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Sun Looks For Java Pay-off
News Today, as Sun enters its 20th year, the Silicon Valley stalwart is trying to redefine Java's place in high-tech history -- and finally make its prized technology pay off in a major way. Plummeting revenue has forced Sun to lay off staff and take...
[March 25, 2002, 13:57]
Cook Slams Bonfield's Bumper Pay-off
News The £3m pay-off awarded to departing BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield was criticised by senior Labour MP Robin Cook on Thursday. Cook was answering a question from fellow MP Roy Beggs, who asked whether the government was planning to bring in...
[November 2, 2001, 6:30]
News Burst: M-commerce Bluster Doesn't Pay Off
News The lack of services underscores the failure of the first wave of Internet-capable mobiles to capture the public imagination, and raises new doubts about how network operators will be able to make next-generation systems pay off, say industry...
[March 28, 2001, 12:27]
Met Office Forecasts SOA Pay-off
News We have to pay a dividend back to our owner. Whether it is hail, thunder, rain or fine weather, tracking it and reporting on it are the meat and drink of staff at the Met Office. Now they are trialling service-oriented architectures to see what...
[July 17, 2007, 17:58]
BT Sells Property To Pay Off Debts
News In what is believed to be the largest property transaction of its type in the UK, the telco is expected to sell off most of its 7,500 properties: totalling around 6 million square feet. Debt-ridden British Telecommunications (quote: BT) announced...
[January 4, 2001, 9:17]
Survey: Security Measures Pay Off
News Companies working to harden their security have found that the efforts have resulted in fewer incidents of unauthorised computer use and a decline in damages from security incidents, a computer security group said in a report released on Thursday.
[June 11, 2004, 12:35]
Training 'gamble' On Linux Begins To Pay Off
News Since June its gamble has paid off, the company says, and Swietochowska has been busy running courses for six large companies, including three financial institutions, two public sector organisations and one logistics company.
[October 14, 2004, 14:45]
Price Hikes Pay Off For Microsoft
News Microsoft's revenue rose 10 percent in the fourth quarter, thanks in part to increased sales of Windows XP and a new, somewhat controversial corporate licensing plan. The company reported earnings on Thursday of $1.53bn (£967m), or 28 cents a share...
[July 19, 2002, 7:58]
Does E-Government Pay Off?
White Papers Under the authority of the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations a research has been carried out into the effective use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the public sector in Europe.
[August 22, 2005, 0:00]
Making Wal-Mart Compliance Pay Off For Pharma
White Papers In June 2003, Wal-Mart announced that by January 2005, it will require its top 100 suppliers to use Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags bearing electronic product codes (EPCs) on pallets and cases in all shipments.
[November 14, 2006, 23:00]
Demystifying Data Integration: Making Data Pay Off
White Papers Most organisations take data integration for granted at some level. The fact of the matter is that data integration has become so broad that all but the most committed are in a position to fully exploit their data assets.
[May 12, 2007, 0:00]
US Report: Netscape Says Changes Starting To Pay Off
News Homer said Netscape would roll out several features on the site within 60 days as part of its plan to become a major portal to the Internet along the lines of Yahoo! In the future, Homer said the company plans a Netscape-branded search service...
[April 28, 1998, 8:30]
News Roundup: BT Must Face Up To Its Debt Problem
News Managing director Sir Peter Bonfield needs to pay off a third of his company's £30bn debt as promised last November but in the current tech climate that is looking increasingly difficult. Shareholders are getting increasingly frustrated by the...
[March 21, 2001, 11:22]
Oftel Warns BT Over Property Sell Off
News Telecommunications watchdog Oftel said Thursday it would seek assurance from BT that selling off its property to pay debts will not affect phone and Internet services in the UK. To pay for this investment, BT plans to raise £2bn by selling off 7...
[January 5, 2001, 9:21]
Follow These Strategies When Training Money Is Tight
News However, my hard work will continue to pay off down the line: The extensible tool makes it easy for others to quickly insert new content. Although an in-house plan takes work, it can pay off in the long run.
[September 27, 2002, 13:46]
HP Delays Raises And Cuts Temp Workers
News HP is asking managers to put off planned pay raises for three months, so raises set to go into effect in February would not occur until May, sources said. Such moves are said to be reminiscent of past belt-tightenings, when workers were asked to...
[December 22, 2000, 9:10]
Tesco Takes Safeway Into Online Shopping
News However, the move didn't pay off, and in July 2001 Webvan filed for bankruptcy. The project will kick off at five Safeway stores in Portland, Oregon on Monday, and is expected to roll out across the Safeway chain in the coming months.
[January 14, 2002, 12:30]
Will Macromedia's Flash Plans Cripple The Web?
News Another pay-off is video clips that don't require a separate browser window. One promised pay-off is easier-to-use transaction sites with content that, through Flash-enabled browsers, can be updated selectively rather than having to redraw the...
[April 2, 2002, 10:00]
MPs Warn Of 3G Mobile Price Sting
News There seems little chance of any of the £22.5bn being returned, though, as the chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, has already used it to pay off some of the national debt. Mobile phone users may pay excessively large bills if they upgrade...
[April 26, 2002, 11:57]
Microsoft Shows Off Mobile Phone-PC Prototype
News The program doesn't actually lower the cost of a PC, but makes it available for a lower cost upfront: It allows people to put half the cost of a PC down and then pay off the remainder via a per-hour usage charge, over time.
[July 28, 2006, 10:40]
