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GAO-10-2, Information Technology: Agencies Need to Improve the Implementation and Use of Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Major System Acquisitions, October 8, 2009

2009-11-05T23:00:00Z

In fiscal year 2009, the federal government planned to spend about $71 billion on information technology (IT) investments. To more effectively manage such investments, in 2005 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed agencies to implement earned value management (EVM). EVM is a project management approach that, if implemented appropriately, provides objective reports of project status, produces early warning signs of impending ...

DOT OIG: Review of FAA’s Progress in Enhancing Air Traffic Control Systems Security

2009-11-03T22:32:08Z

DOT OIG Audit - Review of FAA’s Progress in Enhancing Air Traffic Control Systems Security, November 02, 2009, Project ID:...

CFOs to CIOs: Get Real

2009-11-04T20:00:00Z

On their wish lists addressed to IT leaders, finance chiefs want more risk-management awareness and better communication on project delivery.

Inside ERP Budgets: Slicing and Dicing the Corporate Pie

2009-11-09T05:00:00Z

AMR Research survey data shows how companies are spending their ERP operating budget dollars and why many are struggling to achieve the right mix.

Virtualisation: How to get real benefits from your virtual investment

2009-10-19T15:01:01Z

The mighty twin combination of cost-cutting (driven by the recession) and a desire to reduce IT power consumption (to tackle climate change) means virtualisation has become one of the hottest topics for the IT community, with a whole raft of associated terms such as bare metal hypervisors, virtual machines, and utilisation rates becoming standard parts of the vocabulary of the average CIO.

Virtualisation, is essentially about cutting the connection between the operating system and the underlying hardware it operates on.

Cost conscious CIOs: Unified comms' biggest fans

2009-10-21T09:55:01Z

Unified communications (UC) implementations bring together a variety of digital communication tools to make it easier for users to collaborate and improve business processes.

For example it might mean bringing together instant messaging, presence information, video conferencing, as well as email, SMS, fax and voicemail to improve productivity, and potentially trim the cost of an organisations' IT infrastructure.

Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs

2009-10-23T11:22:01Z

Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury.

Because it lacks the expensive licensing that is often the hallmark of proprietary software, open source is regularly touted as a way for IT departments to make their budget stretch a little bit further and it has already enjoyed considerable success in certain areas of the enterprise, such as web servers.

Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?

2009-10-28T11:47:02Z

When it comes to deciding how to spend a hard-won portion of the IT budget, who do CIOs trust for advice?

Consultants? Blogs? Whitepapers? Or something else entirely?

Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software

2009-10-28T15:05:01Z

It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times?

While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings that can be made, others still warn of the hidden costs that can lie in wait for the unwary.

Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority

2009-10-29T09:58:01Z

It's no surprise that for some companies green initiatives are dropping down the list of IT priorities. In a recent silicon.com survey, more than a quarter of respondents admitted green IT was off the agenda because of the recession.

But many organisations have found the key is to align green goals with broader cost-cutting initiatives - which are definitely in vogue with CIOs and CFOs. In some cases government policies are already giving businesses a shove in the right direction. For example, in July 2008, the UK government informed 10,000 businesses that they could be affected by the Carbon Reduction Commitment - a climate change and energy-saving scheme that will take effect in 2010.

Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?

2009-11-04T12:58:01Z

While the debate over bankers' bonuses may still be generating headlines, it seems the financial services industry has found one way to cut back - slash IT budgets.

Financial services firms' IT budgets fell by 8.3 per cent between 2008 and 2009, meaning the banks have cut their budgets more than other industries, and saw spending fall by 6.8 per cent year-on-year.

Analyst: Enterprises fail to handle data centre costs

2009-10-26T16:00:00Z

A Burton Group report has highlighted the problems that businesses have in assessing accurate costs

Employee Communication: How to Calculate the Cost

2008-09-25T04:00:00Z

Tips on building a cost calculator to estimate what communications costs will be for moving or adding employees.

Measuring Corporate Contributions to an Open Source Project

2009-01-08T05:00:00Z

Open source is looking more attractive to software development managers who need to make their budgets stretch farther, as the enterprise can benefit from FOSS community's contributions (which you don't have to pay for, cool!). But IT managers need to evaluate how to best participate in open-source projects and how to measure their developers' success.

High-Tech Hardware Spending Returns, No Help for IT Jobs

2009-10-30T04:00:00Z

IT decision makers will be investing in hardware in the coming six months, but high-tech executives say staffing levels will remain flat.

5 pitfalls that derail EVM success - FCW.com

2009-10-30T18:54:39Z

5 pitfalls that derail EVM success
FCW.com
No one understands better than the Federal Aviation Administration how hard it is to manage large-scale information technology projects. ...

Inefficiency as a Standard in Product Information Management - Information Management

2009-10-30T09:53:36Z

Inefficiency as a Standard in Product Information Management
Information Management
Streamlined data governance and controls lead to increased data availability, integrity and security as well as improved regulatory compliance. ...

Cost conscious CIOs: Unified comms' biggest fans

2009-10-21T09:55:01Z

Unified communications (UC) implementations bring together a variety of digital communication tools to make it easier for users to collaborate and improve business processes.

The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year

2009-10-22T15:46:02Z

2009 may not be over yet but analysts have already revealed the top 10 strategic techs that CIOs should be looking at next year.

According to Gartner, the 10 strategic technologies will have an impact on the enterprise over the next three years, with IT chiefs encouraged to make decisions on them within the next two.

Unused Servers Squander $25 Billion a Year

2009-10-19T04:00:00Z

Millions of servers around the world are doing little more than wasting energy, according to a new study.