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Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment And while he warned that "time is of the essence" for success with such high tech deals, the former MySQL boss believes the proposed acquisition could be a boon to the open source movement. These days he's entrepreneur... [19 Nov 2009]
Why Financial Reporting Valuation Matters on Private Equity Deals
White Paper Because private equity investors do not always incorporate pure GAAP financial metrics in valuing a target upon acquisition or exit, financial statement presentation may not be one of their top priorities. [13 Nov 2009]
Future-proof your outsourcing: Stay flexible
Comment Your outsourcing deals must be able to ramp up or down depending on your business needs at the time. William Benn explains how to do it. Having explored security and reliability in your IT outsourcing arrangements, today... [12 Nov 2009]
Photos: Emerging tech from location-based services to social networking
Photo Besides GPS devices, the company has deals with netbook and laptop makers, e-book readers, and digital photo frames. AT&T phone users who are mobile will be offered deals and discounts from nearby AT&T... [09 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment So outsourcing firms have looked for small, strategic acquisitions that are viewed as less risky than mega-deals. Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up their competitors? [06 Nov 2009]
Photos: Google Waves hello to a new way of doing business
Photo Now the pair have mapped out how the bank will award mortgages they need to start modelling how insurance can be sold on these mortgage deals. To help design the process for selling insurance on the mortgage... [02 Nov 2009]
Escaping PCI purgatory. Compliance roadblocks and stories of real-world successes
White Paper This white paper deals with the PCI DSS compliance challenges organisations face and the 4 phases to meeting PCI DSS requirements By now, any companies driving high volumes of credit card transactions that are not... [02 Nov 2009]
Taxman to save £110m by taking an axe to its IT estate
News The HMRC's contract with Capgemini, and subcontractors Fujitsu and Accenture, is one of the UK's largest outsourcing deals and accounts for £750m of the department's annual IT budget. The taxman will cut £110m from its... [30 Oct 2009]
Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Increase Sales Productivity by Creating a Connected and Collaborative Sales Force (Level 100)
White Paper Increase close rates by simplifying team collaboration on complex deals. Find out how you can get the sales solution of the future today. In this webcast, you learn how creating a connected, collaborative sales team can... [28 Oct 2009]
European Finance Employees Build Stronger Business Relationships With Management Tool
White Paper When its existing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system made it difficult to manage the firm's contact database, oversee key relationships, and track prospective deals efficiently, HgCapital implemented Microsoft... [28 Oct 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo Users can view extensive coverage of the financial markets, from deals and merger news to global indices data, and set up a personalised watch list to monitor stocks and companies. Apple's iPhone might be seen by many as... [27 Oct 2009]
Fixing the Pain in Fax and Mail Automation: Discover the hard return in automating these time-intensive tasks
White Paper But today's office still deals with the manual tasks of faxing and mailing documents through the postal system. The modern day world of computing was supposed to bring about the paperless office. These two tasks appear... [27 Oct 2009]
Make Enterprise Architecture part of your business fabric
White Paper It also deals with governance-related aspects that can be positively impacted through an EA implementation. Enterprise Architecture (EA), which is a comprehensive perspective of an enterprise's processes, information and... [17 Oct 2009]
YouTube presses play on Channel 4 top shows
News Syndication deals are key to Channel 4's strategy for monetising on-demand audiences," said a spokeswoman for Channel 4. Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to bring its flagship shows to the video-sharing site. [16 Oct 2009]
NHS bodies outsource payroll in £12m deals
News Seventeen NHS organisations have signed deals with NHS SBS since April this year, the organisation said. A further eight NHS bodies have signed on with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), an outsourcing joint venture... [13 Oct 2009]