July 2011

IT must promote its services to help business performance

25/07/2011

Written by James West

Technology departments need to do a better job promoting the value of IT services they offer after analyst Gartner revealed that fewer than 30 per cent of companies are exploiting the business intelligence tools available to them to improve financial performance.

Boardroom apathy thwarts IT projects

22/07/2011

Written by James West

IT development is being hampered by a lack of executive level support after a study by NetApp found 61 per cent of IT managers complaining that the board fails to see the value of efficient technology.

IT teams nervous as SaaS soars

08/07/2011

Written by James West

The relentless growth of SaaS (Software as a Service) deployments is putting the future of internal IT department in jeopardy.

IT business alignment fails at feedback

07/07/2011

Written by James West

It seems the challenge of IT departments delivering exactly what the business needs to prosper will remain a pipedream, according to research from LANDesk which shows that 50 per cent of IT teams fail to act on customer feedback.

Mobile shopping sales to reach $1 trillion by 2015

06/07/2011

Written by James West

IT teams failing to build and support user-friendly mobile buying platforms could see the businesses they work for missing out on a $1 trillion shopping spree.

Majority of IT teams blasé about anti-bribery rules

01/07/2011

Written by James West

The majority of UK businesses have made no alterations to their IT systems despite the imminent arrival of anti-bribery legislation described as the “toughest in the world.”

Business professionals fail to see benefits of cloud

30/06/2011

Written by James West

The excitement around cloud computing in the IT industry is not yet shared by end users, who are unconvinced that it will deliver any real benefits to their working lives.

Airlines defy tough trading conditions by increasing IT investment

29/06/2011

Written by James West

Embattled airlines believe that effective IT is the best antidote to weak spending and are investing rapidly on mobile and telecoms services to offset rising fuel costs and dwindling passenger numbers. 

“Big data” projects can lead to short-sighted IT

28/06/2011

Written by James West

IT leaders that throw money at Business Intelligence (BI) projects risk losing sight of their long-term aims and challenges according to analyst firm Gartner.