In the current economic climate, you need to be careful where you spend your IT budget. Tim Dean looks at where you can make some smart investments to get the most bang for your buck. Have all our modern gizmos actually improved our productivity? Short answer: yes. Long answer: dozens of studies have shown that the lion’s share of productivity growth in business since the 1980s has been due to IT. And although much of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked, there are still productivity gains and cost savings … more »

Make Smart Investments in Office Technology – In the current economic climate, you need to be careful where you spend your IT budget. Tim Dean looks at where you can make some smart investments to get the most bang for your buck. Remember what offices were like 20 years ago? Cluttered desks stacked with paper. Oversized telephones plonked next to a rotary file. Filing cabinets and titanic photocopiers. A fax in the corner groaning out a glossy sheet every now and then. How things have changed. Only two decades down … more »