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RSS companiesIndian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News All three of the Indian outsourcers blamed challenging global economic conditions, with Infosys warning the next quarter may continue to be difficult as companies postponed decisions on outsourcing. Meanwhile TPI's index found that companies signed... [18 Jul 2008]
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News Banks pay an interchange fee when machines operated by other companies are used to access their accounts. A government initiative that has rolled out 419 non-charging cash machines to low income areas is set to increase deployment by a third by the... [18 Jul 2008]
Google Docs: Now more than just spreadsheets
News Google announced the templates on Thursday, which were created by Google and a number of companies with experience in the business. Users of Google Docs, the online applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, now have a wide... [18 Jul 2008]
Microsoft and Time Warner making plans?
News A Thursday article in the newspaper claimed there had been a meeting between the two companies in Seattle. The article noted Microsoft's need to expand its reach on the web, which is being stymied by the lack of large web companies that are... [18 Jul 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Large companies seemingly spend their time in endless rounds of reorganisation and workforce streamlining. With the industry notoriously unkind to the over-40s, Simon Moores is thinking of following his lead. [17 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News ABI Research's principal analyst Dominique Bonte said business applications of LBS, such as asset and vehicle tracking and workforce management, will become an important revenue generator for carriers in the future as more companies look to deploy... [17 Jul 2008]
Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies: How Top Process Industry Performers Take Radically Different Actions
White Paper Companies in Process Industries (including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, oil & gas, pulp & paper, and health & beauty aides) have had to cope with rising manufacturing and logistics costs over the past few years. [17 Jul 2008]
The Superstar CFO: Optimizing an increasingly complex role
White Paper Chief financial officers are under greater pressure, scrutiny, and accountability at companies large and small. The demands of both internal and external stakeholders -- including CEOs and boards, activist investors, regulators, customers, business... [17 Jul 2008]
In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision-making
White Paper The enormous growth of companies size and operations in recent years--particularly across borders--is making this process increasingly complex. It is cause for alarm, then, that executives themselves perceive the quality of decision-making at their... [17 Jul 2008]
The Fast Close: Achieving Quick Wins and Big Wins
White Paper For a brief period in the late 1990s, companies became more efficient at closing their books and reporting their financial information, but compliance regulations such as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Sarbanes-Oxley... [17 Jul 2008]
CRM Without Compromise: A Strategy for Profitable Growth
White Paper Some companies report amazing outcomes, such as dramatic increases in revenue and boosts in customer satisfaction along with significant savings in operating costs. Investments in customer relationship management (CRM) applications have produced a... [17 Jul 2008]
IDC Report -- Increasing Business Performance: Using Virtualization for SAP Applications on IBM System p Servers
White Paper This IDC white paper captures the experiences of six large companies running SAP applications using IBM System p virtualization. Can your SAP platform handle the unpredictability of business? Through first-person interviews, you'll learn how they... [17 Jul 2008]
IBM Dynamic Inventory Optimization Solution: Helping improve the bottom line through inventory optimization
White Paper The IBM Dynamic Inventory Optimization Solution is designed to help companies manage inventory to optimal levels, providing the potential to reduce carrying and logistical costs, increase service levels and improve asset utilization and inventory... [17 Jul 2008]
Understanding and Managing Supply Chain Risk
White Paper Explore new thinking on potential risk to global supply chains and how companies are adopting the statistical methods more commonly associated with finance and insurance. Identifying and profiling risk variables, quantifying risk, and using IT... [17 Jul 2008]
Insurance 2020: Innovating beyond old models
White Paper Insurance companies will soon face endless opportunities for growth. But are current technologies capable of handling the potential for new business? The IBM Institute for Business Value examined large-scale trends likely to confront insurers in... [17 Jul 2008]
