Gartner analyst Gene Alvarez discusses how IT organizations responsible for e-commerce are challenged in 2009 to improve online customer experiences to make up for closed locations and lost sales personnel, while cutting IT expenditures by 5-25 percent.
Great advice!
The only thing I'd point out that Gene does not mention is the fact that a growing body of high-quality open source solutions is available in addition to commercial products.
Since in most cases you need to hire a team (albeit a small one) to install and configure your new solution whether it is OSS or commercial- you're still expanding the economy while you improve your own business.
(full disclosure- my company, Global Era, installs and customizes OSS solutions)
chivas3 2 years ago