changing role of it

The role of IT is constantly changing and IT professionals must continue to be innovative thinkers. Here’s a look at the latest new in the industry.

What does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act mean for the information technology industry? With no end in sight to the current economic downturn, a burning question for IT professionals has become, “Is President Obama’s belief in the transformational capability of technology evident in how funds are allocated? Read more…

A growing number of companies are discovering the benefits of unified communications: improved productivity and convenience, decreased operating costs, enhanced collaboration and reduced travel. Read more…

HP is taking the conservative road, narrowing revenue guidance toward the lower end of what it had previously forecast for 2009 as they believe we have not yet hit the “bottom” of the economic crisis. Read more…

Big IT projects sometimes go wrong in spectacular ways, with some common themes running through the disaster stories like fault lines. What goes wrong when things go wrong? Read more…

The dramatic change in the rate of adoption and the amount of discussion taking place regarding cloud computing demands that this technology, or rather a set of related technologies, continue to evolve utilizing a security-sensitive design. The intent of this series of articles is to define the problem and propose several salient ways to address it. Read more…

The Forrester's IT Forum 2009 was filled with everything today’s CIO should be aware of. Hot topics of discussion included the changing role of IT, the introduction of millennials into the workforce, cloud computing, offshoring and Twitter. Read more…