Technology
The 2010 IT Budget
Approximately 23% of CIOs said their IT budgets this year were equal to their budgets last year. 25% said their IT budgets were increaded this year compared to 2008. For 2010, around 45% of CIOs expect their IT budgets to stay the same. About 28% expect their dollars to dwindle from 2009 to 2010. 27% [...]
CIO Priorities for 2010
1. The sour economy will still play a role in IT decision-making in 2010. The top priority for CIOs: business productivity and cost reduction. 2. Even as organizations continue to look for cuts, they need to keep supporting the business. The second priority cited was IT and business alignment. 3. As CIOs look across the [...]
Technology Stops to Listen
I like to think of myself as a Business Technologist, a Business Enabler (where IT is the vehicle). With this perspective I have learned success is warranted by delivering the wants and needs of your customers; by paying attention to their gripes, challenges, obstacles. It’s about never saying ‘no’, or telling them why you can’t [...]
How to Remove IT Policy From Your BlackBerry
1.) First step in this process is to ensure that the Blackberry Desktop Manager is installed using Blackberry Internet Service, and not Blackberry Enterprise Server. In case if you are unsure about how the installation was done, it would probably be a good idea to uninstall the Desktop Manager and start again. BlackBerry Desktop Manager [...]
Plane crashed report delivered from Twitter
It’s true, Twitter was there first. Via his iphone Denver resident Mike Wilson, on Twitter known as http://twitter.com/2drinksbehind, reported the plane crash even before the media. His twitter entries…. Holy f***ng shit I wasbjust in a plane crash! 5:25 PM Dec 20th from twitterrific Ugh … My glasses fell off in the mass exodus getting [...]
IT: Information Technology Employment Trends
Looking through some of the IT (Information Technology) employment trends for 2007 – 2008 there were some surprises. These stats prove that Mobile 2.0, Web 2.0 are the future. Hottest skills: Web 2.0 Mobile 2.0 Security Cloud Computing Oracle jobs decreased 15% SAP jobs decreased 27% SAAS (Software as a Service) jobs increased 458% Vmware [...]
IT 2009: What’s Ahead
Looking ahead—where is Technology going in 2009. And what will be the trends, the craze. In regards to IT culture in the organization, there seems to be two challenges ahead in 2009: IT departments across the country are dealing with budget reductions, but yet having to spend more on security solutions. In addition, the constant [...]
IT: Looking ahead to 2009
What do I predict will be hot in 2009 for Information Technology departments: Decreasing IT budgets IT departments struggling to show IT Value (lack of marketing & alignment–business still looking at IT as a necessary evil) Open Source: with a developer on staff or outsourcing why not utilize open source applications? The biggest negative is [...]
The Top 10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT
Welcome to my world. This list is so very true. IT = money + long hours + annoying users read more | digg story
