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Bumpy ride seen for chips
News The market for semiconductors is expected to start to shrink in dollar terms in the second quarter of 2002, spelling a real downturn for the industry, due to oversupply in memory chips, Gartner said. Gartner also warned that the chip industry could...
[November 14, 2000, 14:46]
Businesses set to demand more of IT in 2009
News Businesses are likely to demand more from their IT service suppliers in 2009 as the economic downturn means quick returns on investment and efficiency become priorities. That's according to analyst house Ovum's 2009 predictions for the IT services...
[December 16, 2008, 7:56]
Tech VCs toughen up on funding terms
News Given the sharp downturn in the number of companies they are choosing to fund, it is no surprise that VCs are scrutinising their investments with a more critical eye. The downturn has affected them as much as anyone," said one chief executive, who...
[March 18, 2002, 13:01]
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]
Gartner: Avoid long-term services deals
News In general, the economic downturn is giving buyers more scope to negotiate the terms of supplier deals, including pricing. Customers are spending less on services as a result of the economic downturn, and this is leading to a contraction in the...
[June 16, 2009, 17:31]
UK digital media industry lags behind US
News In terms of the future, Thesiger believes digital media will continue to thrive despite the economic downturn, although he doubts it will ever fully replace linear media. Although Blair and Mandelson are both fans of new technology, the report...
[November 5, 1998, 16:06]
The Year Ahead: Skills trends for 2002
News 2001 was notable for being one of the worst years for job losses in the tech sector for the last two decades, with the market affected by the devastating effects of 11 September and the economic downturn.
[December 31, 2001, 6:31]
Internet telephony rides back into fashion
News During the downturn in the last two to three years, Cisco hasn't really slowed down on their product development. For example, in terms of VoIP product lines, it has 80 percent market share. In terms of core technology for VoIP, for example, echo...
[April 22, 2004, 16:00]
IT salaries up in UK, says survey
News The downturn has been biting everywhere but harder working hasn't meant more money on the continent. Second, the UK remains a better place to ply your trade -- in pure monetary terms -- than Germany or France.
[March 24, 2003, 12:54]
Amazon tweaks EC2 pricing for the enterprise
News Enterprises have begun to use Amazon's web services more in recent months and the economic downturn has only accelerated those moves. Simply put, customers can reserve instances for one-year and three-year terms as if they owned the hardware.
[March 13, 2009, 13:39]
Router maker Unisphere loses voice
News Undaunted by the presence of larger rivals Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks in the market, Unisphere has rapidly gained market share in the niche, continuing to post impressive growth amid a sharp downturn in technology spending among both types...
[May 3, 2002, 12:19]
Microsoft lays off 3,000 workers
News As we move forward, we will continue to closely monitor the impact of the economic downturn on the company and if necessary, take further actions on our cost structure including additional job eliminations," Ballmer said in the memo, which was...
[May 5, 2009, 17:51]
Schneier: Security neglected in economic gloom
News IT security has been neglected due to the economic downturn, according to security experts. The more organisations have invested in automating where they can, the less they have been affected by the downturn," said Potter.
[June 22, 2009, 16:16]
Spending on streaming video expected to skyrocket
News Streaming media have played just as crucial a role in the high-tech downturn, deflating both expectations and investment portfolios as everyone from technology providers like RealNetworks to consumer-oriented Web sites have seen their prospects...
[April 12, 2001, 11:14]
CIOs plan to make the most of tight budgets in 2009
News Pirie added: "What the downturn has brought about is a greater emphasis on value and a need to see results sooner. Others see some green shoots of optimism, however, in the form of a chance for the IT organisation to prove its worth in a downturn.
[December 8, 2008, 12:30]
Ballmer on Google, the economy and Windows 7
News The fact of the matter is, this is not a downturn, this is a bit of a reset. I mean, the fact of the matter is, this is not a downturn, this is a bit of a reset. Our cash-back programme has some early promise in terms of what I call business model...
[January 9, 2009, 7:35]
Gartner predicts ray of light for solar tech
News Renewable-energy technology will be less affected by the global economic downturn than other technologies, according to research by analyst company Gartner. Gartner predicted a one percent market decrease in 2009 in terms of revenues, but an...
[March 17, 2009, 15:51]
UK jobs market is picking up
News These increases are yet to peg back the losses during the darkest days of the downturn in mid-2002, when contractor rates and permanent salaries fell by around 20 percent in six months -- or £10 per hour and £10,000 per annum respectively.
[January 9, 2003, 16:33]
O2 reports 'very strong' SME uptake of iPhone 3G
News O2 believes offerings such as professional managed services will get a boost during the economic downturn, Dowd added. Ben Dowd, head of business sales at O2, told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com: "We have seen tremendous success across our...
[December 3, 2008, 6:30]
Yahoo! shifts to open-source scripting
News Citing the general economic downturn of the past two years, he added that Yahoo! But that presents problems down the road in terms of training, in terms of maintenance, and in terms of keeping up with newer trends.
[October 31, 2002, 7:53]
