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Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment Many netbooks now sport screens of up to 11 inches, have hard drives comparable to many fuller-figured PCs, keyboards that even the chubbiest of fingers will be able to cope with - and a price point that is most definitely... [02 Nov 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment If you thought the credit crunch was bad for business, wait until you hit the talent crunch. Talented staff are not as hard to find as you may think, says Jim Mortleman. But you will have to think... [13 Oct 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News The multibillion-pound cost of the credit crunch to the banking sector was bad news the BPO market, with one-third of its value wrapped up in financial services deals. Want to avoid getting burned when signing a BPO deal? [30 Sep 2009]
A Revolution in Physician Targeting: In-Source Analytics-Driven Intelligence to Go Beyond Decile-Based Targeting
White Paper Others pay premium fees to outside consultancies to periodically crunch the numbers and generate physician target lists for them. Most pharmaceutical companies focus their sales and marketing activities on the top decile... [16 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing
Cheat Sheet In the private sector, financial services slowed its spending on new outsourcing contracts in 2008 as the credit crunch bit but it's expected to ramp it back up in 2009. How has outsourcing weathered the credit... [11 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment Dell CIO Robin Johnson is tasked with steering the company through the credit crunch. Nick Heath talks to Johnson about budgets, datacentres and virtualisation The IT industry in a downturn is a tough place to be. [04 Sep 2009]
Apple still satisfaction king despite budget PC makers' gains
News In a poor economy, some budget PC brands are finding its customers are happier than ever, according to this year's instalment of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an annual study completed by the US University of Michigan... [18 Aug 2009]
Credit crunch fuels more UK outsourcing
News UK companies are stepping up their outsourcing to cut costs during the recession. Last year British businesses spent 12 per cent more on IT outsourcing and six per cent more on business process outsourcing than they did in 2007,... [31 Jul 2009]
Strategies for Solving the Datacenter Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch
White Paper Driven by the need to continually deploy new applications and support a larger number of internal and external customers, IT organizations everywhere are finding themselves in a space, power, and cooling crunch. [31 Jul 2009]
Easing the Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch With Green Internet Datacenter Re-Design
White Paper Datacenter operators everywhere are finding themselves in a space, power, and cooling crunch that using "Green" technology can help them to alleviate. Most large corporations, including communication carriers, are... [31 Jul 2009]
O2, NatWest cash in with prepay Visa cards
News If the credit crunch has killed the credit card O2, reckons it has the answer: the mobile operator has announced a move into financial services with the launch of two pre-payment Visa cards in partnership with NatWest. [16 Jul 2009]
Security taking a hit as companies bitten by crunch
News IT security has been neglected due to the economic downturn, according to security experts. Bruce Schneier, BT's chief security technology officer, told a European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) event on Friday that... [22 Jun 2009]
Police IT: 'Lots of money is being wasted'
News Lambert called on forces to implement unified systems and IT procurement practices themselves, saying that during the credit crunch realising savings has become more important than ever. Police forces in England and... [03 Jun 2009]
'We're not getting into the low-end phone business - it's not what we're good at'
Comment We think it's been inevitable, it's just been accelerated by the capital crunch. At RIM's annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium shindig in Orlando this month, silicon.com's Jo Best caught up with the BlackBerry maker's... [20 May 2009]
Photos: The top five UK supercomputing projects
Photo The simulations will help answer questions such as whether the universe will continue its expansion forever or will collapse into a Big Crunch and how old is the universe, as well as shedding light on the mysterious... [18 May 2009]
