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Oracle Does UK Government Deal
News The deal, which Oracle announced on Thursday, gives the United Kingdom the same volume discount on all Oracle software that the software maker offers to the United States government. Oracle has inked a three-year agreement to supply government...
[February 7, 2003, 9:42]
Public Sector Wins Huge IT Discounts
News The government's latest deal with IT suppliers will allow public sector bodies to buy hardware with a discount of up to 49 percent. Phil Morris, chief executive of sourcing consultancy Morgan Chambers, said: "This is outwardly a great deal but...
[December 11, 2006, 8:27]
Ameritrade Buys National Discount Brokers
News National Discount Brokers is a unit of Deutsche Bank. On Monday discount brokerage TD Waterhouse said it would cut 9 percent of its workforce and shut down several branches. Ameritrade said the deal would add to earnings and boost its customer base...
[July 31, 2001, 15:07]
Public Sector Wins New Volume Discounts From Microsoft
News As part of a mooted new three-year deal, Microsoft will offer a software and support package at volume discount rates across the UK's public sector. The MoU works by pooling public sector volume licensing purchases to trigger bigger levels of...
[August 18, 2004, 10:25]
California Woes Cloud Oracle's Quarter
News One of Shainman's clients signed a $1.2m deal and was given a 65 percent discount. Meanwhile, Oracle has approached the state of Montana with an 85 percent discount, provided the Big Sky state would be willing to renegotiate its five-year statewide...
[June 2, 2002, 7:32]
Dell Pricing Goof Clears Gadget Shelves
News The company was forced to send email cancellations to customers and offered a 10 percent discount on a future software or peripheral purchase. The discount expires 4 January. We regret the inconvenience and responded as soon as possible, and as...
[December 24, 2001, 11:06]
IT Consultants: The Most Stressed People In Britain?
News Sadly, this means we can't take advantage of a 10 percent travel insurance discount being offered by Journeywise for het-up IT consultants who need a break. Sadly, this means we can't take advantage of a 10 per cent travel insurance discount being...
[September 18, 2002, 13:05]
Alenware Pricing Debacle 26th-28th April 2008
Forum By way of a sweetener they offered me a 5% discount. A FIVE PERCENT DISCOUNT! which was incidentally the same discount offer they'd been running on the m9750 anyway. They were offering a good deal on an m15x so I put in an order after downgrading...
[April 28, 2008, 18:02]
Sun Puts The Pressure On Windows With $25 Java Desktop
News At the SunNetwork 2003 Conference in Berlin on Wednesday, Sun said it will provide management, support, tools and servicing at a 50 percent discount till the middle of 2004. The temporary discount means both systems are available at half price till...
[December 4, 2003, 11:15]
Public Sector Gets Cut-price PCs
News The Government has struck a deal with IT suppliers that will allow the public sector to buy hardware with up to a 45 percent discount. He said the deal meant laptops can now be bought for around £430, and desktops for around £280.
[August 30, 2006, 17:05]
Orange Gets Into Broadband
News However, Orange is offering a discount to customers that sign up for both services. Current mobile customers will also be able to get the deal when they renew their contract. The broadband deal is good value, and customers also receive a VoIP...
[August 31, 2005, 12:25]
Microsoft Cuts Vista Prices By 10 Percent
News Only, however, if the family discount is extended to the UK in June when the current limited time (US only) offer expires. Family discount, which enables people purchasing Windows Vista Ultimate to buy two additional licences for $49.99 in the US...
[March 26, 2007, 14:38]
SCO Signs Up First Linux Licensee
News SCO spokesman Blake Stowell said the unnamed company paid a "slight discount" to the price SCO announced last week. The company said the deal illustrates the merits of its case, but analysts said the undisclosed terms of the deal could mean that it...
[August 12, 2003, 9:10]
It Is Only True Up To A Point
Talkback The site www.discount-licensing.com is a good place to start except that they only deal with large multiple licenses. However, it may not be worth a great deal. Thanks for the talkback. The first point to be clear on is that all you buy is a...
[March 6, 2008, 15:33]
Oracle And Justice Department Look To June Trial
News They reveal that [Oracle] can and does engage in price discrimination and that the identity of [Oracle's] competition in a deal often affects the level of discount offered to a customer. While the court meeting will centre on the mundane issue of...
[March 10, 2004, 10:30]
Microsoft Denies Role In Birmingham Linux Flop
News However, Evans didn't state whether any discount had been received When asked whether the council managed to get a better deal from Microsoft as a result of its trial, IT chief Glyn Evans told ZDNet UK that: "We did not seek a better deal from...
[November 23, 2006, 10:09]
Cheap Is In At Comdex
News Roger Kay, an analyst with IDC, said he got a huge discount at the Mirage -- $105 a night -- by not booking until three days ago. The Hilton, which is letting rooms go at a discount for late arrivals, according to many, is charging $199 to those...
[November 20, 2002, 8:26]
BSkyB To Sell Discounted No-frills Broadband
News Precise details of the tie-up are not yet available, but it appears that Sky's customers will be offered the no-frills product, called BT Broadband, at a discount. BT Retail looks increasingly likely to dominate the UK's consumer broadband market...
[July 31, 2002, 12:51]
Yahoo! To Put Price On Searches
News also expects to offer a "Premium Discount Search" option of 50 documents a month for $4.95. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. struck a deal with paid search service Overture Services to integrate pay-for-placement listings into its search results.
[January 23, 2002, 9:26]
Microsoft Security Service To Arrive In June
News This is a discount over rival products from Symantec and McAfee, which charge $119.99 and $139.99, respectively, before rebates, for three-user editions of their security suites. I think it is very consumer-friendly and a good deal for families and...
[February 8, 2006, 9:35]
