Cutter Benchmark Review

IT Trends from the Cutter Benchmark Review

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:57:51 -0400

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The annual Cutter Benchmark Review trends issue gives you a broad view of what's happening in the field across a wide variety of topics.
http://www.cutter.com/content-and-analysis/journals-and-reports/cutter-benchmark-review/it-trends.html

Press Release: Stat of the Week -- To what extent are you actively pursuing IT consumerization?

Tue, 7 May 2013 10:56:23 -0400

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According to Jim Love, although a fifth of respondents have launched IT consumerization initiatives, "not all these projects are official. All too often CIOs discover they have BYOD going on in their organizations when a senior exec brings in his or her iOS or Android device.
http://www.cutter.com/press/130507.html

Driven by Data: Can We Invent the Future?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:59:53 -0400

Love, Jim | Journals |
"On a clear day, you can see six weeks." A friend overheard this comment between two IT executives at a conference a few years back. It's become one of my favorite quotes. It beautifully illustrates the difficulty of making predictions about the future of technology.
http://www.cutter.com/content/benchmark/fulltext/2013/01/cbr1301b.html

IT Trends in 2013: A Fresh Spring Perspective

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:58:30 -0400

Feller, Joseph | Journals |
No matter what goals your company has set or planned for 2013 -- a clean end game for an ongoing set of initiatives, an accelerated start for new ones, radical changes, or battening down the hatches -- now is the time to take stock and turn plans into action.
http://www.cutter.com/content/benchmark/fulltext/2013/01/index.html

IT Trends 2013 Survey Data

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:46:36 -0400

Cutter Consortium | Journals |
This survey explored interest in, and adoption of, various relatively new IT technologies and initiatives and investigated staffing and outsourcing trends in 68 organizations worldwide.
http://www.cutter.com/content/benchmark/fulltext/2013/01/cbr1301d.html

IT Trends in 2013: What Comes Next?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:44:51 -0400

Feller, Joseph | Journals |
I hope you have enjoyed this issue of CBR, and that both the survey data and our authors' analysis gave you food for thought as you consider your strategies and operations for the rest of 2013 and beyond.
http://www.cutter.com/content/benchmark/fulltext/2013/01/cbr1301c.html

Hope for IT Stability: Staffing, Sourcing, and Innovation Trends

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:43:21 -0400

Adams, Dennis A. | Journals |
With flat economic numbers, austerity measures kicking in, and armed conflicts roiling most areas of the world, last year came to a close much as it began. Although most equity markets are looking good today, debt levels still make investors, politicians, and credit-rating agencies nervous.
http://www.cutter.com/content/benchmark/fulltext/2013/01/cbr1301a.html

Press Release: Stat of the Week -- Are each of the following factors a barrier to the successful use of real-time data streams in your organization?

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:02:59 -0400

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According to authors Federico Pigni and Elisabetta Raguseo, "Every time we google, tweet, or use the latest app on our mobile device, we generate a stream of digital data. Yet most companies are not quite ready to tap into these streams and extract maximum value from them."
http://www.cutter.com/press/130326.html

Press Release: Stat of the Week -- How important is and/or will be mobile OS virtualization to your organization?

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:08:33 -0400

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So far, opinion is very evenly split on whether Android or iOS will be dominant in the enterprise. According to author Simon Woodworth, virtualization has been a useful tool for resolving the difficulties in choosing between operating systems the desktop server levels, and could be of interest in mobile.
http://www.cutter.com/press/130226.html

Press Release: Stat of the Week -- If the IT organization undertakes a project that decreases the costs of providing IT service, that savings ...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:00:29 -0500

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When companies save costs, where do the savings go? According to Dennis Adams, "Most managers understand that keeping a tight rein on spending, particularly spending associated with overhead operations such as IT, must be closely managed. Within IT, there are various mechanisms that organizations can employ to achieve this strategy."
http://www.cutter.com/press/130212.html

Press Release: Stat of the Week -- What is your organization's level of need for real-time data in each of the following areas?

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:47:33 -0500

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Author Zubin Dowlaty was not surprised to see that the key areas of interest in analyzing real time data streams were "weighted toward areas where customers directly interact with the enterprise: customer service, sales, IT, and marketing functions.
http://www.cutter.com/press/130129.html