tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495890500563742227.post3680273474292868102..comments2023-07-15T03:43:59.396-04:00Comments on Business Intelligence: Happy New Year and a Look Back at 2008Howard Dresnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585962559495139401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495890500563742227.post-33670242518979156882009-01-14T07:14:00.000-05:002009-01-14T07:14:00.000-05:00Neil,You make a valid point. What I was trying to ...Neil,<BR/><BR/>You make a valid point. What I was trying to illustrate is that a 50% reduction would be highly unlikely. Anecdotally, I have spoken to organizations that are undertaking 10% cuts in IT spending. Some of will come from discretionary funds and some will come from headcount. And, where possible, contracts will be renegotiated. <BR/><BR/>-HowardHowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497034353354255934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495890500563742227.post-47217280840540683742009-01-13T12:32:00.000-05:002009-01-13T12:32:00.000-05:00Howard,Happy New Year!I guess one thing that is tr...Howard,<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!<BR/><BR/>I guess one thing that is truly alarming is that a 10% cut in IT spending is bad enough, but consider what happens at the margin. 70% of IT spending goes to maintenance of the existing portfolio. There aren't going to be many cuts there, so that 10% overall cut starts to look like a 33-50% cut in the budget for new initiatives. That's a disaster. <BR/><BR/>-Neil RadenNeil Radenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863045235590330684noreply@blogger.com