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RSS budget save moneyGordon Brown dubbed "analogue Chancellor"
News But in the Budget in March, Brown scrapped the tax breaks, so that businesses that loan PCs to their staff for personal use at home will now face a tax charge of up to £200 per employee as well as national insurance. [05 May 2006]
Staffordshire councils save millions by joining forces
Case Study Although at first there were a few teething problems, Loveless said they were to be expected given the scale of the project and that overall it came in under budget, though "slightly late". Along with CRM, the councils have saved money by using the... [04 May 2006]
Tech companies outsource more development work
News Researchers at Evans said that they expect the trend toward budget-related outsourcing to continue to grow. Some 28 per cent of the companies participating in the survey said that saving money was their primary goal in adopting outsourcing pacts... [30 Aug 2005]
National Audit Office to examine government IT
News PAC chairman Edward Leigh said: "Far too often, major IT-enabled projects in government departments are late, well over budget, or do not work at all - an enormous waste of taxpayers' money. The move is part of a wider initiative to study progress... [20 Jul 2005]
Opinion: Local government don't get open source
Comment This week our re-shuffled government will have to ponder news from the British Educational Communications and Technology Association (BECTA) that UK primary schools might save as much as half of their IT budget by moving to open source software. [11 May 2005]
Swap ID cards for police wireless handhelds, say LibDems
News The rollout of the £2.9bn Airwave police radio communications system has been completed to all forces in England, Scotland and Wales on time and on budget. The Liberal Democrats calculate that scrapping ID cards will save £500m, and want to spend... [18 Apr 2005]
IT Consolidation: Real Innovation, Real Simplification, Real Savings
White Paper But the potential benefits go well beyond budget relief - among them are improvements in security, compliance and disaster recovery. Consolidation can save big money. This webcast explains how Sun innovations in consolidation - from Solaris 10, to... [15 Apr 2005]
Ryanair budgets for £5m C&W network
News For 2004 the budget airline pulled in €1.4bn in revenue with 94 per cent of its bookings made over its website - over the next five years it aims to increase passenger numbers and routes by 25 per cent. [22 Mar 2005]
Brunel University's Business Class: IT projects should be allowed to fail
Comment Here's a common scenario for such a project: a project manager is given an objective, a team and a budget and then he or she is expected to get on with the job and deliver on expectations in a specified timescale. [23 Aug 2004]
Majority of outsourcing deals are late and over budget
News Peter O'Neill, VP of consulting at Meta Group, told silicon.com that firms are putting serious sums of money at risk. The majority of application development outsourcing deals are hit by spiralling costs, late delivery and not getting what was... [14 Jun 2004]
Accenture Case Study: Telenor
White Paper Using the Microsoft .NET platform, Accenture developed an online portal for Telenor in three months - on time and under budget. Accenture and its alliance partner, Microsoft, helped Telenor win greater customer loyalty-and, save money-by enabling a... [13 May 2004]
Desktops: Upgrades Tool Box
White Paper Upgrading your desktops may actually make better business sense, regardless of the size of your IT budget. Some organizations try to save money by holding onto older desktops, but costs can accrue quickly by having to support and secure obolete... [08 Apr 2004]
Consumers suffering from fixed-line 'monopoly'
News Its guidance did not give practical examples of how consumers might make choices and its external publicity budget in 2002-03 of £45,000 was only 0.2 per cent of its overall budget of £19.5m. The PAC thinks that more consumers should be switching... [23 Mar 2004]
CNAF turns to SAS to Improve Service, Save Money
White Paper The Caisse Nationale d'Allocations Familiales (CNAF), the "family" branch of France's national Social Security program, manages a budget of 50 billion euros for 10 million beneficiaries. They wanted to improve services and save money for France's... [24 Feb 2004]
Peoplesoft 8.4 Financials Enables Santa Clara to Save Money and Reallocate Funds toward Programs That Will Be Strategic Differentiators for Santa Clara University
White Paper Santa Clara University wanted to create a more efficient and effective reporting and budget structure to obtain greater flexibility in budgeting and transactions, as well as, more comprehensive reporting options. [24 Feb 2004]
