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RSS downturnGain Competitive Advantage Through IT Operational Excellence: Reducing Costs to Drive Investment in Innovation
White Paper Today's economic downturn is putting unprecedented stress on enterprises' IT organizations. Budgets are routinely cut. Workforces are constantly reduced. And cost-containment strategies are rigidly enforced. [01 Sep 2009]
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Need Insight: Performance Management in a Weak Economy
White Paper By empowering business users to transform raw data into business intelligence, these solutions allow them to make the crucial decisions that can shield company against the current downturn. There are no times like tough... [01 Sep 2009]
Business Intelligence: A Strategic Imperative in the Current Healthcare Economy
White Paper The recent downturn in the economy has only exacerbated many of these challenges, driving hospitals to cut costs through layoffs and freezing capital spending - drastic moves and abrupt changes for an industry... [29 Aug 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News According to Reshna Radiven, volunteer recruitment manager for IT roles, the downturn has sparked a fresh wave of interest in volunteering among the UK's techies. For some IT professionals, the definition of making a... [25 Aug 2009]
India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit
Comment The troubles have worsened since the start of the global economic downturn last year. The outsourcing industry has brought jobs and prosperity to India - but, asks Saritha Rai, at what cost to workers' well being? [25 Aug 2009]
How to keep staff happy during the downturn
Comment In tough economic times, businesses must do more with fewer people. Stuart Roberts offers some advice on how to make this happen. How's your staff these days? Have you thought about this lately? The recession has us thinking about... [10 Aug 2009]
Cisco CEO: Green shoots of recovery spotted at last
News Cisco was one of the first companies, well over a year ago, to see the economic downturn coming. Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers says the economic recession that's gripped the world for the past year may have reached a... [06 Aug 2009]
Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention
White Paper The reasons for the continuing strength of this market include the growing maturity of the available content-aware DIP technologies and buyer awareness that these technologies can help address regulatory compliance requirements, which... [05 Aug 2009]
CIOs: How to innovate during a recession
Comment Innovation may not be the obvious top priority in a downturn. Entrepreneurial CIOs working closely with senior business colleagues, have real opportunities to innovate - regardless of a downturn. Here's... [04 Aug 2009]
Future-Proof Networking: Making Decisions That Last
White Paper Will this investment proactively prepare them for the inevitable upturn as well as the next downturn? The next step to realizing strategic vision and creating a highly productive and efficient IT infrastructure is to... [31 Jul 2009]
Pay gap: UK female execs better off in IT
News Writing in the report, Baroness Prosser of Battersea, chair of the Commission, said: "Not only do we need to see more action being taken to kick start the slow movement of the gender pay gap but also to ensure that we do not let the... [30 Jul 2009]
Supply-Chain Services Firm Standardizes Global Operations on Flexible ERP Solution
White Paper One company that has actually seen business increase during an economic downturn is supply-chain services firm PCH International. The company quickly realized, however, that its current enterprise resource planning... [30 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News With many firms under pressure to cut their IT costs in light of the downturn, a number are turning to outsourcing. As IT outsourcing becomes a top priority for many cash-strapped organisations, giant suppliers are... [14 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment During the current economic downturn, one of the biggest challenges for Nationwide has been delivering the right products to customers in such a low-interest-rate environment - something that calls for a flexible IT... [06 Jul 2009]
Oh, What a Lovely War!
White Paper Despite a downturn in the global economy, 2008 saw a number of TMS vendors claiming up to 50 per cent growth in sales across the year, according to a new survey by US-based researcher, Aite Group. All vendors profiled in... [04 Jul 2009]
