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News Verdantix's Metcalfe agreed telepresence technology has remained a popular investment during the economic downturn: "An interesting question is whether spending on business air travel will be... [22 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment First, it can focus on helping business partners become greener - for example, by bringing in collaboration tools to replace staff travel. The answer to getting green right is no different from any other... [21 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News With high-resolution video becoming increasingly affordable, we do now have an increasing number of viable options for replacing physical business travel with other alternatives," service director of... [13 Oct 2009]
Travel Company Sails on Business Intelligence to Increase Revenues in Weak Economy
White Paper Sportsnet implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which dramatically improved customer service, business intelligence and target marketing capabilities. Sportsnet Holidays needed a Customer Relationship Management (CRM)... [02 Oct 2009]
College Replaces Conferencing Service With Unified Communications Solution
White Paper The college has eliminated its external conferencing service, saving U.S.annually in conferencing costs, and it has reduced travel for a savings of $16,600 a year. Canada-based Georgian College offers degrees in fields... [02 Oct 2009]
Sabre Holdings Increases Customer Insight and Service Efficiency in Its Sabre Travel Network Business Unit
White Paper Sabre Holdings implemented Oracle's Siebel Call Center to provide Sabre Travel Network with a single, consolidated data repository to enable easy access to a 360-degree view of customers. The challenge was to support... [01 Oct 2009]
Martha Lane Fox
AS Profile Lane Fox shot to fame in the late 1990s as the founder of the dot-com travel company lastminute.com, and remained on the company's board until its sale in 2005. Since then Lane Fox has stayed active in the tech world,... [30 Sep 2009]
HP video conferencing and collaboration tools reach for the sky
News Looking to take advantage of tightened corporate travel budgets, HP has showed off the latest tech to come out of its labs, called Skyroom. It's available immediately to both business users and consumers... [23 Sep 2009]
Photos: BT previews superfast fibre broadband... in Muswell Hill
Photo Possible business applications for 360-degree Telemersion include virtual tours for estate agents, travel agents and hotels, he added. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com which is shown above at 328... [17 Sep 2009]
Microsoft Unified Communications Datasheet: Smart Decisions for Extraordinary Times
White Paper This white paper discusses how businesses can reduce out-of-pocket expenses by reducing travel expenses and conferencing service charges with unified conferencing, and can cut telephone tolls and cell phone charges with... [05 Sep 2009]
HP Service Manager Ensures Standardized Responses to Support Calls, Provides Foundation for Improved Performance, Availability
White Paper Business travelers choose Carlson Wagonlit Travel for a variety of reasons. Equally important is the technology Carlson provides to business travelers, which enables them to book and... [28 Aug 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News The Department is hoping to introduce integrated ticketing over the next five to 10 years - allowing consumers to purchase a single ticket to travel on any mode of transport across any number of transport operators - an... [20 Aug 2009]
Could new internet routing chop 40 per cent off Google's electricity bill?
News It then calculates the best option depending on the price of electricity and the distance that data must travel to get to a particular location, to provide the most cost-effective route for data based on energy costs. [19 Aug 2009]
IT essential for businesses' green success
Comment Reducing travel through online conferencing and optimising transport logistics are two pretty obvious ones. The travel reduction also lessens accommodation bills and introduces a better work/life balance... [19 Aug 2009]
Photos: Driverless pod cars offer a glimpse of the future of transport
Photo The pods will take between three and four minutes to travel from the car park to the terminal building reaching speeds of 25mph. The driverless vehicles are currently being tested at the airport and are due to be... [13 Aug 2009]
