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3 Strategies for Reducing IT Support Costs
White Paper This IDC White Paper explores 3 tangible areas that IT departments should investigate to help strategise cost reduction during the downturn. As companies brace for more bumps in the... [29 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News But where companies have not made such a commitment prior to the downturn however, the tougher economic conditions may have put more of a brake on the progress of green initiatives. Verdantix's Metcalfe agreed... [22 Oct 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment The IT industry in a downturn is a tough place to be. At the same time, Johnson said, the drive for greater efficiency during the downturn means there's an increased demand placed on the IT department. [04 Sep 2009]
Repsol YPF Aligns IT With Business and Cost-Reduction Strategy
White Paper Despite a solid financial position, Repsol decision makers implemented a plan to reduce costs in the face of a global economic downturn. Repsol YPF is an international, integrated oil and gas company, operating in over... [30 May 2009]
Get the most bang for your IT buck
Comment In fact, the more progressive companies are even looking at ways to use IT to help them get ahead during the downturn. So assessing and measuring risk must form a key part of any IT planning in this... [06 Apr 2009]
One more way to save during the downturn
Comment Strategic investments combined with flexible financing and delivery options can help businesses achieve rapid cost reductions in the downturn. The print environment may not be the obvious choice to... [01 Apr 2009]
Legal Eye: Five steps to reduce outsourcing risk
Comment With this is mind, the overarching truth is that the cost pressures for businesses, especially during the current economic downturn, are simply too acute to justify foregoing the cost... [25 Mar 2009]
Virgin Atlantic's IT director on budget cuts and having fun
Comment Under Cope's stewardship the company is transforming its IT infrastructure to give it an edge in a fiercely competitive market, and one that has already seen several airlines go under as a result of yo-yoing fuel costs coupled with the... [20 Jan 2009]
CIOs still plan investment despite tight budgets
News Four types of tech in demand during a downturn Pirie added: "What the downturn has brought about is a greater emphasis on value and a need to see results sooner. While one head of IT put it bluntly -... [05 Dec 2008]
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News The economic downturn is not universally bad news for IT, according to consulting company Frost & Sullivan which says gloomy markets can actually mean good news for certain segments of the tech industry. [28 Oct 2008]
Oracle's plan for economic downturn? Spend, spend, spend
News Ellison added that Oracle would emerge from the downturn stronger than before, compared with its rivals. Meanwhile, fellow board member Michael Boskin, who also is an economics professor at Stanford, let it be known to... [13 Oct 2008]
How will your deal weather a downturn?
Comment The consensus is outsourcing will not be affected by the downturn, because more executives will use it to reduce costs. Economic forecasts by consultancy Capital Economics suggest the UK is set for a worse... [10 Apr 2008]
Airlines see IT as key to recovery
News When there is a downturn you need a more variable cost structure. Cost reduction and improving efficiencies were cited as key drivers for new technology in the survey,... [24 Sep 2003]
UK is IT outsourcing hotspot
News The UK IT outsourcing market is relatively stable despite a significant downturn in deals globally, according to the latest industry figures. But cost reduction is no longer the main... [15 Jul 2003]
Outsourcing still on the up - thanks to the downturn
News Aitchison said: “There has always been pretty heavy price competition in the outsourcing space because one of the primary drivers has always been and remains a cost reduction achievement. In addition... [19 May 2003]
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