Governments pressured to cut IT budgets

Around the world, federal and national government agencies, including defence, remain under pressure to cut IT programme budgets and services, according to Gartner. Gartner’s 2014 CIO survey found that 26% of government CIOs expect a budget decrease in 2014...

Application optimisation can halve costs

Optimising application development and maintenance (ADM) can cut costs by more than 50%, according to research by Gartner. Sourcing managers can develop and implement sourcing strategies, metrics and processes to help CIOs cut costs in half by eliminating legacy...

Interest rate cuts unlikely

While there may be room for an interest rate cut late in 2013, this is only likely if inflation remains in check and it’s more likely that interest rates will stay level.  This is according to Ian Ferguson, head of distribution at Nedgroup Investments Cash Solutions,...