The collaboration imperative

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The Editor, 2 months ago

Collaboration with business partners and customers is key to the future growth of global business, according to a recent study from the Economist Intelligence Unit.IT analysts expect IT directors and CIOs to adapt their corporate IT security strategy to support the CEO's plans by opening up networks and IT systems to business partners.On behalf of sponsor IBM, the EIU interviewed 1,130 CEOs globally on their views of the enterprise of the future. Collaboration and partnership was the focus for 71 percent, while 38 percent of CEOs expected to keep work within their organisations. "CEOs told us they are pursuing more...

Stop wasteful printing, says Envirowise

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The Editor, 3 months ago

UK businesses are printing around 120 billion pages unnecessarily each year and could save millions of pounds by enforcing stricter controls.That's the latest finding from sustainable business consultancy Envirowise, where researchers have estimated that the real cost of printing waste could be five to 10 times the amount spent on disposing of it. "Unnecessary printing of emails, multiple copies, single-sided printing and sending massive documents to the printer that are unlikely to be read, are just some of the regular scenarios lived out by businesses every day as a result of ‘accidental printing'," said Mary Leonard, a director at Envirowise.In...

Information management: a bright spot in IT spending plans

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The Editor, 3 months ago

There's no doubt that, right now, discretionary spending on IT is feeling the squeeze at many organisations worldwide. But analysts at market research company Forrester claim that information management (IM) solutions will contine to thrive, as a way of driving IT and business alignment and delivering real and visible value to the business.After surveying suppliers of both IM software and services to assess the size of the IM services market, Forrester expects the global information services market to grow from its present value of $7.9 billion to $10.9 billion by 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2...