Who Benefits From Outsourcing?: The Political, Economic and Cultural Ramifications of Outsourcing
White Papers There are also other considerations - economic effects, political consequences, and even cultural limitations. This White Paper explores the economic and political implications of outsourcing and offshoring, while identifying cultural differences...
[September 5, 2009, 1:22]
Economic woes could cost IT sector £100bn
News A decline in economic growth across the world could wipe over £100bn off spending in the IT sector over the next three years, according to latest figures. Research group IDC warned on Monday that poor economic conditions would have a severe effect...
[July 2, 2001, 12:10]
Economic viability
Talkback While the great myth of universal broadband continues to gather momentum, albeit slowly, and is to be applauded, the economic viability must never be forgotten. Provision and operation of any such system must never become a drain on the taxpayer's...
[May 27, 2009, 15:56]
Economic Challenge and Capacity Management: Increasing Value and ROI From Capacity Management - A Maturity Model
White Papers During times of economic stress, pressures on IT can become seemingly insurmountable. Requirements to "Ensure business services" and "Optimize availability" - challenging enough when budgets were more open, become extremely challenging.
[July 31, 2009, 1:21]
Gartner: IT budgets flat despite economic jitters
News Global IT budget growth remains flat, despite the current economic climate and fears of a recession, according to Gartner's latest survey of more than 1,000 organisations. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of the 1,011 chief information officers (CIOs...
[April 8, 2008, 9:44]
Infosys Q2 results buck economic downturn
News Srinivas said that while the rupee's loss of value against the US dollar in Q2 had had a positive impact on Infosys's growth, other factors such as the fluctuation of the US dollar, the pound, and the Australian dollar in the current economic...
[October 10, 2008, 15:41]
Implementing Wireless & RFID Technology in the Oil Field: A Cost Saving Decision in Times of Economic Downturn
White Papers It provides both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of these value points through customer case-studies, financial audits, laboratory experiments, and outlines how implementing these technologies helps a sustain growth and reduce operating...
[April 14, 2009, 0:00]
The Day Ahead: Cisco puts face on economic slowdown
News Chambers said the economic slowdown will take roughly two quarters to get over -- assuming the US malaise doesn't spread to other countries. Due to an economic slowdown that appeared in the second week of December, Cisco reported revenue of $6.75bn...
[February 7, 2001, 13:01]
Mobile Comms Combat Economic Slowdown
Blog There are vital areas in which you can baton down the hatches and keep your business not only afloat during economic declines but keep you in the much-needed cash flow to cover day-to-day needs. Whatever your small business, you must know how to...
[March 17, 2009, 19:03]
HP Q1: Economic slowdown hits growth
News Platt blamed the economic environment for the slow growth and drew on HP's Internet focus to "get back on a solid growth path". CEO of Hewlett-Packard Lewis E. Platt remained cautiously optimistic. We've achieved a good profit outcome despite...
[February 18, 1999, 14:33]
Economic turmoil sees rise in online scams
News Also believed to be related to the economic downturn is a spike in phishing attempts, whereby fraudsters lure people into providing sensitive bank and personal information on malicious websites that appear to be legitimate bank sites.
[November 21, 2008, 8:22]
Economic uncertainty foils Gartner forecast
News Analyst firm Gartner has found itself short of an explanation to give IT managers about what to expect from the financial crisis and economic downturn. At the analyst house's annual Symposium/ITxpo in Sydney on Tuesday, Gartner predicted that IT...
[November 11, 2008, 12:54]
Avaya tackles 'economic reality' with unified comms
News The company said the move is partially a reaction to the global economic downturn. Jirina Yates, Avaya's director of solutions marketing, told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday that companies were reacting to "economic reality" by looking for minimal...
[March 17, 2008, 15:18]
SOA in any Economic Climate
White Papers This white paper from ZapThink discusses how organizations can quickly benefit from SOA, regardless of the economic climate. Keep ahead of change with service oriented architecture (SOA). With SOA, businesses can flexibly adjust strategies and...
[July 8, 2009, 15:07]
Cisco Partner Dimension Data's IP Communications Expertise Pays Off for New York City Economic Development Corporation
White Papers The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC) offers services to New York City business owners that help them conduct business more effectively, cost-efficiently, and profitably through incentives such as financing options, tax...
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
Best practices for ensuring the highest ROI from voice self-service and IVR systems in tough economic times
White Papers In a challenging economic climate, customer loyalty separates the winners from the losers. As a result, businesses should demand more from the system that greets every customer call: the interactive voice response (IVR) system.
[May 18, 2009, 16:06]
Competitive Potential of WiMAX in the Broadband Access Market: A Techno-Economic Analysis
White Papers In this paper, the economic feasibility of WiMAX network deployments is analyzed with a quantitative techno-economic model. WiMAX radio networks have been proposed as an alternative technology to provide services for the fixed broadband access...
[November 10, 2005, 0:00]
Leveraging Outsourcing During Economic Uncertainty
White Papers The fears of a looming economic crisis have put business decisions under a scanner. Many organizations have realized that outsourcing initiatives, if properly executed, can help them deal with economic uncertainties better.
[July 3, 2009, 0:00]
Schneier: Security neglected in economic gloom
News IT security has been neglected due to the economic downturn, according to security experts. Bruce Schneier, BT's chief security technology officer, told a European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) event on Friday that organisations...
[June 22, 2009, 16:16]
Search-ad revenues defy economic downturn
News Despite an economic downturn, online advertising — and search in particular — is managing to keep its market intact, according to reports on Tuesday by an industry trade group and Wall Street analyst.
[October 8, 2008, 9:27]



