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White Paper Mobil Travel Guide risked losing an opportunity to generate Internet revenues, because it couldn’t afford to build or maintain a business system to run an online service. Mobil Travel Guide leveraged industry-standard solutions to enter the market... [03 Jul 2008]
Getting the Most Value From Business Video
White Paper It conveys much of the intimacy and immediacy of seeing someone or something in person, without the expense of travel - and it can let the viewer control the time and place. Video often has not been a low-cost solution, however. [03 Jul 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The 10 craziest uses of RFID
News Peeping Tom filter lets phones see through bikinis things not to do with your data tips for better business travel The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com archive from the last decade is a look at... [02 Jul 2008]
Unified Communications: Use Virtual Collaboration to Improve Environmental Sustainability
White Paper These include improvements in energy efficiency that can be achieved from the products and systems deployed internally; using the network as a platform to monitor, measure, and manage electricity consumption; and implementing solutions that... [02 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. When you consider UK companies alone spend $50bn per year on business travel, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council, anything to get their executives out of the... [30 Jun 2008]
The Executive's Guide to High Definition Video Conferencing
White Paper Download this special report and learn how video communications has evolved in the last five years, how new HD video communications technologies and applications are changing the way businesses operate, and the immediate return on investment... [30 Jun 2008]
One Touch Business Travel and the End of the Expense Report
White Paper Read Concur's paper to learn why, despite the fact that billions of dollars per year are spent on business travel and entertainment (T&E) by employees on behalf of their organizations: Travel and Expense Management is still viewed as separate... [25 Jun 2008]
Avoiding the Compliance Trap for Travel and Expenses
White Paper Organizations weighing Travel and Expenses (T&E) automation should look beyond the value of streamlining the process to solutions that include analytic and reporting features that enforce compliance controls and provide audit evidence while... [25 Jun 2008]
Tech workers part of the jet set
News International travel is increasingly becoming a part of the job for people working in IT, with jet set techies travelling around the world on work-related business. Meanwhile nine per cent said they only have to travel internationally for business... [23 Jun 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The MoD currently spends £300m per year on business travel. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) expects to save £35m per year through an online travel service set up and managed by Capgemini. The service, which will support the travel needs of 300,000... [19 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment Dargue, just voted top CIO in the UK, has been in the CIO post six months and replaces the now retired David Burden - who has gone off to travel the world - but the structure of the role has changed slightly. [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Five of the best mini laptops
Photo Miniature laptops which pack enough power to keep you productive on the road yet have a convenient, travel-sized form factor are hot property right now. Like its fellow travel-sized portables, there are Linux and Windows versions on offer. [06 Jun 2008]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News Jeremy Acklam, business development director at TheTrainLine, said: "All the big operators have a smart card introduction policy and that is why we have developed the capability to sell tickets into smart media. [04 Jun 2008]
Who sat in judgement...
Comment He has worked as an attorney, travel writer and sidewalk hawker for a time-share resort, among other occupations. He is the co-author of a recently published book on India and China called IT & the East published by Harvard Business School Press. [03 Jun 2008]
Business travellers demand more tech
News Denise Leleux, director of commercial cards with Barclaycard Business, said as business travel continues to rise, so too does the need for technological advancements designed to save travellers' time and money. [02 Jun 2008]
