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White Paper SureWest Communications, an integrated communications company based in Sacramento, California, took over the assets of bankrupt WINfirst in Sacramento County, much to the surprise of many industry observers. [25 Jun 2009]
Outsourcing? Don't sign a long-term deal
News As price reductions of more than 10 per cent would be higher than the net profit of most IT service providers, they could potentially make them bankrupt," he stated. Organisations should monitor the health of outsourcing... [17 Jun 2009]
Knowledge Management or Corporate Amnesia?
White Paper More than 70 percent of businesses suffering a server failure without backup go bankrupt within two years. Of course, it's not the loss of equipment, but rather the loss of critical information and knowledge housed on... [22 Apr 2009]
BPO Is an Effective Answer to the Financial Crisis
White Paper The ongoing global financial crisis is a concern for everyone in almost all industries - fear of job loss, foreclosed homes and bankrupt businesses. About 20% to 40% of the revenues of offshore outsourcing companies are... [03 Apr 2009]
Back to reality for Bangalore
Comment Firms such as now-bankrupt Lehman Brothers and bought-out Merrill Lynch were big customers and provided millions of dollars worth of lucrative contracts to Indian technology services companies. Once a high-flying tech... [30 Sep 2008]
How to Disable a Software Bomb: Know the Procedure for Rehabilitating Risky System Software
White Paper It's typically a piece of software written sometime in the past - perhaps by a developer who is no longer with the company, or by a third-party company that has since gone bankrupt - that is nonetheless critical to the... [09 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.03.08
Round-Up Kids want to bankrupt their parents so they can have laptops and then use them in isolation in their rooms. The 1990s internet fireball responsible for millions of annoying CDs tucked inside newspapers has been trying to... [14 Mar 2008]
Siemens White Paper: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
White Paper The telecoms company MCI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2002 then, just as the corporate world was adjusting to that shock, in the following December the energy company and seventh largest US corporate, Enron, was... [06 Oct 2006]
ID cards scheme under fire again
News Scrabbling for some sort of legacy, he's trying to lumber his successor with the millstone of his bankrupt and delusional ID policies. The ID cards scheme has come under fire again after a report by a government... [04 Aug 2006]
Five-year court battle bankrupts former City IT manager
News A former City IT manager has been declared bankrupt with debts of £2.6m following a five-year legal battle over claims that fraud allegations and a defamatory job reference ruined his health and career. [09 Jun 2006]
AT&T to grab BellSouth in deal worth $67bn
News Eventually, Verizon paid $8.44bn for the formerly bankrupt MCI . AT&T said on Sunday it will acquire fellow phone company BellSouth in a stock deal worth $67bn, creating a telecommunications giant that dwarfs its nearest... [06 Mar 2006]
Devil's Advocate: The true information age
Comment The information given out by companies has been increasingly manipulated in the interests of executives, right up to the point where Enron, an apparently rich and profitable company, turned out to be a bankrupt shell. [12 Apr 2005]
5 years ago... MCI WorldCom releases bandwidth-control product
News First it was MCI and WorldCom, then, post-merger, it was MCI WorldCom, then it was just WorldCom, then it was mired in corruption and scandal, then it was bankrupt and then it was just MCI again. 26.08.99: MCI WorldCom... [26 Aug 2004]
mmO2 revenues boom as landline telcos disappoint
News Retiring Colt CEO Steve Atkin blamed the poor showing on increased competition from previously bankrupt companies which have managed to shed their debt. Mobile operator mmO2 surprised the City by reporting booming... [21 Jul 2004]
Microsoft to spend $38m on expanding HQ
News Gates and friends should hope the choice of building isn't auspicious - the Spiegel Group, which owns the Eddie Bauer chain, went bankrupt last year. Microsoft is to splash out $38m to expand its Redmond headquarters -... [14 Jul 2004]
