IT Leadership

IT Fails To Communicate Business Value of Core Software

Businesses need to manage core software assets such as ERP systems for value creation, not cost containment, new research says. But 60 percent of CIOs and CFOs don't even understand the size of those assets. n

Outsourcing to Bangalore? That’s So 2002.

Five Things Tom Perkins Has Learned About Business

Venture capitalist Tom Perkins on entrepreneurship, bringing new technology to market, and his resignation from Hewlett-Packard

The “Dog’s Brain” Strategy for IT

Study: RIM BlackBerry Users Are Most Satisfied Business Smartphone Customers

Ranking of business-handheld-user satisfaction is based on factors like ease of use, form factor and battery life.

Information Technology Budgets: Which Industry Spends the Most?

The 2008 "State of the CIO" study shows that financial services companies spend big on IT as a percentage of revenue, and have the lowest IT staffer-to-user ratio. Who has the highest ratio? Non-profits.

IT Workers’ Job Satisfaction Declines

Weaker sense of job security contributes to decline

A Prayer to Google

Data Center Staffing Problems Grow: Virtualization Skills Scarce

86 percent of data center managers say they're fighting to find virtualization experts and other specialists, new research shows. And 60 percent call their current staff skill set too narrow.

How to Set IT Policies the Right Way

Your rules for running IT should derive from the people who have to live with them.