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Pete Jakob IT discussions in business media always seem to cover the same topics: mid-tier businesses and tech; IT investment (too much? too little?); data storage (and the environment); information security; and whether good tech people can be good managers. more...
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If IT ain't broke...
How old is your kit? For quite a few respondents to a Silicon.com poll, their offices must look a bit like tech museums, with "almost a third admitting to having kit that is more than 10 years old".

As the site spells out, "the poll of more than 500 silicon.com readers found that 33 per cent have IT equipment between five and 10 years old still in operation, and 32 per cent have fully functioning kit more than 10 years old."

Of course, the poll doesn't spell out the size of the companies involved - an SME's views on IT investment is going to be markedly different from that of a major blue chip, after all - but even so, are these results really a surprise? IT is rarely at the top of the pile when it comes to investment. And our interviews with FDs on the subject shows that the "if it ain't broke" mentality still prevails.



Posted: 16/11/2006 Comments: 0
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