Newsletters Welcome, Guest Log In | Register
Blogs:

Ann All

Business of Tech

Alignment, staffing and culture are often more critical than software and apps

About this Blogger RSS

Subscribe

Sign up now and get the best business technology insights direct to your inbox.

  • Daily Edge
  • CTO Edge Update
  • Business Tools & Templates
  • Aligning IT & Business Goals
  • Maximizing IT Investments

November 20, 2009

Times Still Tough for Software Vendors, Though Less so for SaaS

When I interviewed Saugatuck Technology CEO Bill McNee back in July, following the release of second-quarter financial results, most enterprise software vendors were suffering but on-premise vendors... More >

November 19, 2009

Can't CFOs, CIOs Just Get Along?

Is it any wonder CIOs and CFOs often find themselves at loggerheads? CIOs spend money, while it's the CFO's job to save it. Granted, CIOs purchase and implement technology that helps companies achiev... More >

IT Hiring in Health Care About to Heat up

Yesterday I wrote about how IT salaries in sectors receiving federal stimulus funds, notably health care and education, are holding steady while other IT salaries are falling. (They are actually fl... More >

Software Forum: Information On Demand Virtual Experience

This interactive virtual forum presents leading IT experts providing the insights you need to turn your information into a strategic driver for innovation, business optimization and competitive differentiation.

Performance Under Pressure: The State of Enterprise Web Application Quality and Availability

This research study finds that Web application issues are an all-too-common problem and examines these Web-based enterprise application issues from two perspectives: that of an online customer and that of a site manager.

November 18, 2009

Plenty of Chatter on Salesforce's Chatter

Marc Benioff, you are so busted. Though the Salesforce.com CEO is "waxing over Twitter" at the Dreamforce conference currently under way in San Francisco, tweets ZDNet blogger and Asuret CEO Mich... More >

Room for Improvement in Twitteracy of Fortune 100

Though a growing number of Fortune 100 companies are tweeting, few of them can aspire to be a member of the Twitterati , the ranks of "the Tweet elite, whose feeds attract thousands of followers and... More >

Sectors in Which IT Salaries Are Holding Steady

Some industries are more recession-proof than others. In the current downturn, health care and government employment seem to be faring well when compared with other sectors. Back in March when I inte... More >

November 17, 2009

Offshoring Stands Out in Services Spending

Last November I wondered whether economic troubles in the United States would hurt or help the business of offshore services providers. If all spending dropped, such companies would suffer. But the... More >

Dysfunction Shows in Texas Outsourcing Contract with IBM

Reality TV used to be one of my guilty pleasures, though I haven't gotten hooked on any shows since becoming a mother. My husband and I often joke that when we retire, we'll spend at least a year cat... More >

How Many Lost Jobs Will Come Back?

One of the worst things about the current economic downturn is the sense that we might as well throw out what we think we know, based on our experience with previous downturns. In the past, layoffs o... More >

November 16, 2009

Advice for IT on Making Metrics Meaningful

Much of my work here involves pointing out areas in which IT professionals and business users might not see eye to eye. Like world peace, everyone seems to wish for a seamless blend of IT and busine... More >

Layoffs Send H-1B Holders Back to India

Though they're hardly an official economic indicator, demand for H-1B visas tends to bubble up in times of economic prosperity and flatten in times of decline. As I pointed out in a post from April, ... More >

November 13, 2009

Is the Cloud Already a Commodity?

You could argue that the cloud is, by definition, a commodity. (Assuming, of course, that anyone could agree on a definition of the cloud .) Companies selling cloud services use commodity hardware... More >

IT Spend as Dieting: Does This Infrastructure Make Me Look Fat?

Visibility into IT usage and spending is a lot like eating right and exercising. Companies spend a lot of time talking about it, they know they should do it, many of them have good intentions of doin... More >

November 12, 2009

Try Stroking Vendors When Everyone Else Is Squeezing Them

When the going gets tough, so do IT executives, especially when it comes to pushing vendors to lower their prices. But an overly tough approach can backfire, through vendors offering sub-par service ... More >

Group Uses Open-Innovation Approach for New IT Framework

There's lots of talk about collaboration within companies, and some companies are extending their collaborative initiatives beyond the corporate walls, to suppliers and other partners, to their custo... More >

Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence

Comprehensive storage solutions for better data access and retrieval, leading to better-informed business decisions.

Business Intelligence

Best-practice tools, strategies and technologies for determining and managing the data you need to make better business decisions.

Security Information and Event Management

Best practices, strategies and technologies to help you use security information and event log management efficiently and effectively in order to get business value in terms of increased security, reduced risk, regulatory compliance and increased business agility.

Mobile Computing Optimization

Mobile computing solutions, tips, and expert commentary that increases the usability and bottom-line benefits of your mobile computing assets.