Less Than 3 Weeks To Go ....
.... until the 13th Annual IT Service Management Conference.
We've had a pretty steady stream of registrations over the past few weeks and it's looking like the number of attendees will be very close to last year's record attendance. In view of the current economic climate - where discretionary spending on...
Troy Is Right On The Money!
My buddy Troy DuMoulin has written an excellent piece this morning about how inefficient IT practices come under extra scrutiny when we're economically challenged.
"You Can Only Afford Bad or No Processes When You Have Lots of Cash!"
I'd say the reason for this is founded in that age-old habit...
The Case for Good Process During Economic Downturns
You Can Only Afford Bad or No Processes When You Have Lots of Cash!
A couple of years ago during the height of the Dot-com tech bubble I remember an interesting conversation I had with a Sr. Manager of an online investment firm. We were discussing (I was selling) the...
George Promises To Shave His Head!
Yes!
If you don't believe me, listen to what he says in the latest Conference Update we recorded earlier today.
Not sure if that's a sight I really want to see.
Got The Recession Jitters? Don’t Take Your Eye Off The Ball!
Following on from my previous post about about the findings in the Computer Economics report, here at Pink - not surprisingly - we're hearing of some IT managers who have been directed to cut spending - but it doesn't appear to be as significant as you might think. For example,...
Remember The Last Recession - And The One Before That?
Interesting report from Computer Economics.
Seems like the recession in the early 90s didn't result in a reduction in IT spending, but the 2001 recession did; but, this was mainly because we were still "burning out" the excesses of the Y2K splurge a year or two earlier. (My buddy, George,...