It's time to rethink your infrastructure vendor relationship
Conclusion Leading IT organisations now recognise that selecting and integrating a mix of best-of-breed servers, storage and networks no longer adds value to their organisation. Instead they are purchasing Integrated Systems from a single...
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Planning IT training in 2012 - SMH - 5 Jan 2012
Some companies are spending less per employee than courses cost.
Encouraging IT staff to keep their skills current is a win/win for companies and workers alike – but in lean economic times training and professional development can be easy targets for the red pen brigade.
Post GFC, cuts to training spend have been sharp. Most companies view training as a cost, rather than profit, centre and between 2009 and 2010 median IT training budgets dropped from around one per cent of total IT budget to 0.5 per cent, according to Gartner CIO analyst John Roberts.
Gartner estimates that companies are currently spending around $1100 on training per IT employee; less than the cost of many short courses and seminars.