Features

• Economic crisis means hard times, hard decisions for IT

  By Craig Stedman | 10 March, 2009 10:45

  As the economic news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT departments - resulting in postponed purchases, delayed projects, hiring freezes and layoffs.

• IT innovations help Kiva expand microfinance mission

  By Mary K. Pratt | 10 March, 2009 10:24

  Aaron Yu wants to share his enthusiasm for Kiva, a nonprofit microfinancing organization. He sees Facebook as a prime way to do that.

• Recession clouds hopes for cash-hungry startups

  By Jon Brodkin | 05 March, 2009 08:12

  The semi-annual DEMO conference is all about finding the next big thing, a company that can wow the technology world while raking in boatloads of cash.

• Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees

  By Julia King | 03 March, 2009 08:17

  A senior corporate executive leaves the company, taking with him his framed family photographs, his prized gold pen-and-pencil set -- and the passwords of several hundred employees.

• Could the recession be good for enterprise software?

  By Chris Kanaracus | 20 February, 2009 09:12

  The recession has companies worldwide scrambling to rein in technology costs with desperate vendors responding in turn, offering deep license discounts, providing low-cost financing and proclaiming ever more shrilly that their products in fact save customers money.

• Five top spending priorities for hard times

  By Tom Sullivan | 20 November, 2008 08:20

  No company is immune from the economy's ebb and flow. So it's no surprise that, in the face of a fearsome downturn, IT shops are scrambling to figure out where they should cut.

• What tech-industry CEOs are saying about the economy

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 28 October, 2008 09:16

  Until September, the US tech industry appeared insulated from the year-long economic slowdown. Most of the 20 largest US tech firms reported solid second-quarter earnings in July and August, and they were projecting continued growth in sales through the year-end. Then Wall Street crashed. Here's the latest word from tech executives about current market conditions and the outlook for the rest of this year.