Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
“We are seeing some increase in capital spending on IT, but only some,” said John Longwell, VP of Research at Computer Economics. “Enterprises are still shying away from anything that is too disruptive or risky.” CE’s recent report, Technology Trends 2011/2012, details technology adoption rates and investment rates and correlates the two. The findings, while…
For IT organizations, the year ahead will not only be a time for rebuilding but also for innovation. Spending will remain restrained, and IT executives will continue to be asked to deliver more with less. But they are also receiving the go-ahead to take risks with projects that promise long-term improvements in the ability of…
The economy may be improving but there is still a dark cloud over IT spending, according to the annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study by Computer Economics released Wednesday. The research firm frames the IT spending outlook for this year as in a recession based on its coverage of the field since 1990. Computer…
Four technologies stand out this year as having strong investment profiles: server virtualization, storage virtualization, unified communications, and cloud computing, according to the Computer Economics Technology Trends and IT Management Best Practices 2009/2010. “I think organizations are definitely pulling back on large system replacement projects in favor of more incremental changes that have quicker payback…
To reduce the effect of outliers on the middle, Computer Economics (CE) uses the median when reporting its findings. What this means for CIOs reading their latest research is a little less than half of those surveyed (45%) were actually able to increase their operational spending this year, while 17% of CIOs had to get…
According to a Computer Economics assessment of IT spending patterns during the previous two recessions, IT spending growth will remain flat through 2009 but will begin to recover in 2010. The IT research and advisory firm said that its analysis of IT spending trends shows that businesses began restraining spending in late 2007, in anticipation…