In addition to three global partners for its Mobile Workplace initiative - Accenture, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and HP Consulting - Microsoft now works with several European systems integrators: Computacenter and Fujitsu Services (for the UK...
A recent AT&T and Economist Intelligence Unit survey of 237 executives worldwide found that companies admit that their networks are not equipped to meet the challenges they expect to face in the next two years.
Over the last three years only 12 per cent of SME executives saw a decrease in their IT budgets, while 62 per cent saw an increase, according to a recent survey conducted by silicon.com and consultancy The Bathwick Group.
The second annual ICT spend survey sponsored by Telewest Business and carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that the climate for IT investment remains cautious, with 57 per cent of respondents saying IT budgets will be cut or stay...
In a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, 45 per cent of the companies interviewed had already appointed a CRO or equivalent, with the majority concentrated in the financial services sector.
A survey of 300 CIOs by consultants Accenture found that organisations that try to freeze or cut IT budgets become caught in an "austerity trap" because they hold onto ageing legacy systems that lead to higher costs in the long term.