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PricewaterhouseCoopers loses pwc.com domain fight
News PricewaterhouseCoopers has failed in an attempt to win the Internet domain pwc.com from Ultimate Search, a Hong Kong based firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers had claimed that the pwc.com domain name is "directly identical and confusingly similar to its...
[May 27, 2002, 18:00]
UK firms lagging on.eu
Talkback We are now awaiting the result of emails sent to PWC the validation agent and Eurid as well as our registrars to see if there is a big con going on with .eu registrations - no wonder there is a lack of interest - especially when you find out the...
[March 8, 2006, 22:11]
Big integrators cash in
News And for all the hype surrounding pure-play Web integrators, it appears old-school outfits like PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Andersen Consulting and Computer Sciences are leading the charge. PwC, for instance, snared the lead development role for...
[March 23, 2000, 9:48]
US dot-coms going bankrupt faster than Europeans
News A comparison study by London based business consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found European dot-coms to be a lot more cautious in the spending of their venture capital. Hugh Brown, partner at PwC, argued: "You can't dissociate these...
[October 4, 2000, 14:54]
UK Net firms running out of cash - report
News There has been a recent correction in the equity markets, with investors becoming much more selective about which Internet stocks they will back.many of these companies have very little time left in which to start increasing revenue or to raise...
[May 17, 2000, 16:03]
UPDATE: Huge phone bill blamed for breathe's collapse
News Pricewaterhousecooper (PwC) -- appointed as the ISP's administrator on Friday -- claims the ISP collapsed due to the current antidot-com climate. It is rumoured the ISP has run up debts of £50m and PwC is busy looking for a buyer for the company.
[December 18, 2000, 15:15]
HP close to EDS buyout
News In 2000, HP was in talks to acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). IBM acquired PWC for $3.5bn two years later, while HP took a dramatically different strategy and acquired PC maker Compaq. CNET News.com's Jim Kerstetter contributed to this story.
[May 13, 2008, 12:35]
News Burst: Breathe.com gasps its last
News The Internet service provider Breathe.com collapsed under a load of £50m in debts last week, and on Friday PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was appointed as its administrator. We are actively looking for interested parties to maximise realisations and...
[December 18, 2000, 10:35]
Takeovers hit 'dot-com boom' high
News PWC reported that technology merger and acquisition levels reached a total worldwide value of just over €100bn (£65bn) in 2006. Activity trailed off in the fourth quarter of 2006, but PWC believes that technology companies face a choice of 'buy or...
[January 22, 2007, 9:52]
Digital convergence 'will drive new tech boom'
News Executives have learned from the dot-com bubble and are approaching partnerships and M&A more cautiously and strategically, PwC believes. Analyst and consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has predicted a boom in the IT sector, driven by...
[May 31, 2006, 15:05]
Online ad sales gain again
News Third-quarter sales represent a 20 percent leap from revenue of $1.45bn in the same period a year ago, and a 5 percent lift from sales of $1.66bn in the previous three months, according to the trade group Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB...
[December 10, 2003, 11:35]
PwC Integrates AppScan Into Threat and Vulnerability Practice Enabling Rapid Application Security
White Papers PwC had growing demand from its clients to expand their risk assessment practice into web application vulnerability assessments and wanted an automated solution that would enable them to deliver its service efficiently.
[April 19, 2006, 0:00]
PwC finds mixed reaction to outsourcing
News A PwC representative said the disconnect between the outsourcing push and the financial results is mostly due to lack of planning on the companies' part. Many multinational companies that outsource financial functions do not find it to be cost...
[October 29, 2004, 9:09]
IBM takes over PwC Consulting
News As an incentive to keep PwC Consulting employees from leaving, the deal offers them stock options greater than what they could have owned through the IPO. As part of its separation from the accounting firm, PwC Consulting had planned to rename...
[July 31, 2002, 7:43]
HP in talks to acquire PwC consulting
News PwC has had its consulting arm on the block for some time. PwC is HP's auditor, a fact that could hamper any deal. Adding PwC's consulting arm to its services business would "further (strengthen) the linkage between business process transformation...
[September 11, 2000, 12:48]
Now is the time to invest in security skills training
Blog The recent PwC survey into the Global State of Information Security (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39809565,00.htm) is a timely reminder of the skills adjustment facing our industry. The PWC Survey highlighted a clear lack of...
[October 30, 2009, 17:19]
IT managers increasingly in demand
News A war between companies for the favours of top IT managers and tech-savvy staff is looming, according to industry consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The best positions will go to those people who are innovative and able to collaborate, and...
[November 6, 2006, 13:15]
VC funding tops $9bn in 3Q
News According to Renaissance Capital, an IPO tracking firm, the top IPOs performers include Phone.com, up 1,700 percent, Brocade Communications, up 1,400 percent, and F5 Networks, up nearly 1,300 percent.
[November 16, 1999, 10:30]
WEEE directive brings legal headaches
News Companies will face a variety of legal challenges as they attempt to comply with the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) will caution this week.
[November 21, 2005, 17:05]
Online ad spend rises
News This record spending was once again led by ads linked to web search results, said the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), which released the report on Monday in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
[September 27, 2005, 9:40]
