Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
A few weeks ago, I spoke with Sheila Upton, a member of the Innovation Value Institute, about the institute’s new IT Capability Maturity Framework , a five-stage maturity model used to organize and structure a framework for mapping IT improvement
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
The retail industry tends to be pretty frugal in its IT spending, thanks to the low margins it earns on sales. The margins simply won’t support the kinds of IT investments made in other sectors, IHL Consulting President Greg Buzek told me when we
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
The list of major tech vendors making significant layoff announcements has been growing like crazy since the first of the year. The rolls include Microsoft, Cisco, AT&T, Adobe Systems, Seagate, Sun Microsystems, Motorola and Nokia. Just about the
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
Confession: I go through life thinking “well, duh” a lot more than an adult probably should. This makes me wonder if I am too hard on people. (To my credit, I’ve at least learned to think this rather than saying it out loud.) It was certainly
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
Sure, I was aware that President Barack Obama, before he was elected, often included in his campaign speeches a statement about ending tax breaks for U.S. companies that send jobs overseas. I chalked it up as so much political rhetoric and, based upon
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
The new home page at Skittles.com , which at least one digital media expert is hailing as ” a very bold campaign ,” reminds me a little of the parties hosted by some parents of high schoolers who figure it’s better to provide a place with snacks, music
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
As I wrote last month, the tough economy seems to be increasing interest in software-as-a-service, especially among CFOs and other financial types. No doubt quite a few organizations may believe that SaaS costs more than traditional on-premise
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
I’ve long been intrigued by the idea that the booming services markets in emerging economies like China and India are creating a new class of consumers, a burgeoning class that the North American companies fueling these economies really shouldn’t
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Is outsourcing social media a smart strategy? Back in December, I spotlighted a couple of E-Commerce Times articles that attempted to walk companies through the particulars of doing so. Like several of the experts quoted in the articles I
Published by admin on 12 Mar 2009
Remember back in November, when IDC scaled back its expectations of IT global spending growth from an original estimate of 5.9 percent to just 2.6 percent? What, you blocked it out along with all the news of layoffs and other reminders of