Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
by Bill Blausey, SVP and CIO of Eaton Corp. Green IT is without question one of the one of the most sweeping trends in IT today. The industry enthusiasm isn’t hard to explain. The recent recession and its after effects, along with rising energy costs, have made reducing capital and operating expenditures a higher priority…
HP is a massive company that has been around for a very long time. Over the years, it has acquired a vast number of companies including such IT players as Compaq, Digital Equipment Corp, EDS 3Com, Palm and 3PAR. Those acquisitions continue today at a rapid pace. In that light, it’s perhaps not surprising that…
Alright, nothing is that easy, but the point is if you have a mandate from on-high to cut costs and consolidate IT into a centralized, shared-services organization with a solid reporting line back to the CEO’s office, well, then, things are definitely tilted in your favor. In April of 2008, it was just this situation…