• Study links IT spending to profits

  By Mitch Betts | 15 May, 2012 06:35

  Earlier academic studies didn't find a connection between IT spending and profits, but new research has a more upbeat conclusion: Investments in IT can have a positive effect on profitability--one even more pronounced than comparable spending on advertising.

• Retail banking tech spending to hit $US30 billion: Ovum

  By Computerworld Staff | 17 January, 2012 12:02

  Retail banking technology spending in the Asia Pacific region is expected to increase by $US1.2 billion this year to reach $30 billion over the next five years, according to a new study by Ovum.

• Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012

  By Ann Bednarz | 03 January, 2012 22:30

  Despite some hopeful fits and starts, the U.S. economy didn't escape the doldrums in 2011. Unemployment remained stubbornly high, the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis and budget scuffles spurred more economic uncertainty, and Europe's ongoing financial problems threatened global markets. If there's an upside, at least it's familiar territory.

• Corporate IT spending gets boost as hiring increases

  By Todd R. Weiss | 15 June, 2011 08:26

  The good news is right there on the balance sheets of some of the nation's largest and most influential IT companies: Their income and revenue are higher and growing again, and the effects are starting to be very noticeable across the U.S. tech industry.

• Open source IT Dashboard tracks govt spending

  By Rodney Gedda | 05 April, 2011 15:25

  The United States Government has open sourced the IT Dashboard project, a Web-based application designed to track IT spending used by CIOs of government agencies.

• Outsourcing: Crippling Mistakes IT Departments Make

  By Stephanie Overby | 25 January, 2010 06:15

  Researchers at the University of Tennessee have studied a variety of outsourcing deals-from IT and back-office work to manufacturing and logistics-and identified the most common mistakes organizations make when partnering with an external provider.

• Ten IT Talking Points Your CFO Will Love

  By Irwin Teodoro | 18 December, 2009 07:12

  I have nothing against CFOs. It's a tough position with a lot of pressures that can easily be misunderstood. That being said, it is the money people who generally stand in the way of engineers and technologists and the spending required to accomplish great things with IT.

• 7 Ways an Outsourcing Advisor Can Save You Money

  By Stephanie Overby | 26 November, 2009 10:50

  When it comes to the outsourcing process, going it alone is one way to cut costs. But working with an experienced outsourcing advisor may save you money during the procurement process and down the road.

• ERP Investments Still Top the List for Corporate IT Spending

  By Thomas Wailgum | 16 November, 2009 08:29

  Corporate IT budgets may have gotten slashed in 2009, but that apparently didn't stop companies from investing in their ERP software this year.

• IT spending will fall by 6 per cent in 2009 say Gartner

  By Siobhan Chapman | 10 July, 2009 00:04

  Worldwide IT spending is expected to decline by a further six percent this year, according to analyst firm Gartner.

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