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Information Technology: Are Companies Spending too much on IT?
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Trends in IT industry. Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Are Companies Spending too much on IT? Most IT managers and executives are likely to be creating their 2008 IT budget this time of the year. As companies prepare for an economic slowdown and are looking to reduce operating expenses, IT executives may be hard-pressed to explain any increases in IT spend. According to META in 2004. Say insurance companies in the US spent 2 to 4 percent of their annual revenues on IT expenses in 2006. Additional resources ...
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Information Technology: October 2007
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Trends in IT industry. Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Virtualization – The Next Generation. There are a number of case studies that show that server virtualization and consolidation provides significantly higher utilization of assets. Cost savings occur not only due to direct equipment costs, but also due to savings in software licensing costs, rack space and data center usage and power. Over 75% of large enterprises now use at least some method of server virtualization in their data-centers. Additionally, b...
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Information Technology: November 2007
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Trends in IT industry. Friday, November 30, 2007. TCO for software implementation projects. Understanding factors contributing to high TCO's for software projects and helping customers eliminate these adverse factors will enable ISVs and their channel partners to create and capture additional value. Complex RFP processes that drag along for months are expensive and erode value of projects and increase TCO. Costs of "Lights On" Operation:. Links to this post. Thursday, November 29, 2007. Both talk about M...
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Information Technology: December 2007
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Trends in IT industry. Wednesday, December 05, 2007. IT Opportunities due to the weaker Dollar. The dollar, currently valued at about two-thirds of a Euro. Has been continuing on this trend for the last two years. With future interest rate cuts all but inevitable, and the likelihood of interest rate increases or holding steady in Europe in the near future, this trend is likely to continue. S-as-S and Web 2.0 markets. Web-based services developed and hosted in the US may have significant cost advantages o...
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Information Technology: Allen and competitive advantages
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Trends in IT industry. Thursday, November 29, 2007. Allen and competitive advantages. And Seattle-PI columnist John Cook. Both talk about Microsoft founder Paul Allen's investment and passion for sports teams - (Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers) he owns. For those questioning the wisdom of his investments, that rationale behind many of his investment decisions become clearer if you understand complementary products and competitive advantages that his asset management company, Vulcan. The lack o...
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Information Technology: Non-Profit websites
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Trends in IT industry. Monday, November 26, 2007. About 6 months ago, I was looking for alternatives to a poorly designed and rather unmaintainable shtml web site for a non-profit I am deeply involved with. Seattle Youth Garden Works. Has an annual operating budget of about $450,000, and after a restructuring, I volunteered to maintain the web site. I decided on Drupal after evaluating a few Open Source and proprietary content management systems. Joomla was a close second, and I chose Drupal because.
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Information Technology: IT Opportunities due to the weaker Dollar
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Trends in IT industry. Wednesday, December 05, 2007. IT Opportunities due to the weaker Dollar. The dollar, currently valued at about two-thirds of a Euro. Has been continuing on this trend for the last two years. With future interest rate cuts all but inevitable, and the likelihood of interest rate increases or holding steady in Europe in the near future, this trend is likely to continue. S-as-S and Web 2.0 markets. Web-based services developed and hosted in the US may have significant cost advantages o...
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Information Technology: The Malaise at Microsoft
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Trends in IT industry. Tuesday, October 16, 2007. The Malaise at Microsoft. In a business school case ( Rohm and Haas. We learned about how channels of distribution were critical to a new product's success. I have added a brief description of the case below. Designed for Channel, not the end-user. It is obviously not enough that a product exist to help players in the value chain capture value, it has to create substantial value to the customer too. Products don't solve a problem:. How much is it again?
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Information Technology: How technical is your web-site visitor?
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Trends in IT industry. Monday, December 03, 2007. How technical is your web-site visitor? Every month, the Seattle startup community waits eagerly for the list - a list that will be debated, commented upon, written about. Sometimes criticized, but always initiates bouts of navel-gazing and moments of satisfaction. The Seattle2.0 list. Is maintained by Marcelo Calbucci, a Seattle entrepreneur who founded and runs Sampa. How can you use it:. If you are getting a tech-savvy audience, you can spend less reso...
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Information Technology: TCO for software implementation projects
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Trends in IT industry. Friday, November 30, 2007. TCO for software implementation projects. Understanding factors contributing to high TCO's for software projects and helping customers eliminate these adverse factors will enable ISVs and their channel partners to create and capture additional value. Complex RFP processes that drag along for months are expensive and erode value of projects and increase TCO. Costs of "Lights On" Operation:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). FEEDJIT Live Traffic Map.