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‣ TECHNOLOGY MARKET
- ‣ IT Spending in 2009: A Look At Priorities, Top Technologies and Executive Level Concerns
An examination of shifts in IT spending priorities, budget allocations, and anticipated revenue and profits. Covers major budget categories, a dozen key technologies and anticipated salary increases. Also looks at spending on managed services and domestic and offshore outsourcing as well as IT executives' perceptions of current budget- and spending-related issues.DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ IT Vendors: Who's Making the Cut. Who's Not.
A report of current or recent use of 38 major technology companies across six product and service categories and whether or not they're meeting expectations for increasing revenue, lowering costs, solving business problems, delivering ROI and more. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Customer Strategies
Get up to speed on how the IT organization supports companies' revenue and profit strategies, which sales and marketing goals are receiving biggest IT resource commitments and increases and which tools and new applications being used and developed for sales, marketing and customer service. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Emerging Technologies: Measuring and Demonstrating the Business Value
An assessment of companies' current deployment, piloting, and evaluation of 40 major emerging technologies and ten established new technologies. In particular, the report looks at those technologies most likely to reduce costs, improve processes/productivity, or increase revenues. IT-risk tolerance as a factor in emerging tech investment. ROI and time-to-break-even expectations are also evaluations. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ The Future of IT: A Five Year Look at Priorities, Expectations, Challenges and More
Delivers in-depth insight into IT organizations' most important business, management, and technology priorities in 2009. Also presents five-year expectations in ten key areas and covers the most important technological developments, and IT management challenges, to come in the next five to ten years.DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ IT Spending in 2009: A Look At Priorities, Top Technologies and Executive Level Concerns
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‣ CHANNEL
- ‣ Channel Outlook: A 2008 Year-end Recap
A deep dive into IT channel firms' assessment of business conditions in 2009 including revenue, pricing, profit expectations and strategic and marketing goals. Also provides insight into changes in customer tendencies planning, decision-making, and spending. In addition, the report highlights shifts in vendor/distributor behavior, credit/financing conditions, industries showing signs of IT spending slow-down and technologies expected to drive most channel profit in 2009.DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Vendor Channel Programs
Get an inside look at the top three characteristics sought in a vendor channel program and the perceived obstacles to joining a new one. We'll also look at how quickly companies are expecting to see a return on their channel program investments and how much of their business they devote to the channel.DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ Channel Outlook: A 2008 Year-end Recap
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‣ MANAGEMENT
- ‣ The Role of the CIO Today
A look at how the CIO role has evolved and how it is likely to change in the future. Specifically, what is their spending and decision-making authority, their influence in and out of IT and what other functions do they manage? DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ The Future of IT: A Five Year Look at Priorities, Expectations, Challenges and More
In-depth insight into IT organizations' most important business, management, and technology priorities in 2008, five-year expectations for 10 key areas, and a look at the most important technological developments and IT management challenges to come in the next five to ten years. DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ The Role of the CIO Today
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‣ INTERNET/WEB TECHNOLOGIES
- ‣ Seven Enterprise Web 2.0 Technologies to Watch and Why
An examination of seven prominent Web 2.0 technologies being implemented today. Key data points cover the extent of deployments and use, business constituents served, drivers for adoption, and concerns about how to regulate their use. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Emerging Technologies: Measuring and Demonstrating the Business Value
An assessment of companies' current deployment, piloting, and evaluation of 40 major emerging technologies and ten established new technologies. In particular, the report looks at those technologies most likely to reduce costs, improve processes/productivity, or increase revenues. IT-risk tolerance as a factor in emerging tech investment. ROI and time-to-break-even expectations are also evaluations. DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ Seven Enterprise Web 2.0 Technologies to Watch and Why
- ‣ VIRTUALIZATION
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‣ HARDWARE
- ‣ Data Center and Server Consolidation: Drivers, Obstacles and Impacts
An interesting look at where firms stand with data center and server consolidation projects and the cost and infrastructure-related drivers. Looks at obstacles to consolidation implementation, the benefits and problems that result from it and the impact it has on application performance. Also covers the most important power and heat management issues, types of aid sought from third-party providers and how corporate management cooperates...or doesn't.DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Emerging Technologies: Measuring and Demonstrating the Business Value
An assessment of companies' current deployment, piloting, and evaluation of 40 major emerging technologies and ten established new technologies. In particular, the report looks at those technologies most likely to reduce costs, improve processes/productivity, or increase revenues. IT-risk tolerance as a factor in emerging tech investment. ROI and time-to-break-even expectations are also evaluations. DOWNLOAD ‣/a> - ‣ Laptop Usage and Security Concerns
A profile of companies' laptop usage and the security methods they use. Includes data on operating systems standardized on, most important factors when evaluating laptops for purchase, specific security features sought and end-user policies in force. DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ Data Center and Server Consolidation: Drivers, Obstacles and Impacts
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‣ SOFTWARE
- ‣ Software As a Service (SaaS): Do You Have The Full Picture?
Do you know which types of enterprise applications run as SaaS, and likely to be run as SaaS, versus conventional software? Find out with this report. We cover how many years companies have been using SaaS applications, their experiences, expectations, and satisfaction with them, and SaaS' impact on costs, budgeting, staffing, development, and infrastructure. We'll also take a look at perceived benefits and risks, the monitoring and controls applied to SaaS, licensing, contracts, payment issues, implementation experiences and actual versus expected TCO. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ The Case for Open Source
Find out what's driving the adoption of open source and Linux, what is currently being deployed and what plans are for future adoption. This report will also take a look at characteristics of use, concerns, experiences, expectations, and satisfaction. Just as importantly, we'll address spending in the technology, cost savings realized and/or hidden costs associated with open source and Linux, types of vendors used and quality of support and the impact of open source and Linux on software development and business processes. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Web Services, SOA, ASP, SaaS: Where IT's Going and Why
A look at companies' use of or plans for Web services, SOA, SaaS, and ASPs including their budget allocations and ROI analyses. Also covered is the extent of integration with IT infrastructure, the impact on business processes, software development, and legacy applications as well as issues with data integration, security, and user acceptance or resistance. DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ Software As a Service (SaaS): Do You Have The Full Picture?
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‣ MOBILE
- ‣ Networking & Mobile Technologies: 11 to Watch
A report on companies' current deployment, piloting, and evaluation of 11 major emerging networking technologies. Includes data on technologies most likely to reduce costs, improve processes/productivity, or increase revenues as well as how companies measuring and demonstrating the benefits and business value of networking technologies and much more. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ The Impact and Implications of Mobile Technology
How are companies taking advantage of the work options created by mobile devices and technologies? Find out in this research report. We'll look at the support provided by IT, which devices and technologies are being used, the commitment of network resources and the impact on IT staff, costs, help-desk services, and applications development. We'll also examine security and compliance issues, back-up and synchronization concerns, productivity implications and more. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Mobile Devices & Applications: How IT Supports and Uses Them
Find out which types of mobile devices are being supported by companies' IT departments and the applications they are running. You'll also find data on the use of purchased or bundled mobile-device apps versus in-house development, hardware and software platforms used for applications development, methods of deployment, security measures taken and types of networks handling mobile-device traffic. DOWNLOAD ‣
- ‣ Networking & Mobile Technologies: 11 to Watch
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‣ TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS
- ‣ Cost Management: Efforts, Analysis and Projections
A profile of companies' overall IT cost management efforts. Includes percentages of IT departments running on, over, or under budget, companies with specific IT cost-cutting targets and IT areas likely to see reductions. Also looks at cost reduction methods and analyses, the decision-making process and the impact cuts have on IT goals and effectiveness. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Green IT: Plans, Drivers and The Ultimate Impact
An in-depth report on companies' implementations - or plans for implementation - of formal Green IT initiatives. Specifically the report covers, the primary drivers of Green IT initiatives, the environmental impact as a factor in RFP and product evaluation processes, solution providers' contributions to environmental awareness and more. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Business Intelligence Technology
In-depth research on the business objectives and problems targeted with business intelligence (BI) technologies, and their effectiveness. Also covered in the report are strategies for improving quality and effectiveness, priorities for the future, length of companies' experience with BI and their ability to interpret and use BI data. Resources available for BI, how it is delivered, and types of employees that use it are also addressed. DOWNLOAD ‣ - ‣ Recruitment, Retention, and Development Efforts in IT
A profile of the size and composition of IT organizations, the adequacy of their staffing levels, anticipated changes in them, turnover rates and recruitment and retention problems. In particular, the profile looks at the effectiveness of recruitment and retention strategies such as internships and incentives, experiences with hiring college graduates and programs for developing young talent and efforts to recruit and retain women in IT. DOWNLOAD ‣
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