investment
RSS investmenteBay's Skype sale gets green light
News Zennström and Friis will take a 14 per cent stake in Skype, in return for contributing Joltid software and "significant capital investment". eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service... [06 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Furthermore, better tax incentives for investment, corporate venturing, R&D support and so on could all help young software companies flourish in the UK. Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have... [06 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News The trial is part of the telco's ongoing investment in fibre infrastructure in the UK. Last month the telco also pledged to roll out FTTH broadband to 2.5 million homes and businesses - as part of its Ł1.5bn fibre... [05 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The analysts said improvements to the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths needs to be improved in order to create the next generation of software developers, while better tax incentives for investment,... [03 Nov 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News About six or seven months ago I did not have a clue about what cloud computing was and was invited to speak about it at a conference so I had to find out about it - since then it has fundamentally changed my philosophy of IT management... [26 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News The technologies are dubbed strategic either because they may need a large investment from companies; there's an associated risk in not investing; or because they carry with them the potential to disrupt IT or the business. [22 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News Mark Blowers, principal analyst at research house Ovum, explained: "If you have to make a large investment, I don't think you could swing it just on sustainability benefits in the current climate, whereas perhaps 18... [22 Oct 2009]
Cloud Computing—What is its Potential Value for Your Company?
White Paper Cloud computing may be new, but one thing hasn't changed: management's insistence on justifying IT investments by return on investment and total cost of ownership. You still weigh a solution's advantages/disadvantages... [22 Oct 2009]
Twelve Ways to Reduce Costs with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008
White Paper A key factor in addressing these challenges is to reduce costs and drive efficiencies, and Information Technology departments are under increasing pressure to maximize the return on IT investment and get the best... [21 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment The answer to getting green right is no different from any other investment - clarify business objectives first. As with any IT-related investment, CIOs must measure and compare the benefits of... [21 Oct 2009]
Investlink Taps Business Objects for Fast, Flexible, and Scalable Reporting
White Paper Find out how Investlink used SAP BusinessObjects tools to enable third-party administrators who work with investment advisors and plan sponsors to build and change statements on an ad hoc basis. [15 Oct 2009]
Microsoft Virtualization ROI Calculator
White Paper To see how much return on investment your business can receive, check out the Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Calculator — Now integrated with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit. Reach beyond server... [15 Oct 2009]
Green IT Impact Calculator
White Paper Your input will be used with the business results from more than one hundred peers to quantify virtual server investment impact. Quantify the Impact of Green IT Virtualization Investments. Welcome to the Green IT Impact... [15 Oct 2009]
Increasing Return on Investment with Data
White Paper This white paper will address data services implementation and the role of Oracle Data Service Integrator in that process. It will describe the technical benefits of a data services implementation within the context of initiatives to... [15 Oct 2009]
Bridging the Funds Divide
White Paper The investment-fund industry is still without a true vision. The time has come for a far-reaching, industry-wide initiative that could encompass a serious dialogue, the development of common principles and a plan to make... [15 Oct 2009]
