It’s a good question. The short answer is it depends on what department you’re working for!
For a line manager the single most important thing is to keep within budget. There’s nothing like having to explain to the finance team why once again they’ve got to find a little bit more cash to cover an over [...]
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What’s the most important aspect of purchase control?
May 17, 2010 – 1:16 pm
New Functionality In Version 7!
April 20, 2010 – 3:34 pm
The great thing about Software As A Service is that we can add new features into the software for no extra cost to the end users.
3 year price lock deal on POcontrol.com Enterprise Systems
March 2, 2010 – 1:08 pm
We’ve announced a new 3 year price lock for all POcontrol.com enterprise subscriptions!
Rolling out any system with more than 100 users isn’t something you want to do on a regular basis, in fact as a former IT manager it’s the kind of thing I used to avoid where ever possible. The re-training costs on a [...]
L.A. is moving online
July 20, 2009 – 3:15 pm
Online applications are gaining momentum in a BIG way Los Angeles moves to online software, saves money
If you wanted to build a large scalable SAAS installation, how would you know what hardware to buy?
February 21, 2009 – 4:19 pm
This is a question I’ve been asked many times, most recently on Linkedin.com. Any big hardware installation isn’t going to be cheap, so how do you maximise your computing power for the least money?
http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/computers-software/TCH_ITS_CMP/420392-7323143?browseCategory=TCH_ITS_CMP
Hi Khaw,
This is not an easy question to answer. The quickest solution is to throw as much money at the hardware as you [...]
Economist article on IT usage in 2009
February 2, 2009 – 4:14 pm
Not a bad article if you’re looking for an over view of IT and where it’s going in 2009.
As always capital spend is going to be a cost to lower, and its makes reference to SaaS which is a good starting place.
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12936523
