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More IT Budget Cuts, Layoffs Expected in First Half of 2009
CIO — The number of IT professionals expecting to see budget and head-count cuts grew significantly between October and December, CDW reports, as more large-business decision-makers turn to cost-cutting measures for 2009. RELATED STORIES Cutting Labor ...More…
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The Battle for the 2009 IT Budget Is Now
CIO — Despite the prevailing economic uncertainty, CIOs are reporting that their original 2008 IT budget plans remain largely intact. Where economic conditions are changing, the IT response can generally be described as cost conscious rather than cost ...More…
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Recession Proof Your IT Budget
CIO — As 2008 continues to be overshadowed by the fallout from the US subprime market, banks are tightening lending and consumers are tightening their belts. But a market discontinuum is not universally bad news. Celona Technologies' CEO Charles ...More…
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Efficiency Gains Through Budget Cuts Varies By Company
CIO — The weakening economy is beginning to effect the earnings of companies outside the industries that have been hit hardest by the mortgage crisis (financial services, real estate and construction). Yesterday, UPS attributed a nearly 10 percent drop ...More…
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Emphasize Results in Budget Presentations
CIO — Any conversation about the IT budget needs to get the CFO on your side. Avoiding technical jargon is smart, says Sam Silvers, principal and national service line leader with Deloitte Consulting's financial management practice, because CFOs' ...More…
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How to Present Your IT Budget
CIO — When he presents his technology budget to senior management, Edward Granger-Happ likes to talk about a '57 Chevy. The spiffy car is a metaphor for a legacy system in use at the foundation, and it helps Granger-Happ make several points. First, it ...More…
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Offshore Outsourcing: Will Recession Cause a Bangalore ...
CIO — Several prominent offshore outsourcing customers have made a big show of announcing the cancellation of some of their business process and information technology services deals and what could be described as a "backshoring" of those jobs to the ...More…
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Data Integration Helps Shipbuilder Trim Costs
CIO — Technology can help float a company's goals or help sink them. At Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, the $285 million builder of container ships and tankers was faced with a set of three separate human resources legacy systems that maintained training ...More…
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DON'T include many incentives or credits.
CIO — Reward good behavior and punish poor performance. Sounds like a commonsense approach to achieving results. And if that tactic works in the chaos of the kindergarten classroom, it seemingly couldn't hurt in achieving desired outcomes when outsourcing.More…
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Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
CIO — One of the few U.S. shipyards constructing container vessels and product tankers with a workforce of 800 shipyard employees and 500 subcontractors. Aker achieved savings of $220,000 annually by deploying workforce management modules from Kronos ...More…
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IT Automation Technology Dominates Vegas Conferences
CIO — Automation isn't new, but with few budget dollars and strapped IT staff, many enterprise network managers are turning to the technology to complete operational tasks and create a more efficient environment. Attendees, vendors and industry ...More…
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U.S. IT Jobs Take a Hit: One In Four Going Offshore
CIO — Large companies are accelerating their use of offshore outsourcing and as many as a quarter of IT jobs at Global 1000 firms may be moved offshore by 2010, according to The Hackett Group, a Miami-based consulting firm whose clients include many ...More…