Cost Management
72 Stories
Asian firms get help on innovation
News Accenture opens Singapore facility aimed at helping Asia-Pacific companies innovate amid changing economic and business conditions.
Tags: Innovation, Business, IT Services, Asia-Pacific, Innovation, Singapore, Accenture Ltd., Consulting, cost management, managing director
'Back to basics' for Asia's IT services market
News Region's IT services sector will focus on cost savings and less on business transformation, while balancing need for corporate governance, says IDC.
Tags: Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Outsourcing, IT Services, International Data Corp., PaaS, cost management, corporate governance, managed services
Follow this model for effective IT cost management
Insight To achieve effective cost management, you must understand cost structure and analyze the costs involved.
Yahoo plans layoff after profit plunges
News Several hundred employees will lose jobs in coming weeks as the online pioneer tries to change course.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Layoffs, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, layoff, Advertisement, cost management, cost control, cost reduction, net income
Yahoo to chop at least 1,400 jobs
News The company's net income dropped 64 percent in the last year, and layoffs of at least 10 percent are coming by year's end.
Tags: Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Online Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, layoff, Advertisement, cost management, net income, job
Vodafone cuts 500 UK jobs
News The operator is shedding hundreds of employees as part of a cost-cutting drive to help it 'compete more effectively in the U.K. market'.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Layoffs, Ovum, cost savings, Vodafone U.K., SIM Card, cost management, financial
A touch of healthcare and technology
Insight Dr. Colin Quek, CIO of Raffles Medical Group, discusses why the social component of healthcare can make IT spending more complex in this industry.
Tags: IT budgeting, Project management, IT budgeting, Project management
Managing UOB's critical IT pipes
Insight IT chief Susan Hwee keeps vigil over the United Overseas Bank's IT systems and operations, all of which have become an integral part of the business.
Tags: IT Management, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control
How much is tech-support costing you?
Insight Computer woes steal too much of workers' time, according to an IT services company, and the price of all that lost productivity is high.
IBM snags US$180m outsourcing deal with S'pore Airlines
News Under the seven-year contract, Big Blue will manage the airline's data center and IT help desk, as well as provide support services.
Tags: Outsourcing
IT comes out of OCBC's backroom
Insight OCBC is undergoing a major cultural shift, as Ching Wei Hong, head of group operations and IT, pushes for the bank to manage IT with a business angle.
IT comes out of OCBC's backroom
Techguide ZDNet Asia goes one-on-one with the new head of technology at OCBC Bank, to find out how he's realigning the group.
Gartner: IT bosses must prepare for cloud computing
News The analyst says IT managers must start planning now if they want to avoid implementing tech from Google and closing down their own data centers.
Tags: Data centers, Business Strategies & Functions, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Google Inc., IT Manager, Cloud Computing, Gartner Inc., Business Process, performance, professional development
Aretae shuts M'sian office in latest cutback
News Systems integrator and Web services provider Aretae Pte Ltd is downsizing to stay alive.
IT comes out of OCBC's backroom
Insight OCBC is undergoing a major cultural shift, as Ching Wei Hong, head of group operations and IT, pushes for the bank to manage IT with a business angle.
