Tag: IT

  • IT Worker Confidence Grows Amid Weakening Economic Outlook

    IT Worker Confidence Grows Amid Weakening Economic Outlook

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Amid widespread reports of slowed job growth and the looming possibility of an unemployment rate about to swell, IT worker confidence rebounded in September, according to the New York-based Hudson Employment Index’s report, released Oct. 4. Worker confidence among IT professionals nearly recovered in September, according to the release, as Hudson’s IT index increased 6.2… Read more

  • Study: Few Physicians Use IT at Work

    Study: Few Physicians Use IT at Work

    M.L. Baker

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    The low adoption of electronic medical records and e-prescribing is well known. Now, a new study has worse news: most physicians do not use inexpensive, widely accessible IT tools in their practice. The study, to be published in November in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, finds that fewer than 4 percent of physicians e-mail… Read more

  • Is ROI a ‘Bogus’ Indicator of IT Value?

    Is ROI a ‘Bogus’ Indicator of IT Value?

    Peter Galli

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    PHOENIX—The focus on return on investment as an indicator of IT value is actually bogus and is increasingly not being seen as the best way to measure technology decisions, Stephen Walli, a former employee of Microsoft and Optaros, said at the Gartner Open Source Summit here September 28. In an address entitled “Enterprise Open Source:… Read more

  • Report: IT Distribution Grows in Q3

    Report: IT Distribution Grows in Q3

    Scott Ferguson

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    Demand for notebooks, desktops and networking equipment helped fuel growth in IT distribution shipments during the third quarter of 2006, and one economist feels that growth will continue if interest rates and fuel prices remain steady, according to a new report. IT distribution grew to 6.4 percent in this year’s third quarter, according to Raymond… Read more

  • How to Become an IT Leader

    How to Become an IT Leader

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Ever wonder why MBAs are so green? Need help avoiding the biggest CIO career pitfalls? CIO Insight‘s Leadership Center is here to help. This package includes case studies, original research, interviews and opinion pieces from leadership gurus like John Kotter, Warren Bennis, Larry Bossidy and Robert Sutton. Commentary: Six Rules for CIO Survival How can… Read more

  • IT Success Knows No Boundaries

    IT Success Knows No Boundaries

    Eric Lundquist

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    This is the tale of two IT executives. One runs an outsourced data center for organizations such as hospitals that want to outsource their data center processing rather than worry about uptime, network transport speeds and never-ending data storage upgrades. The other exec is now in Hong Kong after spending a few years in the… Read more