Cost Savings
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Put security, savings on par in cloud
News "Hard" questions firms should ask cloud providers before deployment, include legal and privacy implications of data stored in other countries, says security expert.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Cloud computing, PGP Corp., Security, cost savings, Singapore, SLA, Cloud computing
Heed tech, people issues before going mobile
News Businesses must first consider various manpower and technical matters before deploying mobile workforce strategy, observers highlight.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Communications, Telecommuting, Workforce, cost savings, Mobile Workforce, Worker, unified communications
Getting the IT department ready for 2009
News The Corporate IT Forum says its most senior members are planning to invest in IT with careful budgeting and trimming discretionary spending as key priorities.
Tags: Virtualization, Green IT, Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Green IT, Outsourcing, Business, cost savings, Quocirca
Cloud could be 'more important than the PC'
News The beginning of cloud computing may have greater impact on public sector IT than PC revolution did in the past, says U.K. body for public sector IT professionals.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications, Web-based Application, IT Manager, IT Professional, cost savings, Cloud Computing, Socitm Insight, public sector, Silicon.com
Intel promises faster, greener, cheaper computing with Xeon 5500
News Intel introduced the Xeon 5500 microprocessor Monday, calling it a revolutionary product that serves as a 'future-proof' platform with 'intelligence built in', with more speed and power efficiency.
Tags: Processors, Data centers, Intel Corp., Computing, Virtualization, Intel Xeon, Intel Pentium Pro, Chip, cost savings, Server
Businesses stay keen on green IT spending
News Global companies are accelerating their green IT initiatives despite the recession, according to a report released Tuesday by Forrester Research.
Tags: Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Green IT, Survey Respondent, Survey, cost savings, cost reduction, TCO, information technology, brand
Symantec layoffs coming
News Security firm plans a 4.5 percent cost savings in its workforce budget and will cut jobs to achieve that goal, spokesman says.
Tags: Security, Layoffs, Workforce, cost savings, Electronic Data Systems Corp., layoff, Worker, Symantec Corp., outsource, News.com
Asia's green IT services to hit US$2B in 2011
News update Growing demand for green IT services in markets such as China and India lifts region to a five-year compound annual growth rate of 69 percent, says new report.
Tags: Green IT, Services, Green IT, Asia, cost savings, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Service, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Consulting
What's in a name?
Blogs Plenty, it seems, especially in tougher economic times. When the chips are down and almost every company in the market i...
CFOs want clearer view of travel costs
News Syncing IT travel tools and expense systems will help financial chiefs better manage profitability, and save up to 15 percent in corporate spend, says Amadeus exec.
Tags: Cost control, Software integration, HR policies and procedures, Strategic management tools, CFO, Survey, cost savings, Tool, Procurement, Strategic management tools
Green IT isn't dead yet
Insight perspective The recession is dampening many areas of IT--but not environmental impact. An analyst looks at how cost-cutting and green go hand in hand.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Green IT, Organization, Hosting Company, Carbon Footprint, cost savings, Quocirca
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
Firms overlook Web 2.0 cost-saving potential
News As companies largely view Web 2.0 on an experimental level, they are likely to pass on it during the current economic downturn, say analysts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Cost control, Budgeting/cost control, savings, Business, Ovum, cost savings, Web Service, savings, e-mail
UK minister: NHS must take tech risks
News Even though there is a recession, National Health System practices should embrace technology to make efficiencies, according to a junior minister at the U.K Department of Health.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Technology, cost savings, Innovation, Europe, Messaging, Procurement, London, leadership
Microsoft sales fall 6 percent from a year ago
News The software maker fails for the first time to see year-over-year revenue climb, as sales fall 6 percent from a year earlier for March quarter.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Microsoft Corp., cost savings, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, Sales, software, Microsoft Windows, revenue, analyst
