Hi Alfredo :)
And according to the text I am reading now... very few of those
dollars spent on technology go to Disaster Recovery or Business
Continuity Planning. This can cause some interesting effects should a
"disaster" happen...
Art "still studying feverishly! Hehe" Bahrs
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Subject: [HP3000-L] How much will your company contribute?
From USA TODAY 05/19/2002 - Updated 11:14 PM ET
Companies squander billions on tech
By Jim Hopkins and Michelle Kessler, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO - Productivity and economic growth soared in the
1990s as companies poured billions into technology to power
everything from e-commerce to inventory management. Research
now shows companies also waste billions on tech.
Morgan Stanley estimates that U.S. companies threw away $130
billion in the past two years on unneeded software and other
technology, according to its study of 25 years of tech
spending. Worldwide, companies waste as much as 20% of the
$2.7 trillion spent annually on tech, estimates research firm
Gartner, which is based in Stamford, Conn.
They do that because they stampede into the wrong technology,
experts say. They buy too much and don't implement new tech
properly. They also underestimate the time needed to make it
work. And CEOs, especially during the go-go years, often spent
too quickly without clear goals.
...
Full story:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/05/20/squander.htm
Economically yours,
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