http://www.cioinsight.com Bottom Line - RSS Feeds en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:30:58 -0400 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:30:58 -0400 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:08:56 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/5-IT-Roles-That-Drive-Cost-Reduction/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/5-IT-Roles-That-Drive-Cost-Reduction/?kc=rss Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:39:23 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Top-10-Hidden-Costs-of-Outsourcing/?kc=rss - When it comes to outsourcing, theres more to your business case than the service providers price. Some outsourcing costs are less visible or downright hidden. EquaTerra, an outsourcing consultancy, reviews the top 10 hidden costs and how to avoid them. Hidden Cost No. 1: Currency Problem: Because ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Top-10-Hidden-Costs-of-Outsourcing/?kc=rss Fri, 02 May 2008 11:46:26 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Payroll-Gains/?kc=rss - A sign that the sluggish IT economy might be rebounding, IT services firms in April added more jobs than in any month since May 2006, when payrolls at firms the government labels computer system design and related services rose by 11,400. Payrolls at IT services firms increased by 10,200 to 1,403,3...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Payroll-Gains/?kc=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:39:14 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/CIO-Credibility-Gap/?kc=rss - Gartner has issued a warning to enterprise CIOs and their service providers: Budget cuts are coming and the CIO better be ready. For too many CIOs, this is a too-soon reminder of the fiscal issues which CIOs faced during the last economic downturn. It's also an uncomfortable reminder of how those is...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/CIO-Credibility-Gap/?kc=rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:48:04 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Woes-Aside-Some-Businesses-Expect-More-IT-Hiring/?kc=rss - Despite worries of a recession, about one in five CIOs at larger firms expect to hire new workers in the second quarter, according to new research. Robert Half Technologys new hiring survey finds that while the vast majority of businesses expect IT staffing to remain stagnant next quarter, a ne...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Woes-Aside-Some-Businesses-Expect-More-IT-Hiring/?kc=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:03:51 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/IT-Spending-Continues-to-Stall/?kc=rss - Global IT spending will decrease in the next 12 months as companies begin to feel the pinch of a slowing U.S. economy, according to new research from IDC. In a Feb. 11 report, the research firm found global IT spending will increase about 5 percent in 2008 and total about $1.38 trillion for the yea...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/IT-Spending-Continues-to-Stall/?kc=rss Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:20:08 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Preparing-for-the-Next-Downturn/?kc=rss - Jerry Batt twice had the misfortune to find himself in exactly the wrong place at the wrong time. Batt was CIO at Sprint PCS when the 2001 dot-com crash devastated the wireless carrier world. Now, Batt is once again at economic ground zero, as CIO for the $14.3 billion-a-year builder Pulte Homes jus...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Preparing-for-the-Next-Downturn/?kc=rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/IT-Spending-Rising-Despite-Recession-Fears/?kc=rss - Companies are increasing IT spending and expanding the CIOs' role beyond IT. According to the Gartner 2008 CIO Agenda study, the average worldwide IT budget increase after weighting is expected to go up 3.3 percent, a slight increase from 2007's 3 percent. IT spending will rise 3.3 percent in the ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/IT-Spending-Rising-Despite-Recession-Fears/?kc=rss Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:41:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Will-US-IT-Pros-Benefit-from-Rising-Cost-to-Offshore/?kc=rss - Did the golden age of software offshoring end in 2005? Between 1995 and 2005, when the dollar was strong and the post-communist countries were felled by low wages, there was often a 5-to-1 cost advantage borne by outsourcing IT development projects. In 2007, reports of rising wages, high turnover a...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Will-US-IT-Pros-Benefit-from-Rising-Cost-to-Offshore/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:38:52 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Cutting-IT-Labor-Costs-The-Pros-and-Cons/?kc=rss - Staff expenses salaries, benefits, bonuses, training and travel can represent nearly one-third of IT budgets, and become prime targets for some CIOs to reign in costs. CIO Insight surveyed top IT executives to determine how they control costs, Pro: Compels managers to more efficiently al...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Cutting-IT-Labor-Costs-The-Pros-and-Cons/?kc=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:20:42 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Best-Techniques-to-Manage-IT-Costs/?kc=rss - CIO Insight surveyed 255 senior IT executives and managers about the techniques they use to manage IT costs. Here are a dozen techniques ranked in order of their potential savings. Fifty-five percent of all respondents reported large savings. Thirty-seven percent contended negotiations ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Best-Techniques-to-Manage-IT-Costs/?kc=rss Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:57:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Seeing-the-Real-Value-of-IT/?kc=rss - var sPath = window.location.pathname; var moviename = new Array(); moviename = sPath.split( / ); var config = new Array(), configSponsor = new Array(); config[ videoId ] = 1351306727; //Change to BC TTID config[ videoRef ] = 'Doug-Rousso-Seeing-the-Real-Value-of-IT'; //Change to BC ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/Seeing-the-Real-Value-of-IT/?kc=rss Thu, 31 May 2007 11:37:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/CIOs-Set-IT-Spending-Priorities/?kc=rss - The vast majority of CIOs express optimism about economic growth, but that doesn't necessarily translate into more spending on technology this year. A first-quarter 2007 survey of 100 U.S. CIOs by Citigroup Investment Research reveals that 83 percent of the business technologists see the economic r...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Bottom-Line/CIOs-Set-IT-Spending-Priorities/?kc=rss