http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 03 Jul 2009 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236763/an-in-depth-look-at-roi.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236763/an-in-depth-look-at-roi.htmThis white paper from Riverbed looks a range of ways a company can save money.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236761/10-reasons-to-deploy-wan-optimization-in-an-economic-downturn.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236761/10-reasons-to-deploy-wan-optimization-in-an-economic-downturn.htmIt's no secret that companies often cut IT budgets in times of economic difficulty. The trick to survival is targeted investments...Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:26:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236732/how-do-you-stop-a-gorilla-urinating-in-the-it-department.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236732/how-do-you-stop-a-gorilla-urinating-in-the-it-department.htm The best thing that can happen to a CIO is forthe IT budget to be cut completely. This would mean they would have to compete for funds in a meritocracy. CFOs,...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:29:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236726/airlines-slash-spending-on-it.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236726/airlines-slash-spending-on-it.htm Airline investment in IT is set to reach a new low this year as airlines cope with huge financial losses, according to the 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey,...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:07 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/30/236689/how-to-deliver-cost-optimisation-without-tears.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/30/236689/how-to-deliver-cost-optimisation-without-tears.htmTypically IT governance processes are focused on decision rights, compliance, and regulation. Increasingly, however, the scope of governance is being recognised to include value deliveryTue, 30 Jun 2009 07:59:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236673/smes-defy-downturn-with-continued-investment-in-comms.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236673/smes-defy-downturn-with-continued-investment-in-comms.htm70% of small firms see communications technology as critical to their business and will invest now or within the next yearMon, 29 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/28/236678/balancing-it-costs-during-a-recession.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/28/236678/balancing-it-costs-during-a-recession.htmFace facts; business is bad. For most businesses, the sustained growth seen in the past 15 years is history.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:48:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236645/how-to-be-rational-about-software-rationalisation.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236645/how-to-be-rational-about-software-rationalisation.htm Warnings of the scale of disruption caused by the year 2000 software problem (no planes fell from the sky, after all) proved to be largely false. However,...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:37 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236296/calculating-the-true-cost-of-email.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236296/calculating-the-true-cost-of-email.htmUnderstanding how much your current email system costs, and how that all adds up, is the key to making changes, and to providing a better service for your users. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:53:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236598/cios-losing-strategic-role-as-they-battle-recession.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236598/cios-losing-strategic-role-as-they-battle-recession.htm CIOs are in danger of losing their seat at the boardroom table as they concentrate on cutting costs instead of preparing the company for the upturn. This...Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:49:53 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/19/236516/dozen-lte-deployments-in-2010.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/19/236516/dozen-lte-deployments-in-2010.htm12 operators to rolled out services and naturism in 2010 and forecasts that by the following year nearly 34 million users worldwide will subscribe to the new ultra-fast data servicesFri, 19 Jun 2009 12:20:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/19/236515/mobile-video-driving-boom-in-ip-traffic.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/19/236515/mobile-video-driving-boom-in-ip-traffic.htmMobile data traffic predicted to more or less double each year from 2008 to 2013, increasing 66 times between 2008 and 2013Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/18/236505/getting-finance-in-a-recession.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/18/236505/getting-finance-in-a-recession.htmDespite the recession firms still need to invest in IT, but gaining finance is harder than ever. In the first part of an exclusive round-up, Joe O’Halloran reports from a roundtable debate hosted by Computer Weekly and Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets investigating the key financial issues affecting the technology industryThu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/17/236481/video-how-to-run-a-global-it-operation.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/17/236481/video-how-to-run-a-global-it-operation.htmBrian Franz oversees IT operations at Diageo, the international drinks company, and believes that an IT operation needs to combine the economies of scale and efficiencies of a single system with the flexibility to allows local business units to use the right technology for them.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/17/236479/video-cios-could-do-more-to-align-it-with-business.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/17/236479/video-cios-could-do-more-to-align-it-with-business.htmForrester principal analyst Bobby Cameron believes that CIOs are too focused on measures of IT efficiency and performance, and pay too little attention to the results technology can bring to the organisation. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:40:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236449/choose-life-choose-efficient-it-choose-ecostructure.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236449/choose-life-choose-efficient-it-choose-ecostructure.htmWhen a vacuum-cleaneresque Bob Dylan screeched that the times were "a changing" back in the sixties, he prophetically foresaw that the waters of socio-political change were rising fast and that if we didn't start swimming we would "sink like a stone".Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:32:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236446/businesses-put-major-it-on-hold-to-weather-downturn.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236446/businesses-put-major-it-on-hold-to-weather-downturn.htm Many organisations are taking a step backward and putting major IT decisions on hold while they revisit their strategy...Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:55:58 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/09/235423/the-total-cost-of-email-putting-a-price-tag-on-your-email-environment.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/09/235423/the-total-cost-of-email-putting-a-price-tag-on-your-email-environment.htmYour IT budget is probably going to be reviewed over the next year; now is the time to look at where you can make savings without making compromises. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:40:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/09/235350/the-total-cost-of-email-putting-a-price-tag-on-your-email-environment.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/09/235350/the-total-cost-of-email-putting-a-price-tag-on-your-email-environment.htmYou can’t afford to ignore email archiving, security, internal policy or regulatory requirements, but can you afford to keep paying for it as multiple systems on top of your email system? When you add up the full price tag for your email environment, from server to soft ware to risk management and staff costs, it becomes clear why running everything in-house can mean you spend far more of your budget on maintenance than innovation.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/09/236357/gartner-it-budgets-cut-by-10.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/09/236357/gartner-it-budgets-cut-by-10.htm CIOs have had their IT budgets cut by as much as 10%, as businesses continue to lower costs to combat the recession. Analyst firm Gartner...Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:16:41 GMT