Financial services firms to boost IT spending: survey

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	Financial services firms to boost IT spending: survey Three-quarters of IT leaders at financial services firms plan to increase IT spending over the next 12 months and 55% expect to shift more capital expenses to managed services, according to a Bloomberg survey. Read More WEBCAST: F5 Networks How Backup Optimization Reduces Backup Windows and Costs Why backup all of your files repeatedly, when only a small fraction are modified on a regular basis? Learn how automated storage tiering decreases the amount of unchanging or non-critical data being backed up regularly, dramatically reducing backup and recovery times, backup media consumption, and backup costs, without sacrificing data protection. View Now. In this Issue HP signs deal to acquire Printelligent Has Oracle stopped making big acquisitions? Lowe's plans to hire up to 300 IT pros Oracle sued by university for alleged ERP failure Paul Glen: Is it 'us vs. them' or 'all together now'? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue HP signs deal to acquire Printelligent Technology giant Hewlett-Packard will acquire Printelligent to bolster its position in managed printing services for business clients. Read More Has Oracle stopped making big acquisitions? As midyear approaches, Oracle has made only two small acquisitions. This is out of character for a vendor that has made buying other companies a core growth strategy, doing as many as 13 deals each year since 2005, for a total of roughly 70 since then. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Lowe's plans to hire up to 300 IT pros Lowe's Companies said Monday that it plans to fill up to 300 IT jobs, including 150 new positions. Read More Oracle sued by university for alleged ERP failure Montclair State University is suing Oracle over an allegedly botched ERP software project, saying a series of missteps and delays could ultimately cost the school $20 million more than originally planned, according to a complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Read More Paul Glen: Is it 'us vs. them' or 'all together now'? Six simple words can tell you all you need to know about the relationship between a project team and the business sponsor. INSIDER (Registration required) Read More
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