cost cutting plans
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News To help with the diet, 110 green ICT action plans have been submitted from within central and local government as well as the wider public sector since the government published its Greening Government IT strategy in July... [13 Nov 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News And in the midst of a recession, with cost cutting a priority, it's easy to let slide worthy targets such as becoming carbon neutral - especially if the choice is between a project to shrink the carbon... [22 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative across the company. Speaking at a Microsoft customer event in... [09 Oct 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News So far 110 public bodies have produced green ICT action plans establishing measures for improving the energy consumption and carbon cost of their ICT, using 22 specific actions recommended in the... [16 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment The Dell CIO is seeing it play out right now - with revenues dropping $3.7bn year on year during the last financial quarter, the cost-cutting axe has fallen on his IT department. Johnson said that... [04 Sep 2009]
How to keep staff happy during the downturn
Comment It makes sense, after all, as many businesses are in full cost cutting mode, but you still must consider your staff. The recession has us thinking about cutting budgets, revising project... [10 Aug 2009]
PC makers learn the price they'll pay for Windows 7
News Microsoft plans to charge PC makers the same for the business version of Windows 7 as it did for Windows Vista, while cutting the price of Windows 7 Home Premium as compared to its predecessor.... [26 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.06.09
Round-Up Then there was also the cost-cutting boss who made her staff clean toilets because she'd sacked the cleaners. Under plans unveiled in the report, ISPs and cable providers are being... [19 Jun 2009]
Microsoft Money gets the heave-ho
News The discontinuation of Money is one of the more high-profile product cuts made in the wake of the company's cost-cutting efforts, which began in January. Microsoft plans to stop selling... [11 Jun 2009]
Windows 7 won't mean massive hardware sales
News Veghte was also asked about Microsoft's recent cost-cutting effort and said it is something the company hasn't done in the 19 years he's been there. Veghte announced last week that Microsoft... [08 Jun 2009]
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Comment Many people have looked at my career and argued that David is about cost cutting but I would argue it's the other way round, it's about delivering capability that enables business growth. During his... [29 May 2009]
CIO Jury: Cloud under a cloud with IT heads
News Despite the comprehensive 'no' vote, some CIOs expect that the cloud will indeed play a part in their future tech plans. We are looking closely at where the cost/benefits really are, especially as... [23 Mar 2009]
Doing more with less: CIOs disclose their plans
News When asked what their top business or strategic issue is this year, cost cutting was the subject mentioned most often by IT chiefs who responded to silicon.com's fifth annual exclusive CIO Agenda 2009... [20 Mar 2009]
CIOs' technology plans unveiled
News But in the midst of the credit crunch it was perhaps a surprise to see CIOs give a low priority to open source, often seen as a means of cutting the cost of software licensing - mentioned by only one in... [12 Mar 2009]
Microsoft backtracks on datacentre build
News The fallout from Thursday's cost-cutting moves by Microsoft continues. On Friday, Microsoft announced it is delaying its plans for a massive datacentre to be built in Iowa, US. It is an... [26 Jan 2009]
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