Gartner This Week
CIO PRIORITIES
- Dropping the Cost Floor in IT Can Lead to Competitive Advantage
- IT organizations that pursue a strategy that permanently resets the cost structure of IT tend to adopt delivery models and business practices that make the IT organization more productive and more responsive to change.
INNOVATION
- Architecting Your Mobile Strategy
- When looking at mobility initiatives, enterprises should focus on three areas: creating a cross-functional mobility team, understanding how specific groups of users make use of mobile technology, and using a repeatable and defensible methodology.
INITIATIVES
- Euro Crisis: Plan Now to Minimize Impact on IT and Business
- The eurozone crisis continues to cause market volatility and personal and corporate uncertainty. The ramifications will be felt both within eurozone countries and by companies doing business there.
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IT METRICS
- Forecast Alert: IT Spending, Worldwide, 2008-2015, 4Q11 Update
- Gartner's U.S. dollar growth forecast for global IT spending in 2012 has been revised downward this quarter. Faltering global economic growth, the eurozone crisis and the impact of Thailand's floods on hard-disc drive production have taken their toll on IT spending.
VENDOR INSIGHTS
- Key Steps in Preparing for Your Microsoft License Negotiation
- The best Microsoft deals go to those customers that have invested the time and effort in careful preparation. Follow these guidelines before going into negotiations with Microsoft or your reseller, to maximize the value of your contract.
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