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Red Cross invests in Epos system
News British Red Cross head of trading Sue Azzopardi said: "The tills are as state of the art as our budget would allow because we felt it would be better to go for the best rather than have to improve the system when required later. [14 Jul 2008]
Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security: The Impact of HIPAA, PCI, PIIG and Other New Government and Industry Guidelines on Email Security Policies
White Paper Read this paper to learn about the impact of relatively new data protection regulations and standards such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Personally Identifiable... [09 Jul 2008]
From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman?
Comment It was delivered on time - just - and within budget - well, the client's budget, anyway. With his background, it all should have run smoothly but how did the project really fare? In fact, I put off for at least two weeks calculating how much... [02 Jul 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study Today, Zurich's IT department manages a budget of more than £1.8bn, more than 200 projects and 3,600 outsourced staff. Zurich, one of the world's largest insurers, has revealed how outsourcing helped turn around its IT department and a $3.4bn loss. [10 Jun 2008]
Reduce Your IT Budget: Consolidate Data to One Platform - See How Quest Software Eases Data Migration to SharePoint
White Paper It's costly to manage and maintain multiple data platforms. In the Quest white paper, "Why Migrate to SharePoint," Adam Woodruff talks about the challenges and benefits of migrating data to SharePoint, and why consolidating your data can save you... [15 May 2008]
Requirements Process for SOA Projects, Part 1: Capturing Requirements for an SOA Application - Initial Requirements to Build Your SOA
White Paper A significant number of projects go over budget and don't meet their timelines, due to missing, incorrect, or changed requirements. Articles and research materials from leading firms talk about how the lack of proper requirements is the primary... [30 Apr 2008]
Naked CIO: The true cost of IT
Comment This debate might be fuelled by accountants looking for better accountability or by IT professionals frustrated by continued budget constraints in organisations that do not understand the cost of provisioning services to the business. [21 Apr 2008]
Why IT must escape the belt-tightening
Comment Yet we are seeing more and more reports of organisations talking about IT project and budget reductions, as though business improvement and IT were somehow unrelated to each other. As the economy wobbles, the bean-counters instinctively reach for... [18 Apr 2008]
Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities
Comment The average IT budget last year among CIO Agenda survey respondents was five per cent of company turnover, although that was skewed by one respondent whose tech budget is 24 per cent of company turnover. [18 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up HP UK's managing director Stephen Gill has claimed that many large organisations are currently devoting around 70 to 75 per cent of their IT budget to managing their existing infrastructure, leaving little room for the innovation that can bring... [11 Apr 2008]
The McCue Interview: Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel
Comment It's a big job - the company has a tech budget of around $300m and 900 full-time IT staff supporting 35,000 employees worldwide. All of this feeds back into the goal to reduce the operational expenditure to capital expenditure ratio of the IT... [01 Apr 2008]
Tips For Cost-Effective Customer Retention Management
White Paper How can you use CRM to improve your customer retention without breaking your budget? Knowing how to give your customers what they need--when they need it--is another problem altogether. CRM makes it easier to gather information about your customers... [31 Mar 2008]
Mobile working goes mainstream
News The majority of businesses are planning to maintain their mobility budget at 2007's level or increase it by between five and 10 per cent, Gartner's survey of medium to large European enterprises found. [25 Mar 2008]
PA spreads the news on open source
Case Study Using the Nuxeo technology also provides costs savings as PA doesn't pay a licence fee but uses its budget to develop the platform to suit its needs. He added: "So as we come up with new ideas about how we can increase efficiency and make the... [20 Mar 2008]
Outsourcing - life after the contract
Comment Blowing the budget, delays and terminations are rife. While advice abounds on how to approach and set up outsourcing deals in the first place - choosing the right supplier, procurement process, due diligence and so on - we rarely think about life... [12 Mar 2008]
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