From the deeply personal to the public governmental and business reactions to this cascade of tragedies, the Japanese have quietly shown the world how to deal with adversity. At the same time, inadvertently, this period has given us a chance to...

Sixty-four years after India's independence in 1947, middle-class Indians are gripped by fears about the future. No, it is not the pathetic performance of the Indian cricket team in England this summer that is the cause - though that rankles....

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Info-Tech's analysis of IT budgets across North America reveals a strong upward trend since 2009. Organizations are benefiting from the economic recovery and the effects of government incentive programs such as the American Recovery and...

If one were to go back to 1995 and take a good look at the work being done here, one would see a basic integrative method in play. Starting with individual technologies (i.e., chip types and software), moving through industry keiretsu that...

New IT leaders will have little influence unless they build credibility with senior business officers. Become a dynamic force that motivates and coordinates the accomplishment of strategic goals by earning the trust of business leaders.

Publisher's Note: Asia Editor Scott Foster has again brought this continent, with its issues, challenges, and connections, directly into members' view with this latest quarterly update. If you are doing business in Asia, you will be glad we all...

There are plenty of historic reasons to restrain one's enthusiasm over so-called smartphones: they have been very expensive, and so, limited in appeal and sales; there are no standards to unify them in the developer community; and the industry...

(12-Mar-10) Ask the typical office worker and Microsoft Outlook is email. Its corporate ubiquity has translated into similar dominance by Exchange in backend infrastructure. Industry surveys put Exchange’s enterprise market share in the 60 to...

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Service firms tend to be smaller enterprises with big technology needs from server to desktop. In this highly competitive environment, IT decision makers need to make the most of every scarce IT dollar invested and wisely use the skills of their...

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Complex IT environments and fluctuating budgets are the norm for Government institutions. They must focus on streamlining processes while providing users with critical IT services. From managing large IT staffs to supporting legacy applications,...

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The need for careful IT budgeting and staffing in health care institutions has never been greater. A complex IT environment and low tolerance for errors and downtime means that IT management must hire the right skill sets and make the correct...

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Industries such as Forestry, Fishing and Mining invest large sums in technology solutions every year. Make every dollar count. Find out where others in your industry sector are targeting their budgetary spend and allocating IT staffing resources.

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Complexity is a critical challenge faced by IT departments in the Transportation, Utilities, and Communications industries. Ongoing evaluation of priorities, operations and budgets is essential. Compare against your industry peers to make the...

(8-Mar-10) In today’s financial services industry, technology isn’t just an accessory; it’s a bare necessity. Technology is essential in gathering information and providing advice to your clients. And demonstrating a grasp of technology can...

(11-Feb-10) Eighty-three per cent of organizations gearing up for cloud computing are planning to start with private clouds, according to a recent survey from Platform Computing Corp. Forty-five per cent are already committed to the idea and in...

There are a lot of headlines out there this week that sound like this: "Will the iPad save print media?" I have many friends in the media world, and the last few years have been nothing short of harrowing, as the old media organs lose...

Publisher's Note: This week, while I am in New York speaking on the subject of Digital Media Business Models, we are lucky enough to have detailed views on the subject from two of our global members: Mika Salmi and Pierre Bellanger, both amazing...

(19-Jan-10) Avaya Inc., which has completed its takeover of the enterprise assets of Nortel Networks Corp., announced its product integration plans Tuesday. Though Avaya plans to drop the Nortel Multimedia Conferencing product, industry...

Taking on an IT leadership position is always challenging. Success or failure is determined by the leader's actions in the first few months. Learn what newly minted IT leaders should do to confirm they are the right person for the job.

(9-Nov-09) Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is now available worldwide, and the software giant believes that despite the economy, forces are promoting significant customer adoption, in much the same way that they...

25-Sep-09 Industry Canada announced Thursday it will only allow Avaya Inc. to buy Nortel Networks Corp.'s enterprise business if Avaya can prove the US$915 million deal is beneficial to Canadians. Industry Minister Tony Clement announced the...

11-Sep-09 Nothing is perfect. Much as we like to tout the robust hardware and rampant failover measures implemented in data centers, systems go down occasionally. That's why the industry measures reliability in "nines" rather than making absurd...

(27-Aug-09) Recently we have reported on data center containers along with infrastructure containers which compliment the boxed IT solution. The question that we occasionally receive from our readers is who are these units being sold to, how...

(27-Aug-09) For a $5.5 billion agricultural cooperative whose 42,000 farmers work cohesively across 19 countries to supply food and farming services, Lantmännen's IT infrastructure was surprisingly unwieldy. "Because we've been around since...

The upcoming device is lighter and has more security. Read why industry analysts say users in your organization may not need it if they follow proper procedures. What smartphones smart – the ability to do many of the things a personal...

(IT World Canada) - With the growing rivalry between Telus and Globalive heating up before the companies have even started competing, many industry observers are debating why the Vancouver-based wireless giant has taken such a strong stance in...

(IT World Canada) - Many pundits are labeling the announcement of a Web-based Microsoft Office suite as a strong threat to Google and its suite of office productivity apps. But according to other industry observers, both sides have a long way to...

Tablet PCs offer significant potential for teachers and students at all levels of study to motivate interactive learning in and outside of the classroom. Understand the benefits and possible challenges to tablet PC use in education.

Dynamics AX is the flagship of Microsoft's ERP aspirations. The technology holds promise but will benefit from increased focus on industry-specific functionality and improved roll-out methodologies.

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Info-Tech Research Group regularly polls IT decision makers about their staffing and spending decisions. This information is used for IT Budget and Staffing reports that provide benchmark data for nine industry sectors. The 2007 IT Budget &...