A recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that two-thirds of respondents—607 executives (43 percent of them C-level and board executives) hailing from 20 different industries across the globe—say that the collection and analysis of data underpins their firm’s business strategy and day-to-day decision making.
IT may still be wrestling with the notion of cloud computing, but chief financial officers already believe.
The worldwide spend on enterprise application software is expected to total $120.4 billion in 2012, a 4.5 percent increase from the $115.2 billion spent in 2011.
This is a guest post by Mike Cleland. Mike is president of Charted Path, a management consulting firm to the staffing industry. He blogs about strategy and business management for staffing. You can reach Mike on LinkedIn and Twitter.
It is projected that over 58 percent of companies plan to use temp employees over the next few years. Temp work will no longer be limited to administrative assistants. High-level professionals are increasingly choosing to work as temp employees.