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Gartner, Forrester Revise IT Spending Forecasts

Two of the biggest analyst firms recently adjusted their IT spending predictions, and though the numbers vary slightly, consensus is that things don’t look great for 2009.

Computer Economics IT Spending Highlights

Computer Economics recently released its annual IT spending analysis, based on in-depth interviews of 200 IT executives. Even as many organizations continue to cut back, others are increasing spending or at least holding level.

Eight Ways Porn Changed the Internet

Al Gore may take credit for inventing it. The Department of Defense deserves credit for building out its infrastructure. But let’s face it: The real wizards behind the curtain, the first true marketeers of the Inter...Read More

Dangerous Former Employees

Insider threats from ex-employees linger when IT organizations fail to deprovision terminated workers access to all systems. Read Ericka Chickowski's article on this topic.

10 Benefits of SaaS Collaborative Work Management

What Frontier Airlines learned from its recent project. See also a detailed article on this topic.

IT Spending Outlook Still Uncertain

CIOs will continue struggle with iffy budgets throughout the rest of the year, according to a new poll conducted among 900 CIOs by Gartner Executive Programs. Released in mid-June week, results showed an expected IT spending decline in 2009 of about 4.7%. Figures were compared to a similar poll conducted at the end of 2008.

Insider Security Breaches Increase

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has released its mid-year analysis of major data breaches reported so far in 2009. Though the total numbers show an improvement over the first half of 2008, ITRC is reporting the per...Read More

What Business Managers Really Think of IT

A survey of non-IT executives, conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the IT Governance Institute, shows that many business leaders believe IT investments create value, but many still view the department as an o...Read More

Understanding Governance, Risk and Compliance

Aberdeen Group conducted a comprehensive study of 130 enterprises regarding their attitudes and practices surrounding governance, risk and compliance (GRC) initiatives. This slideshow highlights findings from Abe...Read More

Virtualized Bureaucracy

So, just how efficient is a bureaucrat in the data center? No, that isn’t the beginning to a great joke. It is a question posed by CDW Government in its most recent survey on virtualization within federal agencies, across the civil...Read More

Where Are They Now? Nine Internet Phenoms

Memes come and go on the web, spread by email and YouTube and word of mouth. But what happens to the stars once the webcams are off?

7 Ways to Prevent Organizational Problems

One of the hallmarks of great leadership is the ability to ferret out destructive organizational problems before they impact the working culture, says Michael Roberto. As IT departments face cutbacks and mounting...Read More

Business and IT Disagree on Disaster Recovery

In a poll of IT executives and line-of-business leaders, a recent "State of Disaster Recovery" survey found that each group still has its own ideas about business continuity. Conducted by Harris ...Read More

Summer Reading for IT Managers

New books on IT project management, green technology, networking and outsourcing make up our quarterly reading list for IT pros.

Tech Job Updates

While the economy may show a few faint signs of strengthening, IT hiring managers still expect recessionary forces to dampen recruiting efforts for the next six months. New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as well as survey...Read More

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