$5bn cut from global financial-services IT spend
News As the banking sector continues to struggle in the harsh economy, IT budgets are starting to feel the pinch. IT spend across the global financial services industry will experience an overall decline of 1.3 percent in 2009.
[January 13, 2009, 8:02]
Sun sees server revenue sink in Q3
News All top-five server vendors globally saw declines in revenue and shipment in the third quarter of 2009, with Sun registering the biggest fall, according to the latest figures from Gartner. In a report released on Monday, the research firm noted...
[December 1, 2009, 15:42]
Cisco to buy Tandberg for $3bn
News Cisco has agreed to purchase Norwegian video-conferencing provider Tandberg for about $3bn, the companies announced on Thursday. Tandberg's video and network infrastructure products will be integrated into Cisco's collaboration architecture...
[October 1, 2009, 12:31]
Outsourcing deals to face greater EC scrutiny
News New competition guidelines are set to put outsourcing deals under greater scrutiny from European Commission regulators. The Commission's latest updated guidelines, and interpretation of the 1990 Merger Regulation, now include a section on how an...
[August 30, 2007, 9:00]
Dell Q4 earnings in line with lowered estimates
News Dell Computer tiptoed past analysts' reduced estimates in its fourth quarter last Thursday, earning $436m (£270m), or 16 cents (9p) a share on sales of $6.8bn (£4.2bn). First Call consensus lowered its profit estimate from 21 cents (13p) a share to...
[February 14, 2000, 16:30]
Tech firms diversify to survive slump
News Amid the tech slowdown of the past few years, the largest so-called "localisation" firms have started adapting non-tech products for foreign markets and helping a range of corporations with services such as putting company policies and other...
[March 28, 2003, 14:49]
Oracle to acquire GoldenGate Software
News Oracle on Thursday announced that it is buying San Francisco-based GoldenGate Software, a provider of real-time integration software, for an undisclosed amount. The enterprise software giant said GoldenGate's technology will help boost Oracle...
[July 24, 2009, 15:45]
Microsoft wants Windows on supercomputers
News Microsoft will sell a version of Windows for high-performance computing -- a niche in which rival Linux is blossoming -- with a first version planned for the second half of 2005. As first reported by ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com, the Windows...
[June 24, 2004, 9:35]



