-spending, Survey, Gartner Inc., industry, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control
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, business skill, CIO, Silicon.com, U.K.
Malaysia: Growth in IT spending to be negative?
News For first time in decade, IDC expects IT spend in country to shrink between 1.8 percent and 3 percent this year, but adds a recovery is likely as early as 2010.
Tags: Investments, Business Strategies & Functions, Business, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Small And Medium Business, Broadband, Malaysia, Government, Hardware
UK CIOs still plan investment despite tight budgets
News In the wake of the credit crunch, organizations' caution with IT budgets and discretionary spending could possibly extend to next year's budget planning.
Tags: IT strategy, Investments, IT Budget, Investment, Tool, business productivity, CIO, U.K., Steve Ranger, industry
A recessionary sense of deja vu
Blogs Depending on which camps you speak to, the U.S. credit meltdown could either spell bad news for IT wages or have little ...
What's in a name?
Blogs Plenty, it seems, especially in tougher economic times. When the chips are down and almost every company in the market i...
Importance of top support often overlooked
Blogs Over coffee a couple of weeks back, I had an interesting chat with a Singapore-based CIO who listed a string of deployme...
Are your IT projects a house of cards?
Techguide Organizational cultures that prioritize business value over mechanical project execution, will prevent IT folks from spinning business benefits to get their project approved--and doomed for failure.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Budgeting/cost control, Business Benefit, Card, appraisal, Michael Krigsman, Management Practice, Sommer, software
IT venture investing posts worst Q4 in a decade
News IT venture investments in the fourth quarter fell a staggering 40 percent to US$2.2 billion over year-ago figures, marking the worst showing in a decade, says survey.
Tags: Venture capital, Investments, Venture Investment, Sequoia Capital, PowerPoint Presentation, information service, Microsoft PowerPoint, information technology company, News.com, network
Virtual currency small but growing threat
News Online money is still small threat to real-world economies, but its growth could translate into numerous issues for countries, says analyst.
Tags: Banking, Legal, PayPal, Money, e-mail, payment, research director, Tencent, Second Life, Legal
