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News to know: AMD; IT spending; Google; Microsoft Mesh; ULPCs: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor? Garett Rogers: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry? Michael Krigsman: Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened Larry Dignan: AMD: Sales weak; Layoffs on tap ...; Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Jason O'Grady, IT-spending, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Printers, Fuel Cells, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-08
Achieving Business Objectives through Strategic IT Investment: Gone are the days when IT spending was simply another line in the budget, like telephones, maintenance, or transportation. Today, IT spending is increasingly recognized as an investment that will enable the business to continue growing well into the future. But like all good investments, reliable information is essential....; Tags: Information Technology, IT Investment, IT-spending, Strategy, Investment, Management, Finance; Webcasts 2008-03-31
Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries: Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worriesMySQL having an impact?Is Sun's support of MySQL beginning to have an impact on Oracle revenue? It's starting to look like it...; Tags: Operational accounting, Oracle Corp., revenue, IT-spending; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries: Oracle's fiscal third quarter was good just not good enough as customers are starting to squeeze more out of existing applications rather than buying new licenses. After market close Wednesday, Oracle reported earnings (statement) of $1.34 billion, or 26 cents a share, on revenue of $5.35 billion....; Tags: Software, Revenue, Oracle Corp., IT-spending, License Growth, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Survey: CIOs moderately upbeat about IT spending: Survey: CIOs moderately upbeat about IT spending"Solid maybe ; though the huge oil transfer into China isn't French"There is one full year ahead of this Yuan and U.S. Treasury one dollar note to benchmark with the rising transportation expansion. I guess we'll be reading all about it here, since I...; Tags: Transportation, IT-spending, survey; Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Survey: CIOs moderately upbeat about IT spending: Cisco, Dell and others have seen lumpy customer demand, but the folks that are producing those volatile sales patterns--CIOs--are moderately optimistic and expect solid technology spending in 2008, according to a survey by UBS. In its survey, UBS noted that: Our CIO survey--completed in February--points toward...; Tags: CIO, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, PC, IT-spending, Survey, UBS AG, Marketing Research, Servers, Marketing, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Dell: Still a work in progress; Sees conservative IT spending: Dell: Still a work in progress; Sees conservative IT spendingVista alone was not quite enough.The combined total of notebooks and desktops gained $1 billion, from $8.7 billion to $9.7 billion. That's an increase of 11% on 60% of the company's revenues.Not bad. If the Vista gains could have...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, legacy hardware, Panda, computer, job, IT-spending; Discussion threads 2008-02-28
Dell: Still a work in progress; Sees conservative IT spending: Dell's fourth quarter results fell short of expectations Thursday and the company "will continue to incur costs as it realigns its business to improve growth and profitability." Meanwhile, Dell said future results "could be adversely impacted by more conservative spending by its customers." Simply put, Dell is...; Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., IT-spending, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-28
SMB IT spending in ASEAN to reach $13.4 bln in 2008: Small and medium businesses across key countries in ASEAN (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines), are set to spend $13.4 bln on IT in 2008, up 15% over 2007. Computing spending will account for just over 50% of total IT spending in ASEAN. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand will...; Tags: Thailand, IT-spending, Malaysia, Indonesia, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-25
23% of North American companies to cut IT spending in Q2 2008: 23% of respondents to a ChangeWave Research study said their companies will reduce or halt IT spending in Q2 2008. 15% of respondents said spending would increase in Q2 2008. 10% reported that Q1 2008 spending has been greater than planned. 27% of respondents said their companies have spent less...; Tags: IT-spending, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-23
IT spending in Asia will increase to $32.77 bln by 2011: IT spending in the the Asia/Pacific region, excluding Japan (APEJ) public sector is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% to reach $32.77 bln by 2011, according to IDC. Developing countries like the China and India are both expected to achieve double-digit CAGR of 10.2%...; Tags: IT-spending, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Investment, Finance, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Amid lackluster IT spending, CIOs say ERP back en vogue: CIOs are expected to increase their technology spending by 2.7 percent in 2008, but the more notable change is the number of executives citing ERP software as their main priority. That's the takeaway from a quarterly survey put out by UBS. According to UBS, 69 percent of...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., IT Budget, CIO, ERP, IT-spending, UBS AG, Virtualization, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Storage Management, Utility Computing, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-12
41% of Western European utilities to increase IT spending: Western European utility companies expect to either increase or keep their IT budget unchanged (41% and 45% respectively), according to IDC. Only less than 14% declare that they will decrease it. 43% of utilities plan to increase their external IT spending. by NB; Tags: IT-spending, NB; Blog posts 2008-01-24
Market crash? What me worry?: I am writing this at midnight, January 21. The DOW Industrials have seen their worst year opening performance ever. Asia and Europe experienced 5-7% declines today. Whatever is in store for the US tomorrow I thought it worthwhile to look at the outlook for IT spending. ...; Tags: Financial, Information Technology, IT-spending, Mortgages, Financial Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Amazon makes IT spending cool: Amazon makes IT spending coolWell for Amazon...They can see the value add of improving their IT Infrastructure, since they are an online business. However most companies see IT and it's infrastructure as a cost center, even if they provide a place for customers to buy their products, they routinely wont...; Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Amazon.com Inc., commons, spectrum, IT-spending; Discussion threads 2007-07-25
Amazon makes IT spending cool: Wall Street is a funny place. Amazon spends heavily on technology and content for the last two years and all analysts do is whine. Now Amazon has reported two straight quarters of stellar earnings and analysts appear to be big backers of the e-commerce giant's capital spending. That's what blowout...; Tags: Amazon, E-commerce, General, Web Technology; Blog posts 2007-07-25
Using a Network Monitoring System to Optimize IT Spending Decisions: Linking IT Assets to Business Processes and Performance: Today nearly every organization relies on some form of Information Technology (IT). Companies of all sizes are increasingly dependent upon computer systems and networks to enable a wide range of critical business processes. It follows that companies are allocating increasing amounts of their overall budget to the IT department for...; Tags: Business Process, Performance, Network, Information Technology, IT-spending, Network Monitoring, Cittio, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management; White papers 2007-06-27
Topic Overview: IT Spending And Forecasting: Every technology decision is made in the context of technology purchases and spending, whether it is an enterprise buying a software application or IT service or a vendor choosing what industries to focus on and how much to invest in marketing. Forrester's IT spending research delivers clear insight into how...; Tags: Information Technology, IT-spending, Forrester Research Inc., Forecasting, Strategy, Management; Research reports 2007-06-04
IT spending: March 'air pocket' or something worse?: Network Appliance (NTAP) reported strong fiscal 2007 results, but cut its first quarter outlook due to a technology slowdown in March. Network Appliance, which sells storage gear, called March an "air pocket" and said business rebounded in April. However, officials declined to forecast the IT spending prognosis for May and...; Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Storage; Blog posts 2007-05-24
CIOs: IT spending outlook cloudy; Google questionable on enterprise apps: Chief information officers are cutting back their technology spending outlook for the next 12 months and most of them dont see Google as an enterprise application provider, according to a survey by Deutsche Bank and CIO magazine. First, the spending...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General; Blog posts 2007-04-02