Negotiation
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Five steps to reduce outsourcing risk
Insight perspective Outsourcing relationships carry some inherent uncertainty but there are ways to lower potential damage to your business. One lawyer offers some advice.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT budgeting, Outsourcing, Supplier, outsourcing agreement, sourcing, law firm, IT budgeting, risk assessment, Change
IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems
News Big Blue eyes Web boost by putting Sun Microsystems into its fold, says report. Deal, worth about US$6.5 billion, could close as early as this week.
Tags: Acquisitions, Servers, Business applications, Open source, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Telecommunications, Sun Microsystems Inc., technology company, server company
Apple could split device sales with music labels
News As part of a deal to offer devices featuring preprogrammed music, the company would have to agree to share sales revenue, says a source close to the deal.
Tags: Music, Cost control, Negotiation, Apple Inc., Universal Music Group, Sales, Source, device manufacturer, phone, Apple iPod
Five ways to discover unstructured processes
Techguide Many companies tend to focus their IT efforts on larger, structured processes such as CRM and ERP. Here's why taking this attitude can be expensive.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Governance, Data Management, Process, CRM, BPM, Environment, compliance, e-mail, accident
More questions than answers on Google Books
News Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, Settlement, Class Action, financial, knowledge, asset, University of California at Berkeley, director, Data Management
Cutting costs sensibly
Blogs I've been quiet for a while, watching how people in our industry will react to the ongoing global economic turmoil. O...
Lenovo explores investments, acquisitions
News Coming off a weak quarterly performance, PC maker confirms that it is in "preliminary" discussions regarding an investment or acquisition.
Tags: Investments, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, PC Company, Investment, Fujitsu Siemens, Lenovo Group Ltd., Dow Jones & Company Inc., agreement, business investment
Lack of global climate deal won't crush green tech
News No matter what happens at global talks in Copenhagen next month, industry and national governments are likely to drive investment in the near term.
Tags: Green IT, Climate, Cap-and-Trade, greenhouse gas, climate change, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Copenhagen, U.S. Senate, Environment
Report: Google considering book settlement tweaks
News Under fire from critics and the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice, Google is reportedly considering modifications to its book search settlement with book authors and publishers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bloomberg L.P., Settlement, copyright law, Judge, Eric Schmidt, Web 2.0, Data Management
Microsoft open to SearchMonkey, other Yahoo tech
News Top Microsoft online exec says his company likes Yahoo's open approach, but will have to see which of Yahoo's technologies make sense to add to Bing.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, business development, CEO, financial, senior vice president, partnership
Reports: Microsoft-Yahoo deal to come in next 24 hours
News An official announcement of a search and advertising deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is expected within the next 24 hours.
Tags: Mergers, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, payment, search bar, Search Technology, revenue, agreement, Mergers
YouTube unplugs music videos in UK
News In an unexpected move, 'premium' music videos on the Google-owned video-sharing site will no longer be accessible in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Music, Video, Copyright, Music Video, Apple iTunes, Google Inc., PRS, YouTube Inc., digital-rights management, U.K.
Recession hasn't slashed IT prices
News Although the economic downturn is in full swing, many IT heads still find themselves having difficulties negotiating better prices with suppliers.
Tags: Negotiation, Director Of Information Technology, Supplier, CIO, tariff, payment, Silicon.com, recession, leader, U.S.
Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search
News Microsoft's CEO shares some ideas on how his company plans to take on search leader Google.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Live Search, Palo Alto, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, search business, Stanford
How the Yahoo-Google ad deal talks with feds fell apart
News news analysis Sources say trustbusters took an increasingly hard line with Yahoo and Google in the past two to three weeks, causing their proposed ad deal to become unpalatable.
Tags: Antitrust, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, Paid Search, Advertisement, Regulator
