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 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]
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 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]
IT job market feels the economic pinch
News The economic gloom has hit the IT job market, with fewer ICT jobs advertised, fewer job seekers and a lack of interest in training, according to new research. During the third quarter of last year, overall demand for staff in the UK fell by five...
[March 17, 2009, 13:56]
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]
The Total Economic Impact of the Altiris Total Management Suite Software
White Papers In December 2007, Altiris commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential Return On Investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Altiris Total Management Suite (TMS).
[August 5, 2009, 1:21]
Economic crunch brings revamped hiring strategies
News As one TechRepublic member explained, making a poor hire in tough economic times can pose a double whammy -- the IT organisation doesn't get needed skills, and there's little money to hire on more help.
[October 30, 2002, 16:36]
Sony plans to ride out economic slump
News Despite the economic slump, Sony Electronics will try to maintain its double-digit growth in the United States this year by releasing a slew of new products. Sales of luxury items such as big-screen TVs have suffered amid the US economic downturn...
[April 4, 2001, 10:03]
Network Infrastructure Enhancement Solutions for Uncertain Economic Times: Smart Choices Help Improve Efficiency While Managing Costs
White Papers Businesses are facing economic challenges and need to find ways to make smarter choices while cutting costs. Many small and medium sized companies are finding innovative ways to upgrade and enhance their IT infrastructures for critical, profit...
[May 19, 2009, 1:18]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
World Economic Forum hacking suspect nabbed
News Swiss police have arrested a man suspected of hacking the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and stealing the credit card details of distinguished attendees. The World Economic Forum saw political and economic dignitaries convene on Davos...
[February 24, 2001, 7:24]
Storage sales set to beat economic gloom
News Despite economic pressures that have led to spending constraints, revenues generated from disk storage systems in Asia Pacific increased by about 5 percent in the first half of this year, due to a strong demand for disk storage capacity.
[October 29, 2001, 9:36]
Soaring IT salaries defy economic slump
News Demand for tech skills has helped keep pay buoyant, despite wider economic gloom, the salary survey claims, suggesting employers are still struggling to find and keep skilled IT staff. IT pay is rising faster than at any time in the past three...
[June 11, 2008, 9:48]
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]
Cisco chief sees promising economic signs
News Cisco chief executive John Chambers says the economic slump that has gripped the world for the past year may have reached a tipping point in the past three months, as he sees the company's corporate customers return to spending more on technology.
[August 6, 2009, 9:43]



