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AMD leapfrogs estimates
News Under its current cost structure, AMD now can make a profit on levels of revenue that previously resulted in losses, Sanders said during a conference call with analysts. Profit margins also improved because of cost cuts, executives said.
[January 17, 2002, 11:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News We came to a much more sensible agreement after I pointed out that if they'd done the same markup on the M&Ms in the minibar they'd cost $30 - extortion even by mid-town Manhattan standards. Over four dollars a minute for something that cost then...
[December 19, 1998, 6:32]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog We came to a much more sensible agreement after I pointed out that if they'd done the same markup on the M&Ms in the minibar they'd cost $30 - extortion even by mid-town Manhattan standards. Over four dollars a minute for something that cost then...
[December 19, 1998, 6:32]
Palm shares dive on grim outlook
News Cost-cutting measures are being imposed at 10 percent to 15 percent of operating costs. Handheld maker Palm reported quarterly earnings Tuesday that narrowly beat analyst expectations, but also offered a grim outlook for its current quarter and...
[March 28, 2001, 8:11]
BT to cut broadband start-up prices
News BT will mark the New Year by cutting the upfront cost of some of its broadband products. As part of the special offer, the cost of upgrading from a 512Kbps ADSL connection to 1Mbps will drop by £10, from £35 to £25.
[December 12, 2003, 16:35]
Freeserve cuts broadband price
News Freeserve is upping the odds in its battle with rival Internet Service Provider BTopenworld by cutting the start-up cost of its self-installation broadband service. Last month, Freeserve issued a litany of complaints against BTopenworld, accusing...
[April 16, 2002, 10:27]
BT slashes Wi-Fi tariffs
News Openzone is also cutting the cost of 24 hours' access from £15 to £10. A subscription to Openzone will now cost £25 per month for up to 4,000 minutes of access. It will still cost £6 to get one hour's access, or 20p per minute for pay-as-you-go users.
[July 27, 2004, 13:40]
Workforce Optimization: A Business Process
White Papers The cold, hard reality of today's economy is that nearly every organization must balance service quality, efficiency, and effectiveness with the pressures of revenue generation, cost cutting, and profitability.
[July 20, 2006, 12:25]
Software licensing is a serious business
News And now his CFO and CIO have mandated cost-cutting measures while crowing about maximising existing IT resources. It is key that important purchasing information can be captured, including cost, date, purchase order number, and reseller information.
[June 12, 2003, 14:58]
BEA brews lower-cost WebLogic
News Appealing to developers with lower-cost, cutting-edge software is a top priority for BEA. BEA Systems on Monday launched a lower-cost version of its WebLogic Java software suite that's targeted at Java programmers and software vendors.
[March 23, 2004, 14:10]
2009's harsh realities highlight losers — and winners
Leader Premium consumer electronics brands do badly when there's no quality differentiation between them and cheaper options; cost-cutting is harder on the PS3 than on its rivals, and Blu-Ray is no match for BitTorrent.
[January 22, 2009, 15:47]
Fire service IT row heats up
News A statement from the ODPM said: "This project is not about regionalisation, it is not about cost cutting: it is about making responses faster and more effective, ultimately saving more lives. The government has slammed claims from a trade union...
[August 26, 2005, 15:20]
BenQ quits Europe after unsustainable losses
News A new chief financial officer joined in late August to carry out "necessary" cost-cutting steps. Despite the progress achieved in reducing cost and expenses, widening losses have made this very painful decision unavoidable," said BenQ's chairman KY...
[September 29, 2006, 13:30]
ISPs unveil business broadband savings
News V21 is cutting the cost of its Business 500 product to £34 per month, its Business 1000 product to £60 per month and its Business 2000 product to £85 per month. Eclipse Internet, Zen Internet, Plusnet and V21 are among the first to announce how...
[April 7, 2003, 16:12]
HP introduces new, value-priced PCs
News In November, HP missed earnings estimates by 10 cents per share, and soon afterward the company announced cost-cutting measures, such as plans to eliminate some divisions and change compensation structures for managers.
[January 9, 2001, 12:17]
Flexible IT contains costs, boosts efficiency
White Papers Like other midmarket companies today, you're probably focused on cost optimization. You'll see how making your IT more flexible can help you connect people, information and systems more intelligently - cutting costs, increasing responsiveness and...
[October 27, 2009, 0:19]
Lord Stern: Downturn won't affect climate change efforts
Blog Comment I think that many of the energy and cost saving projects will continue as they are not altruistic or really enviromentally motivated - but rather about reducing expenditure at the end of the day. However some a lot of truly green or carbon cutting...
[May 2, 2008, 12:18]
Tech sector set for upturn, say company heads
News That means there has to be intelligence in the cost cutting. Cutting general and administrative costs, like travel, is easy," said Michael LeGoff, chief executive of semiconductor company Dynex Power.
[May 21, 2002, 11:21]
The hidden costs of .Net
News Gartner based its migration cost estimates on Visual Basic.Net and not on its cutting-edge, Java-like Visual C# programming language. Companies planning on moving their old programs to Microsoft's new .Net software plan had better prepare for a...
[June 24, 2002, 10:59]
No price cut planned for BT Broadband
News We are not cutting the price of BT Broadband at the moment because that we feel it is good value, and in addition we have just extended our offer of free connection until June 30th, a saving of £60," a BT Retail spokesman told ZDNet UK this week...
[April 8, 2003, 17:03]
