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Credit crunch failing to hold tech back

News Confidence seems to be high in the UK tech industry that it can avoid the pitfalls of the credit crunch during 2008. More than half (53 per cent) of SMEs surveyed by tech trade body Intellect, forecast double-digit growth this year.

Tags: growth, globalisation, intellect, credit crunch

[02 May 2008]

Credit crunch prompts the great cash comeback

News The economic downturn is prompting a comeback for cash, as shoppers avoid the temptation of spending money they haven't actually got by paying by credit or debit cards. The consortium puts the cost to retailers of processing a credit card...

Tags: cash, brc, credit card, leisure

[21 Apr 2008]

Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?

Comment The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer confidence in online...

Tags: online banking, fraud, e-crime

[15 Apr 2008]

How will your deal weather a downturn?

Comment The credit crunch means a greater focus on cost. What will happen to outsourcing if budgets are trimmed and belts tightened? A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would not go amiss, suggests lawyer Margaret Harvey.

Tags: contracts, downturn, suppliers, outsourcing

[10 Apr 2008]

Recession fears hit IT budgets

Comment The credit crunch, uncertainty in the world's financial markets and fears of a recession all add up to even more pressure on already squeezed tech budgets as organisations tighten their belts. The state of the economy and its potential impact on IT...

Tags: cio agenda

[04 Apr 2008]

IT chiefs cutting back on contractors

News IT contractors are finding it harder to secure work, with the joblessness rate among temporary tech staff increasing - an ominous omen that the chill economic winds from the global credit crunch are starting to blow through the IT department.

Tags: credit crunch, skills, contractors

[28 Mar 2008]

Telecom Predictions 2008: Deloitte

whitepaper Telecom trends for 2008 include getting mobile indoors, market segmentation for new product target markets and the role credit crunch crisis on the telecom industry. Deloitte's Telecom Predictions 2008 report examines emerging developments and how...

Tags: telecom regulation

[13 Mar 2008]

MiFID compliance warning

MiFID compliance warning

News In the near future algorithmic trading and smart order routing are predicted to be priorities along with efforts to cut tech costs due to the credit crunch. He added: "Despite their general travails from the sub-prime/credit crunch situation, the...

Tags: mifid, banks, compliance, europe

[13 Mar 2008]

Banks lay off IT staff as big tech projects get the chop

News Tech jobs in the financial services sector are being hit by the credit crunch, with many companies cancelling or postponing large-scale IT change programs.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox.

Tags: recruitment, financial services, jobs, cio

[22 Feb 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?

Comment But in these days of credit crunch, investors are looking askance at innovation, preferring a more mundane perspective. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo!

Tags: innovation, yahoo!, mergers, microsoft

[20 Feb 2008]

Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008

Comment As a result of the recent credit crunch, electronic trading of fixed-income securities looks set to fall behind foreign exchange markets in wider scale adoption in 2008, certainly until liquidity eases and the major dealers regain sufficient...

Tags: bonds, arbitrage, trading platforms, flow

[30 Jan 2008]

Recession fears squeeze tech budgets

Recession fears squeeze tech budgets

News Tech budgets are starting to feel the squeeze on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a recession. But the credit crunch isn't yet hitting tech budgets across the board, with reducing operational costs now a constant feature for most...

Tags: credit crunch, cio jury, recession, budgets

[24 Jan 2008]

Software sector 'worst performing in UK'

News John Hughman, senior technology analyst at Ernst & Young, warned the problems could continue next year as IT vendors curb their spending in wake of the global credit crunch. The software and computer services sector was the worst performing sector...

Tags: services, ftse, warning, software

[16 Jan 2008]

2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?

News The worldwide credit crunch could be starting to impact on IT jobs but prospects for a new year job change look good going into 2008. Julia Bosworth, a manager on the contract staff side of the business for recruitment company Project Partners...

Tags: jobs, techies, skills, consultancy

[10 Jan 2008]

North-South pay gap narrows

News Butterfield said IT pros in London are "highly dependent on the health of the financial services industry" - which means the credit crunch could hit London tech workers harder than those in the North.

Tags: pay, skills, north, professionals

[02 Jan 2008]

Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis

News As the UK banking sector steadies itself in response to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, IT suppliers will be pleased to learn tech spending in the sector will rise over the next three years. Software and services spend in the sector should rise...

Tags: bank, infosys, tcs, bpo

[11 Dec 2007]

Fresh tech talent in demand next year

News The survey of 50 UK organisations found the vast majority (94 per cent) are not planning to change their hiring plans in light of the credit crunch in the banking sector. The UK economy may be shivering in chill winds from across the pond but...

Tags: skills, recruitment, graduates, survey

[23 Nov 2007]

Credit crunch hits tech contractors

News Just 22 per cent of IT contractors are working in the sector, according to contractor services company giant group, which blames the recent credit crunch in the financial services industry. And separate research from ReThink Recruitment suggests...

Tags: contractor, london, engineering, olympics

[31 Oct 2007]

Steve Ranger's Notebook: The oldest gadget still wows

Comment According to stories collected by calculator maker HP, over the last 25 years the gadget has helped fight crime ("I heard a 'crunch' sound, saw the motorcycle lurch forward and saw the purse drop to the ground"); survived car crashes ("Horrified...

Tags: cake, calculator, obsolescence, hp

[13 Sep 2006]

Through the Fires - The Transformation of Energy Trading

whitepaper Recent re-assessment of these risks has resulted in an industry-wide credit crunch, significantly impacting share values and market liquidity, and forcing a renewed focus on risk management in all its guises.

Tags: cost control - risk mgmt., risk, trade, trading

[10 May 2005]

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