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The Value Proposition: Budgeting - the first step to information superiority
Comment The key to success is to reduce the maintenance and support costs by investing in software components so new systems that don't rapidly become the next 'legacy' can be developed and deployed. Component technologies such as Enterprise Java Beans... [02 Aug 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: E-marketplaces made simple, optical internet deal in the offing, and internet access uneven
Comment Neither company has confirmed rumours of an impending deal involving the sale of Nortel's optical components business to Corning, although the stories claim to be based on a source close to the negotiations. [31 Jul 2000]
The good, the bad and the irrelevant: the network manager's challenge
Comment Opponents of this point of view say a return to the basics of networking is key if network professionals are to position themselves as essential components in the brave new world of services. In a world of managed networks, application provision... [28 Jun 2000]
The Value Proposition: power, information and the European Union
Comment In the article 'The B2B Tool', FORTUNE March 20, the author shows that business-to-business (B2B) auctions cut the costs of buying circuit boards by 43 per cent, and electronic car components by 14 per cent. [31 May 2000]
The Value Proposition: IP - a new metric for the Information Age
Comment Information technology is one of the fastest growing components of the costs of information management and is typically around 10 per cent. Despite all the journals, reports and seminars which have been produced on the subject, it remains extremely... [25 Jan 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Compaq's direct intentions, SAP's turnaround and the lack of apps for Windows 2000
Comment It's probably too early for SAP's front office components to have contributed significantly to licence revenues, however. Last week Compaq dug deep into its pockets and spent almost $370m on the distribution arm of Inacom Corporation, an... [16 Jan 2000]
Strategic Vision: Giga Information Group on... ebusiness
Comment This is not only because it expands the range of functionality on offer but also because it links together many historically discrete computer and network components into tangled, multilayered lattice. [01 Sep 1999]
Strategic Vision: Giga Information Group on... Evaluating IT Investment
Comment One reason for this is that investments in infrastructural components - such as middleware and network management software - rarely show sufficiently high return on investment (ROI) when the numbers are evaluated using traditional net present... [04 Aug 1999]
IBM and Dell - a deal worth more than the sum of its parts
Comment But the instant wow factor faded rapidly on the realisation that it was merely a deal about PC components. So what better solution than to ally with the shooting star of the PC arena - let Dell manage the distribution and sales of those products... [11 Mar 1999]
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