Credit crunch
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News According to Shamus Rae, advisory partner at KPMG in the UK, the credit crunch will drive more companies to outsource IT and business processes, which will in turn hasten the search for new cities to... [20 Feb 2009]
Business taking a shine to netbooks?
News The issue will be the effect that the credit crunch is having," she said, noting that as companies look to save money where they can, cheaper sub-notebooks will become appealing. Netbook sales could find... [19 Feb 2009]
Credit crunch no match for January sales
News The economic outlook may be grim but Brits haven't lost their thirst for the New Year sales. According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index for January, post-Christmas online sales lifted this year, with a rise of 19 per cent... [17 Feb 2009]
Sustainable Testing
White Paper Energy prices are soaring and financial markets are feeling the squeeze as a result of the credit crunch. As a result, organizations are now forced to heavily reduce their cost to income ratio and... [13 Feb 2009]
Securing your business - what to invest in
Comment The credit crunch and recession have put a squeeze on most IT budgets but one area that remains a priority is security. Today's enterprise faces loads of security challenges. Andy McCue explains which... [11 Feb 2009]
Open source and cloud: Credit crunch busters
News The economic downturn could be one of the biggest threats to face traditional tech vendors as businesses look to alternative technologies to help get them through the recession. That's according to industry experts at The Intellect... [11 Feb 2009]
Editor's Blog: Winning the war on technology marketing speak
Comment As I pointed out a few months back, there has been - courtesy of the credit crunch - an unmistakeable shift: CIOs just don't have the capex spend they had previously, and are much more reliant on opex to... [26 Jan 2009]
Microsoft axes 5,000 jobs
News More on the credit crunch… ways the credit crunch will hit IT Credit crunch pushes techie wages to five-year low Microsoft on Thursday... [22 Jan 2009]
Downturn prompts biz to offload hardware
News More on the credit crunch… ways the credit crunch will hit IT Credit crunch pushes techie wages to five-year low Outsourcing companies... [22 Jan 2009]
Credit crunch sees UK firms send techies to cops
News The credit crunch could push more UK firms to pledge techies in the fight against cybercrime. Draper added the crunch could encourage more of its members to farm out staff to the PCeU.... [19 Jan 2009]
2011 will spawn 150 million mobile bankers
News While the credit crunch might mean fewer of us have money to play with, more of us than ever will be looking it after it on our mobiles. According to analyst house Juniper Research, 150 million people... [15 Jan 2009]
PC shipments drop as credit crunch bites
News After several years of seemingly tireless 15 per cent quarterly growth, the PC industry hit a wall at the end of 2008. Overall PC shipments worldwide dropped 0.4 per cent to 77.3 million units during the fourth quarter, according to... [15 Jan 2009]
Nortel files for bankruptcy
News Nortel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. For the past several months, Nortel's management team has been trying to cut spending and the company has also put some of its assets up for sale in an attempt to survive,... [14 Jan 2009]
SMEs to get their hands on banks' £20bn
News The government has introduced measures to give small and medium-sized businesses access to up to £20bn in loan finance, aimed at helping companies during the credit crunch. The business secretary, Lord... [14 Jan 2009]
OLPC's workforce slashed by 50 per cent
News The One Laptop Per Child project announced Wednesday that it is slashing its workforce by 50 per cent, reducing salaries for the remaining staff, and restructuring its operations. Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the group that aims to... [08 Jan 2009]
