Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Gartner reduces IT Spending Outlook for 2010, but still predicts a positive 2.9% growth Gartners latest IT spending outlook for 2010 remains positive, but is less optimistic than prior forecasts, as worldwide growth stalled over the summer. According to Kenneth Brant, research director at Gartner, "IT solutions that deliver ‘cost optimization’ will be a priority for enterprises through 2011, even as markets return to growth." Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). trillion. MORE >>

Gartner Executive Programs midyear survey indicates that IT budgets are growing at a paltry 1.1% The good news is that the second half of 2010, projections are in line with Gartner’s survey in the fourth quarter of 2009 when CIOs reported IT budgets would increase, on average, by only 1.3%, and spending outlooks are more positive than earlier surveys. Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research at Gartner Executive Programs indicates that "CIOs plan to increase capital expenditures (CAPEX) by 3% this year and pay for that increase with a 1.3% MORE >>

Friday, September 03, 2010 Frugalnomics Forces Changes in Sales Enablement As defined by Forrester, "Sales enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customers problem-solving life cycle to optimize the ROI of the selling system.&# 3) Quantify Best Value - According to analyst Scott Santucci of Forrester, “We are in the middle of a major transformation in the B2B sales model. MORE >>

conference. Forrester. Gartner. Twitter. Luis Suarez posed an excellent running summary of my talk this morning on Twitter. Luis’ main Twitter account is @elsua ; the summary is on his conference specific account @elsuacon ). Here’s another summary of all the tweets referencing my talk, created using Summize , a great tool that lets you search for twitter posts by topic, person, hashtag , etc. About. Services. Contact. Archives. 21 days of wiki adoption. 9rules. adsense. advertising. analysis. Apple. Atlassian. AusWeb07. CeBIT. MORE >>

Thursday, December 09, 2010 Winning the Social Media Popularity Contest Alinean Research of Fortune 500 Popularity on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , CMI , Content Marketing Institute , Frugalnomics , Pisello , Social Media ROI 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello has built his 25-year career helping companies to get more business value from their IT and business investments. MORE >>