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IT security spared from budget cuts
News Companies like Malaysia Airlines, are still dishing out money to strengthen their IT security framework. But, product evaluation process is now more rigorous.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Forrester Research Inc., Security, IT Budget, IT Security, Information Security, Information And Communication Technology, CEO
Five ways IT departments can win in a crisis
News CIOs need to revise their IT strategies in the downturn to adapt to long-term sustainability, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Tags: IT Management, IT Services, Telecommunications, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, strategic sourcing, CIO, organizational structure, business intelligence, software, asset
Keeping up with fashion
News case study Sri Lankan garment manufacturing giant, Brandix, embarked on a full scale ERP implementation to keep up with the fast-changing demands of customers.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer resource management (CRM), SAP AG, CRM, Manufacturing, Lawson Software Inc., ERP, ERP system, Brandix, Lalith Withana
10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Techguide Estimating what a project will cost is only half the battle; controlling those costs during the project and after delivery is equally critical.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Cost control, Baseline Cost, Business Unit, Benchmarking Exercise, Information Technology, Project, IT-spending, Cost
Qantas plans slimmer, friendlier IT dept
News Qantas CTO David Hall's vision for a more streamlined IT department, may save the the airline US$83 million over the next financial year.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Supplier, Australia, Qantas Airways Ltd., CEO, Fujitsu Ltd., financial
IT service levels: It's time to drop your standards
News Businesses could see IT service levels slip as tech departments cut back in the slowdown.
Tags: Service level management, Services, Service Level, Telecommunications, Standards, Gartner Inc., content management system, CIO, VP, recession
Red Hat: Customers less scared now
News Red Hat chief Jim Whitehurst says companies don’t see a depression on the horizon. However, Red Hat does have to spend more on sales and marketing to get more customers.
Tags: Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Sales, Jim Whitehurst, Wall Street, net income, marketing, billing, IT Cost, revenue
UK Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs
News The British government has drafted in a former blue chip CEO to help slash the US$25.6 billion spent on public sector IT each year.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Cost control, IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, IT budgeting, IT project management, IT Services, Business Process, Procurement, Government
Cambridge takes supercomputing to the cloud
News The democratization of high performance computing gets underway later this year, when Cambridge University begins leasing processing time on its Darwin supercomputer.
Tags: Supercomputing, Business, Small And Medium Enterprise, Pharmaceutical Company, Server, Hardware, processor, supercomputer, high-performance computing, Cambridge
Report: Carriers 'pass' on forthcoming Dell handset
News An industry analyst says Dell's handset will be sold by retailers, since many carriers have shown little interest in the features to be included in the upcoming hinted-about phone.
Tags: Smart phones, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Carrier, Ashok Kumar, phone, handheld, China
No word on made-in-Asia 32nm Intel chips
News update Chip giant announces US$7 billion investment in U.S. fabs for 32-nanometer, but it is not clear if there will be similar investments in the region.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asia, International Data Corp., PC Processor, Chip, Chip Company, processor
True cost of migrating to open source
Insight perspective Microsoft's attack on open source has zeroed in on the cost of migration, but its figures distort the truth, says industry watcher.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, recession, Open source, Operating systems
Bursting the proprietary-software bubble
Insight perspective Strip away all the bluster and jargon and you soon realize the end is nigh for proprietary software, argues open source expert.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Software licensing, Marginal Cost, IT Budget, Bubble, Open Source, Financial Company, software, theory
Agile project management: Estimating the unknown
Techguide Rick Freedman explains why estimation in an agile environment is not as mysterious as many project managers think.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, NEC Corp., Feature, Project, Project Management Institute, Rick, Environment, Carnegie-Mellon University, technique
Bill Gates' fix for India's ills: Technology
News Microsoft chairman says technology--from an electronic network for urban workers to a national ID card project--can help India overcome its challenges.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Bill Gates, India, Cell Phone, Government, Indian Institute of Technology, Software, Digital media, phone
