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ID cards to cost over £5.6bn
News The cost of a passport is set to increase substantially over the next five years to cover the cost of larger electronic chips that will hold more data and fingerprints, according to a separate report by a parliamentary spending watchdog.
[November 12, 2007, 7:24]
PC shipments hit by consumer slump
News The period of consumer slowdown corresponds to the US and UK-led assault on Iraq, which also affected spending on other types of electronics, and caused house prices to decline. AMD and Intel have both introduced new generations of mobile...
[April 17, 2003, 13:55]
Letsbuyit.com sets debut amid dot-com blues
News Letsbuyit denies it is running low on funds, claiming it can cover normal spending levels for another two or three months. Jaco says the company will continue to thrive, unlike more flashy services such as failed e-tailer Boo.com, because it is...
[July 4, 2000, 10:47]
Much-hyped start-up hangs out sale sign
News Founded in 1999 at the height of the telecommunications spending frenzy, the company was expected to become the next big challenger to Cisco and Juniper Networks in the core Internet Protocol routing market.
[June 14, 2004, 11:40]
Global security-software spend to hit £5.3bn
News The need for businesses to be compliant with government regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, remains a significant factor driving security-spending decisions, where investments are justified simply because the damage from breaches is...
[April 25, 2008, 9:00]
Intel scales back fourth-quarter outlook
News In a cost-cutting move, Intel also said it plans to reduce its research and development spending and its general administrative costs to $2.8bn in the quarter, versus a slightly higher $2.9bn. Overall spending for the year is expected to come in at...
[November 13, 2008, 8:24]
IBM demonstrates strong sales
News The results boost hopes that a stronger recovery in technology spending is under way. Research firm IDC predicts that spending on information technology will rise by 5 percent worldwide this year, coming after growth of 2 percent in 2003 and...
[April 16, 2004, 8:30]
Critics attack 'dangerous' gov't comms-snooping plan
News A significant proportion of the programme investment over the Comprehensive Spending Review period will be used to test feasibility and reduce the risk associated with implementing the proposed IMP solution," said West.
[July 15, 2008, 17:30]
Securing good security workers
News For the past two years, however, executives at large and small tech companies have been more concerned with writing severance cheques as they shrink their business to match stagnant IT spending. According to a survey of readers earlier this summer...
[August 22, 2002, 9:14]
Putting the pressure on outside suppliers
News A loosely managed external services procurement process becomes a glaring issue for CFOs, given that external suppliers account for the largest percentage of spending among enterprises. A lot of companies have never tracked services spending...
[October 20, 2003, 11:55]
Tech firms go on a legislative offensive
News But lobbying among tech companies is clearly on the rise, and the numbers disclosed in federal records actually underestimate total spending. Spending by political-action committees (PACs) affiliated with technology and telecommunications companies...
[March 28, 2006, 16:20]
Beauty Minder
Downloads With Beauty Minder, you will never forget when your next appointment is, and you can always plan to budget accordingly.No more searching through hundreds of contacts in your address book with Beauty Minder, all of your appointments, contacts, and...
[December 19, 2009, 21:39]
High costs not deterring firms from BI
News But despite potential barriers to investing in and deploying the technology, Gartner claimed that 39 percent of respondents in North America said they expect to increase spending on BI this year. Organisations that have already deployed business...
[March 9, 2005, 16:25]
HP to accelerate job cuts
News Citing a slowing economy, weak technology spending and looming layoffs, Fiorina noted that HP employees have had to deal with salary freezes. Cost-cutting will be crucial if the company wants not only to survive but also thrive, in part because it...
[June 5, 2002, 10:00]
European companies 'afraid of new tech'
News If Schoendorf's observations are accurate then UK companies can at least take some comfort from the fact that they are at the head of the pack when it comes to European tech spending. Figures released by the European Information Technology...
[March 2, 2004, 16:00]
Tech firms blame Europe for slow growth
News The capital spending recession and macroeconomic slowdown appears to have spread throughout the developed world, and conditions have continued to deteriorate," said Kobi Alexander, chief executive of Comverse Technology.
[July 12, 2001, 15:41]
NHS IT 'still on budget', but not at £6.2bn
News In order to meet their costs, hospitals and other NHS facilities would have to use their existing spending on IT — which he estimated at around £1.2bn a year and rising. This means that "spending over the next decade is going to be up nearer £20bn...
[May 30, 2006, 16:55]
Compliance and cash to dominate 2005
News Typically the average company is spending 80 to 90 per cent of their IT budget on keeping the lights on. They need to be spending closer to 50/50. IT director priorities for 2005 will be dominated by compliance regulations and the need to...
[November 19, 2004, 16:30]
Attacks shouldn't shake tech industry
News Bush asked for $20bn immediately in military spending on top of what's in the current budget, and the US Congress could add more because government officials have been clamoring for a rapid and armed response to terrorist assaults.
[September 17, 2001, 16:03]
Microsoft profit beats expectations
News While corporate IT spending was slow to improve this quarter, we saw strength across all of our consumer businesses, driving higher-than-expected revenue for the company," Microsoft chief financial officer John Connors said in a statement.
[October 24, 2003, 11:40]
