Pulling the Plug on Legacy Log Management
June 9, 2010
When it comes to log management today, CSOs have been left in the lurch. According to a new IDG Research Services survey, organizations are poised to “rip and replace” legacy technology to get a better handle on compliance and security. Download here
IDG Research Survey Reveals Current State of Email Management Strategies
March 29, 2010
Results Show an Anticipated 48% Increase in Cloud-based Storage of Email Data over Next 12-24 Months
BOSTON, MA – December 1, 2009 – Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in information protection and storage services, recently teamed with IDG Research Services to conduct a survey on the current state of email management, and the strategies and tactics used by large companies to reduce the costs and risks associated with email’s growing complexity. The results represent responses from 115 executives serving in both IT and business capabilities at companies with 1,000 or more employees. A white paper and videocast discussing the survey’s findings are available online.
IDG Research Services surveyed IT and business executives on the state of email management within their companies—what they were doing, why they were doing it, and what challenges they faced. The results reveal a shift in the perception of email management—not only its implicit importance, but the explicit need for serving communication needs as well as compliance and regulatory requirements. Not surprisingly, they also reveal an increasing desire to make email management as cost-effective and efficient as possible. Read more
Study by Leading Research Firm Shows Critical Need for Better IT Cost Information to Support Wise Decision-Making Aligned With Business Goals
October 29, 2009
Digital Fuel, the leader in SaaS IT Cost Visibility solutions, today announced the release of a white paper based on a major study of IT Cost Visibility by IDG Research Services, conducted in cooperation with CIO magazine. Among its major findings, the study revealed that 84% of IT managers in large organizations feel that having detailed visibility into IT costs and drivers is critical-but that over half would rate their current level of visibility into IT cost and drivers as either “fair”, “poor” or “terrible”. Read more
Recent Survey Shows Business Benefits of BPM
October 29, 2009
IDG Research Services recently surveyed 400 IT executives: 100 in the U.S., 100 in Europe, and 200 in Asia-Pacific. Interestingly, when asked, ‘Which business benefits did you derive by using BPM software in your past and current BPM initiatives,’ most world wide respondents ranked reduced operating costs and improved productivity as their top responses and 26% of the global sample also reported a higher innovation rate.
How Consumerization of IT Will Make Your Business More Productive
September 3, 2009
Improved collaboration. More efficient processes. Lower costs. These are just a few of the benefits global companies are realizing as rich technologies that fuel consumer technology make their way into the enterprise. Read this exclusive IDG Research Services survey to learn why IT executives worldwide are embracing “The Consumerization Of IT”
Exclusive IDG research: Increasing virtualization ROI, decreasing virtualization costs. New survey data underscores both the promise and perils of virtualization.
August 19, 2009
Thanks to its potential to improve efficiencies, simplify management, and enhance agility, virtualization is one of the hottest technologies to hit the data center in years. Yet an exclusive research study conducted for Accelerate by IDG Research Services makes clear that many companies are encountering stumbling blocks as they roll out their virtualization strategy. Some, for example, say that virtualizing their data center took longer than expected. Others say they have yet to see the returns they anticipated from virtualization. Still others are having trouble even calculating what returns they’ve collected.
Interactive Intelligence’s Remarkable New IPA (Interaction Process Automation)
August 12, 2009
Is there a viable link between communications and business processes paradigms?
Joe Staples, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Interactive Intelligence, says, “In a recent poll by IDG Research, 88 percent of CIOs and IT people interviewed agreed with the statement: ‘The biggest return on investment from business process automation comes from eliminating latency in processes and minimizing human error.’ Then they asked them what best described the relationship between UC and business process automation. 50 percent said ‘I see where communications technology could be used to automate business processes,’ and 37 percent said ‘I see where it could be incorporated into process automation applications.’ So 87 percent show a nice link between UC and business process automation, something we also found encouraging.”
Navigating the Economic Crisis…
August 7, 2009
Navigating the Economic Crisis: Who Is Confident And Why Research on Building Trust in Business Points to How Some Companies Remain Upbeat — Despite the Tough Times
New research results from Interaction Associates show that two-thirds of the people surveyed – 66% of respondents – say they are “extremely or very confident” in their company’s ability to successfully navigate the current downturn. Companies that self-report strong leadership are even more confident, at 88%.
Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) August 6, 2009 — Some ten months after the economy took a dramatic turn for the worse in Fall 2008, new survey results point to confidence among business leaders and managers.
The findings emerge in a recent survey of trust, leadership, and collaboration commissioned by Interaction Associates and involving leaders at 211 companies from a broad range of industries and company sizes.
Interaction Associates commissioned IDG Research Services to conduct the Building Trust in Business survey as part of IA’s 40th anniversary celebration in 2009. The full report will be released in September 2009 with detailed findings and powerful tools for growing trust, leadership, and collaboration.
IDG Research Offers New Online Advertising Effectiveness Measurement Tool
July 13, 2009
New online advertising effectiveness measurement tool – IDG Research Services is partnering with Safecount, a leader in the creation of online solutions, to offer a web-based intercept study that will help marketers assess the impact of their online advertising campaigns on brand awareness, perceptions, and consideration. Please contact us for more information or an estimate.
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July 13, 2009
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