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Management & Skills

Taking the pulse of IT strategy

Pete Swabey

Effective IT Survey Results In 2010, most IT organisations stuck to the conservative approach they had adopted during the recession

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Waiting for the cloud

It was not the ‘year of the cloud’ that many had hoped for, but 2010 did see some organisations begin to use cloud computing in earnest

Comms & Networking

Becoming a handful

Innovation is blossoming in the mobile device market, but this is already causing headaches for IT departments

Information Management

By the numbers

Uptake of business intelligence systems may be slowing down, but a raft of innovative ways to harness analytics is now emerging

Comms & Networking

Network effects

Social media solidified its status as a cultural phenomenon in 2010, but businesses are still figuring out how to understand the benefits 

Business Applications

Form over function

Software as a service continues to grow, but is application functionality keeping up with the times?

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Data compression

Some organisations might be building giant new facilities, but most data centre operators are still focused on density and efficiency

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

The bigger picture

The focus of sustainability technology projects is shifting from IT’s own carbon footprint to organisation-wide energy consumption

Development & Integration

Blueprint for success

Enterprise architecture may not have closed the IT alignment gap, but it is still proving valuable

Security & Continuity

National insecurity

Politically motivated cyber attacks and information leaks have exposed the vulnerability of businesses and governments alike

Information Management

Still being mastered

Master data management and data governance, though highly sought after, are practices that are still maturing

The Cloud & Virtualization

The year of virtual storage

Storage virtualisation came into its own in 2010, the Effective IT Survey found

Development & Integration

Evolving Agile

As Agile methodologies achieve mainstream adoption, businesses are recombining the component parts to suit their specific needs

Management & Skills

Looking after the pennies

Financial management emerged as a critical capability for IT leaders in 2010

IT Services

Outsourcing demand

Public sector budget cuts loom large over the IT services market, prompting many suppliers to seek new growth markets

Management & Skills

Mixed signals 

There are signs of improvement in the IT jobs market, but economic uncertainty remains