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Tech sparks rapid rise in electricity bills
News Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said the proportion of budget taken up by energy and electricity costs is rising rapidly. One IT director, who did not wish to be named, said: "We run a small... [15 Aug 2007]
Revealed: UK's IT job hotspots
News Nearly two-thirds of all new IT jobs are created in London and the South East, even though the area only accounts for 26 per cent of the UK's population. According to the recruiter, another reason why some UK regions are... [14 Aug 2007]
The McCue Interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment About two-thirds of that total investment - just over £200m - went into the in-store IT infrastructure, which includes a new pharmacy system that will link to the NHS' e-prescription service, 15,000 new touchscreen tills... [25 Apr 2007]
Cash still king - but contactless cards challenge
News Cash accounts for nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of all day-to-day payments, with the £20 note being the most popular denomination of them all - accounting for 66 per cent of all notes dispensed by UK cash machines in... [13 Mar 2007]
CIO Agenda: The 2007 tech shopping list
News Just under two-thirds (63 per cent) of the 18 CIOs who took part in the survey said they will be investing in mobile and wireless this year, with much of that targeted around wi-fi and PDAs. Last year IT governance and... [15 Jan 2007]
No Vista plans for more than half of European businesses
News The majority of organisations also only use one vendor and two-thirds said they are unlikely to change their supplier in the next two years. The State of Enterprise Infrastructure 2006 study said that while the overall... [14 Nov 2006]
Banks spend £10k per user on IT
News Nearly two-thirds of corporate desktops are running Windows XP and a third of the respondents to the survey expect to have some Windows Vista desktop systems in two years' time. Financial services companies are bucking... [02 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Do businesses spend too much on IT?
News Two-thirds of this week's silicon.com CIO Jury of IT users agreed with Nicholas Carr, author of the 2003 Harvard Business Review article 'IT doesn't matter', in his latest claim that organisations should "spend less on IT". [06 Oct 2006]
Are you covered on software licensing?
News Seperately - but still on the subject of compliance - a report from software company Cognos warned that two-thirds of banks in the UK are taking a 'bare minimum' approach to Basel II compliance. With the average bank... [19 Sep 2006]
R&D boost for European businesses
News On average 18 per cent of research and development is outsourced - two thirds to other companies and one-third to public research organisations, with pharmaceuticals and biotechnology outsourcing the most R&D (25 per cent). [24 Aug 2006]
IT's future looks bright
News In a survey of members of IT trade association Intellect, nearly two-thirds of respondents said they are more confident about the business outlook for the IT industry than they were six months ago. Private and public... [25 Jul 2006]
Small businesses ignore IT at their peril
News But even if they aren't up to speed on the latest gadgets, two-thirds of small businesses admitted they would not be able to operate without their current level of investment in IT - and nearly half said using IT had... [29 Jun 2006]
Most companies 'guess' IT return on investment
News Staffing remains an issue for many organisations, with two-thirds saying the level of IT user skills among the entire workforce has a large impact on productivity. The e-Skills UK quarterly ICT Inquiry research found... [24 May 2006]
UK businesses splash out £2bn on consultancy fees
News MCA members account for around two-thirds of the UK's consulting industry revenues, with 88 per cent of its members reporting a rise in revenue for the fourth quarter. Spending on management consulting... [20 Mar 2006]
Brits shun TV for web
News Two-thirds (66 per cent) of the 1,030 people surveyed said they had increased their use of the internet over the last year, with the biggest growth seen among 16- to 24-year-olds. Shopping has become one of the most... [08 Mar 2006]
