The old economy required measurement of return on investment (ROI) and figures such as total cost of ownership (TCO) - figures that can be, on the whole, meaningless and self-serving. Most companies do not have the correct data on which to base...
That IP VPNs can lower operational costs - along a demonstrable ROI curve - but can also add a great deal of extra flexibility into the way a business works, is a double whammy for IT buyers eager to shine.
Fortunately for those afflicted with this timeless conundrum, a more structured, less fluffy method for assessing ROI is emerging, due partly to pressure on enterprise property management departments to increase efficiency.
Integrating the total cost of capital employed by using the EVA formula of WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) x Capital Employed in the IT scorecard can help the business visualise the IT ROI. Being able to adapt to the needs of the workforce...
The other 89 per cent were able to provide an insight into the likely impact on productivity for certain types of IT expenditure but the survey found this was primarily through the application of "informed guesswork" or "personal intuition" and...
Cruz said the rise of a mobile workforce - "mobile professionals" - presents an opportunity for enterprise software makers "to bridge that gap and provide another channel and make sure that we're bringing the power of enterprise software - the...