Choosing the Right Vendor

Gary Beach

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CIO Magazine (100 - 249 employees)

Topics I'm interested in:Communication, IT alignment, IT Budgets, Cost efficiency & productivity, Innovation, Social media, E-Commerce

My next big project is:

Determining how the IT industry will fare in the coming economic recovery. Could we be on the cusp of the most exciting period ever in the 60 year history of our industry?

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Publishing exec at IDG. Former posts included stints as CEO of Network World and Computerworld. Currently publisher emeritus at CIO Magazine where I focus on business alignment, budget and social media issues facing IT executives. Very much enjoy running, photography and baseball.

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Member since:June 09 2009

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COMMENTS ON infoBOOM!

Jul 22, 2009 - In response to Relieving Pressure

Mark's comments are in alignment with recent CIO Magazine research. Our most recent Economic Outlook study reports that virtualization - at the server and desktop level - plus cloud/SaaS computing models have risen to the top of the "do to" lists for CIOs struggling to make ends meet during the Great Recession.

Jul 07, 2009 - In response to Nothing Middling About Midsized Businesses

The SMB market might be growing faster than large enterprises but that masks the key data point: when and how robustly will large enterprises resume spending in IT. SMB firms are often beholdent on the economic cycles of big companies. Topline revenue rather than percentage growth comparisons is the best measure of the vitality of the smb segment.

Jul 07, 2009 - In response to What Your Peers Want

Good stuff in the study. Syncs well with a recent IDC report claiming in 2009 800 exabytes of data will be created globally....that's a lot of data. Also, the info showing how IT pros are implementing key IT projects is in line with a just released CIO Magazine Economic Outlook study which reports over half - 52% - of firms ,despite being in the teeth of the deepest recession since 1930s, claim the focus of their IT investment in the coming 12 months is "growth and innovation"