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Managing File Server Growth With Archiving

whitepaper In fact, analysts now estimate that for every dollar spent acquiring storage capacity as much as five dollars is spent managing it. One of the few certainties in business today is the ever-increasing growth of data and the persistent demand for...

Tags: infrastructure management

[19 May 2008]

The Merchant-Acquiring Side of the Payment Card Industry: Structure, Operations, and Challenges

whitepaper The presenter of the workshop described the often overlooked acquiring industry as a dynamic growth business that is an integral part of the payment cards industry. The Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia sponsored a...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

Mosaic Fashions pieces together helpdesk deal

News The retailer has presences in mainland Europe, Rep of Ireland, the UK and the US and grew significantly after acquiring Rubicon Retail in October 2006. But the accelerated growth strategy adopted by the Mosaic made an in-house support team less...

Tags: karen millen, principles, oasis

[08 Apr 2008]

VoIP Hits the Bull's Eye for Sporting Goods Supplier's Call Center

whitepaper McKenzie Sports was experiencing steady growth by acquiring companies and adding facilities. When the sporting goods company added a new site and more users for its Nebraska distribution center, the existing phone system maxed out.

Tags: sports, contact, cost savings, bandwidth

[02 Apr 2008]

VoIP Hits the Bull's Eye for Sporting Goods Supplier's Call Center

whitepaper McKenzie Sports was experiencing steady growth by acquiring companies and adding facilities. When the sporting goods company added a new site and more users for its Nebraska distribution center, the existing phone system maxed out.

Tags: sports, routing, savings, telecom

[02 Apr 2008]

How Cisco Applies Companywide Expertise for Integrating Acquired Companies

whitepaper Acquiring companies that offer attractive technologies, products, or market opportunities has been a major growth strategy for Cisco. To help integrate these companies rapidly, consistently, and with minimal disruption, Cisco has formed cross...

Tags: business management

[04 Mar 2008]

Technology Company Uses CRM Solution to Increase Sales, Service Effectiveness

whitepaper Working with Microsoft New Zealand, Onesource deployed Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 to manage customer relationships through the entire sales lifecycle, from generating leads and supplying quotes to acquiring and retaining customers.

Tags: crm software

[17 Jan 2008]

Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier

Comment Media within the enterprise has come of age after a series of landmark multi-billion dollar acquisitions including Google buying YouTube for $1.65bn, eBay acquiring Skype for $2.6bn and News Corp's $580m purchase of MySpace.

Tags: new media, convergence, video, internet

[29 Nov 2007]

IBM brains up with $5bn Cognos buy

News The acquisition, which has been rumoured for several months, continues IBM's strategy of acquiring companies to fill out its software portfolio and provide profit growth. IBM has announced it intends to buy business intelligence software company...

Tags: ibm, acquisitions, cognos, cnet news

[12 Nov 2007]

SAP hoovers up Business Objects

News The deal is especially noteworthy for SAP, which has tended to favour developing its own technology, rather than acquiring it. He said: "This acquisition accelerates our growth potential. SAP has announced it plans to acquire Business Objects in a...

Tags: erp, oracle, business objects, sap

[08 Oct 2007]

Vonage infringed Sprint patents, says jury

News Vonage didn't just have trouble acquiring new customers, it also had trouble keeping them. In August, the company reported that subscriber growth had dropped significantly. A US federal jury has found internet telephony player Vonage infringed on...

Tags: patents, sprint, vonage

[26 Sep 2007]

Business Intelligence: Driving Better Business Performance for Companies With Changing Needs

whitepaper But, when it comes to acquiring business intelligence, many small to medium-sized companies are often at a disadvantage. Or the systems and methods they use cannot keep pace with their company's growth and changing needs.

Tags: business management, intelligence, insight, business intelligence

[19 Jul 2007]

Are offshoring fears overblown?

News The Work Foundation report also points to the emergence of a new outsourcing model in India - as Indian companies diversify their operations, even acquiring footholds in the developed regions they are gaining business from.

Tags: outsourcing, india, offshoring

[09 Jul 2007]

Palm gears up to crack China

News Nokia is rumoured to be interested in acquiring it. Many mobile vendors are targeting areas such as China and India as the key to future growth. Current rumour-mill topic Palm has announced it is upping its efforts to break into China.

Tags: china, palm, treo

[07 Mar 2007]

Aerospace Manufacturer Streamlines Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance With New Document Management Solution

whitepaper Esterline Technologies Corporation is a leader in the aerospace and defense industry, and has been acquiring specialty component manufacturers as a part of its growth strategy. With over 12,000 Sarbanes-OXley (SOX) documents to manage, Esterline...

Tags: consulting, enterprise content management, content management, corporation

[21 Feb 2007]

Global Paper Manufacturer Enhances Data Quality During Corporate-Wide ERP Implementation

whitepaper The company was acquiring new business systems along the way, creating a disjointed network of applications across the various divisions and business units. The growth wasn't confined to the employee count or balance sheet, however.

Tags: divisions, business units, data management, analysts

[01 Feb 2007]

Balanced Radio Performance: The Key Contributor to High-Quality Network Coverage

whitepaper Nokia research shows that high-quality mobile coverage is among the key factors that influence an operator's success in acquiring and retaining subscribers. Coverage quality is important in mature and new growth markets alike.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, coverage, radio, balanced

[23 Jun 2006]

O2 buys The Link

News Bubley believes O2 is getting "quite a good bargain" on the deal, due to the costs involved in acquiring new retail sites from scratch. We see it as a way of accelerating our growth and boosting our brand presence on the high street.

Tags: the link, o2

[22 Jun 2006]

Intel Itanium 2 Microarchitecture Enables MKB to Compete in a Growing Market

whitepaper MKB, one of Hungary's top three banks, wished to support its growth strategy and stay ahead of the market by acquiring more companies and customers. To achieve this, the bank needed to improve and extend the services it offered to customers, by...

Tags: banking, core, optimising, core banking

[04 May 2006]

Symantec aims to be 'the Microsoft it's OK to like'

News John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, has reaffirmed his company's commitment to continue acquiring other businesses and has spoken frankly about past acquisitions, a tough year and Symantec's new position within the industry.

Tags: symantec

[13 Apr 2006]

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