Category Archives: IT Budgeting

EU plans could make IT procurement easier

By their very nature, public sector organisations are required to process and manage large quantities of data. They don’t always do a great job and some public sector bodies would certainly benefit from the services of a data processing specialist. … Continue reading

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Data security should improve as businesses begin investing in IT again

When business is slow and budgets are stretched, a company’s IT budget is often one of the first elements of its operation to be selected for cutbacks. It’s not difficult, after all, to squeeze a few more years’ life out … Continue reading

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How to retain agility in the face of a decentralisation of development

In my last post on the blog, I went through the difficult questions corporate have to ask themselves when considering an IT infrastructure. If this were a whitepaper, it would be frantically presenting the solution to all of the woes … Continue reading

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IT budgeting – best value versus best price

It cannot have gone unnoticed by anyone involved in the IT budgeting process that the days of large, in-house bespoke developments are long gone. A progressive commoditisation of not just the technology, but the very function of IT departments has … Continue reading

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