Tag: IT

  • It Is Getting Greener Out There

    Pedro Pereira

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    Thus far, the main compelling reason for end users to apply green IT principles to their computing environments has been to save money. But that is starting to change, according to vendors and solution providers. While extracting costs out of IT environments through power conservation, server consolidation and virtualization remains a priority, an increasing number… Read more

  • Despite Economy, IT Employment Soars

    Pedro Pereira

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    You’ve seen the comments in the blogosphere, right? They tend to read something like this, “I’ve worked in IT 15 years and I always tell my children to choose another field.” In response to my column last week, someone posted this: “ Most companies appear to go out and look for someone who has the… Read more

  • CDW IT Monitor: IT Staffing, Budget Outlook Brighter

    Jessica Davis

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    The past two months have seen IT executives grow increasing bullish about the future of their organizations, according to the results of the most recent CDW IT Monitor, a bimonthly survey that gauges IT budget management and spending plans and tracks the perceived value of business technology. The CDW IT Monitor index, which debuted in… Read more

  • Education Is the Solution to IT Skills Shortage

    Pedro Pereira

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    Until recently, hardly a month went by without grumbling from the high-tech sector about the difficulty of hiring skilled IT workers. But as the economy slows to a crawl, the grumbling has subsided somewhat. That’s presumably because as some companies lay off workers, others are having an easier time filling vacancies. Unlike the turn-of-the-millennium recession… Read more

  • A Compellent Case for Green IT

    Pedro Pereira

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    As the green-IT movement gains momentum, a lot of vendors are elbowing each other to get to the front of the line of environmentally friendly technology companies. For the most part, though, the focus is on reducing power consumption and the costs associated with it. The argument to the customer, therefore, typically centers on reducing… Read more

  • IT Spending Ignores Biggest Security Threats

    IT Spending Ignores Biggest Security Threats

    Jessica Davis

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    While companies identify their biggest IT security problem as how users access the internet, they typically ignore that problem when spending their security budgets. That’s according to a new survey of more than 300 IT professionals conducted by CDW.  And the disconnect doesn’t stop there.  The study identified other crucial areas as well that were… Read more