February 15, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckAnybody working on electronic healthcare records paraphernalia can get set for a flood of federal stimulus dollars to wash over them. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: electronic records, federal government, grants, health care, spending
February 10, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckAmerican consumers aren’t buying fewer consumer gadgets and technology items, but they are spending less on tech. That’s the word from NPD group, an organization that keeps track of such things. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: consumer, electronics, Gadgets, NPD Group, spending, technology
December 7, 2009 by Valerie HelmbreckEver wonder how your elected representatives spend the money we taxpayers give them to staff and run their operations? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: allowance, Congressional, Member Representational Allowances, spending, Statement of Disbursement
December 2, 2009 by Valerie HelmbreckThey started out slow, but Cyber Monday shoppers upped their spending by 8% this year, good economic news for retailers and good news for our consumer-based economy. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cyber Monday, online, shop.org, shopping, spending
November 4, 2009 by Valerie HelmbreckThe old saying “Follow the money” has rarely been more important than it is in these days of government stimulus and bailouts. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bailout, funds, government, online, projects, spending, stimulus, track
June 30, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
If your IT department is nursing along old equipment because budgets have been frozen, there’s some tax news that may help you justify new purchases. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, spending, tax break, taxes
April 13, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Yes, the economy’s lousy and companies are cutting back, but there’s one area of IT that doesn’t seem to be feeling the pinch: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: budgets, cloud computing, data center, Ditital Realty Trust, IT, spending, the Cloud
February 23, 2009 by Valerie HelmbreckSure, a lot of companies are imposing a spending freeze to combat slumping revenue, but not every organization includes IT in the cutback. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: budgets, IDC, IT shops, spending
December 12, 2008 by Valerie HelmbreckIt’s not news: Times are tough. Some organizations might be tempted to scale back on IT spending. But a warning: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cutbacks, security, spending
December 8, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck
Hoping that IT would be immune from spending cuts in this lousy economy? Think again. It looks like critical IT services are going to be feeling the pinch soon enough. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Economy, IT, research, spending