approaching 2010 with cautious optimism

2009 is gone, we are glad to see it go! We are all cautiously optimistic about what 2010 has in store for IT. There are some indications that IT spending will at least level off and we will see a rise in IT initiatives that drive growth. Here’s a look at the latest news in the industry.

Oracle reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and sales of new software licenses, but analysts seem divergent on whether Oracle is positioned for longer-term, or even more explosive, growth heading into 2010. Read more…

Twitter is ending 2009 on a high note. The microblogging site has reached profitability after inking $25 million of deals that make its content searchable by Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT), Bloomberg BusinessWeek has learned. Read more…

Nine months into the job, Vivek Kundra discusses IT initiatives, the path ahead, and challenges in driving the Obama Administration's 'open government' agenda. Read more…

Is the problem a bad set of user requirements? Poor business alignment? No. According to software architect Roger Sessions, the primary cause of software project failures is complexity. Read more…

Cloud computing won a big endorsement in 2009 from the city of Los Angeles when it decided to adopt Google Apps, and many other state and local governments may soon follow with their own cloud approaches, according to a new survey by Input inc. Read more…