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Cost-cutting firms gamble with IT security
News Research released by 3Com on Friday suggests that many UK firms have been gambling with the security of their IT systems through excessive cost-cutting. More encouragingly, over half those interviewed said that they regard IT security as a higher...
[April 8, 2004, 17:40]
Vodafone accelerates cost-cutting plans
News Vodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone group by revenues, on Tuesday said it would accelerate cost-cutting plans after forecasting profits would be flat at best in the coming year, and announced a £5.9bn impairment charge.
[May 19, 2009, 12:29]
HP defends cost-cutting regime
News Much of Fiorina's talk focused on cost-cutting, a major focus of the merger. Given that environment, Fiorina argued that HP's controversial acquisition of Compaq Computer was the right bet, especially considering the cost-conscious environment that...
[October 23, 2002, 8:20]
Cost-cutting still top reason for outsourcing
News Cutting costs remains the primary reason for most organisations going down the outsourcing route, despite unsustainable or unrealistic targets for savings. But companies lured into outsourcing by promises of cost savings are letting themselves in...
[November 22, 2007, 8:42]
DAT - Cutting the Cost of Tape Backup
White Papers The purchase price of a tape drive is only the first part of the overall cost of your ongoing backup solution. Annual purchasing of tape cartridges can quickly overtake the initial outlay and give you the true cost of ownership.
[July 13, 2004, 3:00]
Open Base Stations: Cutting the Cost of 3G Networks
White Papers To reduce the cost of 3G base stations, vendors are increasingly turning to third-party component and module suppliers. This webcast considers how this trend reduces design cycles, improves profit margins, and allows system vendors to optimize R&D...
[January 5, 2006, 23:00]
Accenture Study: Buyers Now Using F&A Outsourcing for Strategic Change as Well as Cost Cutting
White Papers The study found that increased cost pressures were the No.driver for outsourcing in the F&A space. The finance and accounting (F&A) outsourcing market is primed for growth. Nearly three-quarters of corporate executives see demand for outsourcing...
[May 13, 2004, 1:46]
Kemira GrowHow Improves Data Availability and Protection While Reducing Risk and Cutting Cost
White Papers The company wanted to reduce cost of ensuring data recovery following a disaster and minimize risk of data loss, avoid unavailability of critical data, and limit business disruption following a system outage.
[February 28, 2007, 0:00]
Is video conference calling on a iphone really a cost cutting way to meet?
Blog And unless you are in a wifi zone, the cost of talking over a 3G roaming network- wouldn't that be astronomical ? Apple have been mulling a new in-house developed video calling software (ichat for iphones) to add to their functional programmes on...
[February 3, 2009, 13:03]
Vodafone's IT cost-cutting plans on track
News In the interview, Wybrow said: "I, like any other CIO, have to sweat the assets of the business, and that's really important when you're in a maturing market and to keep your cost base as low as it can be, because low cost actually is a...
[November 10, 2006, 9:11]
Outsourcing moves beyond cost cutting
News Speakers at the Financial Times Global Outsourcing and Offshoring Conference agreed that companies making a success of outsourcing no longer see low-cost labour as their main motivation. Kevin Campbell, chief executive of outsourcing at Accenture...
[May 13, 2008, 8:12]
Cost-cutting prompts closer look at Linux
News The chief information officers of some major US companies say more businesses are choosing the Linux operating system as they face pressure to reduce costs. Speaking on a panel at a venture capital conference on Wednesday, the CIO of clothing...
[October 10, 2003, 15:35]
Cutting the cost and complexity of managing endpoint security
White Papers Managing the desktops, laptops and servers at the endpoints of corporate networks is an increasingly complex, time-consuming and expensive task. This paper examines the issues of managing security across the network, discusses the key criteria...
[July 12, 2007, 12:59]
Cutting the Cost of Calls to GSMs for a Local Authority
White Papers The Town Hall of a locality oversees eight schools (infant, junior and secondary). Parents give their mobile phone numbers so they can be reached if necessary. With 4000 minutes of communications to mobiles per month last year and further increases...
[March 11, 2009, 0:24]
The New IT Value Proposition: Focus on Business Process Optimization, Not Cost Cutting
White Papers In August 2003, CFO Research Services launched a research program in the United States and Europe to determine how chief financial officers (CFOs) view and value the contributions made by information technology (IT) systems, technologies, and...
[June 3, 2004, 1:03]
Sun uses reviews to whittle down work force
News Sun Microsystems is implementing a new employee review process that, combined with cost-cutting measures, will likely lead to a reduction in the company's work force. Last December, Sun imposed a stringent cost containment program that included...
[April 11, 2001, 10:02]
Broadband migration charges chopped
News BT is cutting the cost of moving between its two main wholesale broadband products, following a recommendation from the communications regulator. BT is following the regulator's line by cutting the cost of moving a customer from a BT IPStream-based...
[April 28, 2004, 16:00]
Hard times ahead for Sun
News Sun Microsystems chief executive Scott McNealy has told employees that the slowing economy will lead to continued cost-cutting and more circumspect hiring, but that the company will weather the current tech-sector storm.
[December 21, 2000, 8:37]
Novell Resource Management Solution: Business White Paper
White Papers In this era of intense cost cutting, reducing IT infrastructure costs has become a business imperative. As organizations approach cost cutting, however, they must consider the long-term impact of these reductions on both quality of service and the...
[May 26, 2004, 1:03]
Microsoft cutting jobs, but not products
News Although Microsoft is cutting jobs, the software maker apparently isn't axing any major products as part of its cost-cutting moves. The company apparently isn't cutting any entire products as part of the new cost cuts either, though it did say it...
[January 23, 2009, 15:06]
