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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.
Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices
Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.
Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices
This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.
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Information Technology Budgets: Which Industry Spends the Most?
The 2008 "State of the CIO" study shows that financial services companies spend big on IT as a percentage of revenue, and have the lowest IT staffer-to-user ratio. Who has the highest ratio? Non-profits.
November 02, 2007 — CIO —
At 10.5 percent, banks and financial services companies, by far, spend the biggest chunk of revenue on technology, but the government and education sectors also spend significantly. The question is, which industry is most efficient?
Judging by one measure—the number of users supported by each IT staffer—education rules, with 48.3. Schools and colleges have all those iPod-wearing, wireless network-demanding students running around. Wholesale and retail IT pros are a close second on that scale, with 47.5—supporting, as they do, lots of full- and part-time store clerks and salespeople.
But are IT staff in education and retail that much more efficient, or just overworked? What are your thoughts? Comment below or e-mail me at knash@cio.com.
Spending on IT, By Industry
The 2008 State of the CIO asked IT leaders about their budgets, and how many users they have per IT employee.
| Industry | IT Budget as a Percent of Revenue | Users per IT Staffer |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 10.5 | 15.7 |
| Government | 7.8 | 37.8 |
| Education/nonprofit | 6.2 | 48.3 |
| Health Care | 5.0 | 25.4 |
| Wholesale and Retail | 3.9 | 47.5 |
| Manufacturing | 3.4 | 40.9 |
| Overall Sample | 6.7 | 35.1 |
SOURCE: 2008 "State of the CIO" survey of 558 heads of IT. NOTE: Survey respondents in financial services, government, health care and wholesale/retail industries said they expect to be hiring IT staff in the next 12 months.
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