Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Every study shows that organizations as a whole, and especially CIOs, continue to struggle with business/technology alignment. It remains one of the top management issues. No other group in any organization talks about alignment as much as IT. I have long been arguing that aligning technology with business is a fundamentally flawed and limiting concept….
Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.2 trillion in 2009, a 6% decline from 2008 spending of $3.4 trillion, according to Gartner. Continued weak IT spending because of the economic situation combined with the effect of exchange rate movements has resulted in Gartner lowering its 2009 forecast from its 1Q09 projection. In March,…
As Cloud computing begins to move beyond the pure hype stage and into the beginning of mainstream adoption, Gartner has identified the five attributes of Cloud computing. By using these attributes, it is possible to see how strongly a Cloud solution (or service) adheres to the Cloud computing model. Gartner defines Cloud computing as a…