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HP-EDS will 'shake up' services market

News Potential merger with EDS will prove beneficial, but difficult for HP, which may face huge challenges in the "ambitious corporate integration", say Ovum analysts.

Tuesday, May 13 2008 08:25 PM

Tags: Services, Consulting, Mergers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Ovum, IT Services, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Accenture Ltd., software, Business Consulting

Budget sufficiently for cloud, SaaS user warns

News Companies rolling out their software-as-a-service projects need to allocate sufficient budget for licenses and pay attention to user acceptance and training.

Wednesday, May 27 2009 06:38 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Positioning, CRM, Singapore, Sales, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing

Bangalore's brain drain

Insight perspective Bangalore has always been an IT powerhouse, but now returnees are adding their experience into the mix, says industry watcher.

Wednesday, April 01 2009 09:26 PM

Tags: Business applications, IT training, Trends, India, Immigrant, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Madan Moudgal, Trignon, St John, Saritha Rai

IBM roars into business consulting

News Its new 4,000-strong Business Analytics & Optimization Services will mine IBM's research and software divisions for innovations.

Thursday, April 16 2009 12:49 PM

Tags: Consulting, IBM Corp., SAS Institute, data mining, Frank Kern, Data-mining Software, business analytics, Sales, software, analytics

US govt prepares to spend on clean energy

News As stimulus package moves ahead, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu intends to speed up process for loans, which are vital to commercializing new energy technologies.

Monday, February 09 2009 06:54 AM

Tags: Green IT, Government, Battery, Clean Technology, Department Of Energy, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Senate, Business Consulting, U.S., California

IBM launches 'Green Sigma' business consulting

News Using sensors and software, IBM's consulting crew will help businesses reduce their energy and water use as part of efficiency and "green business" programs.

Tuesday, August 19 2008 10:48 AM

Tags: Green IT, Consulting, IBM Corp., software, energy efficiency, Business Consulting, Corporate Social Responsibility, supply chain, strategy, accounting

Time right for young open source companies: Proactum

Blogs During the recent Beijing Open Source Camp, I met with senior executives of Proactum, an open source software company fr...

Sunday, November 16 2008 11:43 PM

Malaysia yet to grow world-class ICT firms

News Government may have taken on too much in leading local industry, resulting in the private sector being too inactive and in need of "handholding", says official.

Friday, November 28 2008 04:50 PM

Tags: Innovation, Local Government, Outsourcing, Sector, Asia, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, CEO, Kuala Lumpur, multimedia