'It’s time for IT to stop acting like a cost centre'
But first put the IT house in order, with proof that you’re optimising the value delivered to the business and mission, writes Cathleen Blanton of Gartner
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State of the CIO 2018: Make way for the chief impact officer
This year’s research reveals how New Zealand CIOs are concurrently tackling the fast pace of change across markets and technologies, as well as their roles.
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Exclusive: What’s missing in Budget 2017? ‘Serious investment’ in the tech sector
A focus on growing areas of interest internationally, like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science, went without mention in Budget 2017, writes Craig Hudson of Xero NZ.
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The decline of project management offices in New Zealand
Project activity is on the rise, but so are failure rates, and more organisations are disestablishing project management offices, reports KPMG.
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Five 'zero cost' CRM strategies
It's not shocking that many companies are scaling back, delaying or canceling IT projects. Recent Gartner survey data of 475 IT decision makers in global enterprises with 1000 or more employees found that more companies are actually postponing or scaling back computing projects rather than canceling them outright.
Conventional wisdom would hold that customer relationship management (CRM) software is one area of the business not to be ignored during tough financial times. But who's got millions to spend on new CRM apps and functionalities?