optimisation in news
CIOs must not fear M&A deals
News Papadopoulos said: "The first things to look at are the opportunities for improvements, optimisation and cost savings. CIOs can play a vital role in the success of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by getting involved... [25 Oct 2006]
Google 'death penalty' hits Ricoh but meets criticism
News However, another reader who offers search engine optimisation services, seen by some as a controversial industry, said this problem is largely of Google's own making. A decision by Google to blacklist BMW's German... [07 Feb 2006]
Oracle to launch retail brand for business apps
News Oracle says that, all told, it serves more than 1,900 retail customers with retail optimisation and planning software, as well as with its core database and enterprise resource-planning applications. Oracle, which has... [19 Sep 2005]
SAP banks on drawing blood from rivals
News He will act as the company's new general manager for suite optimisation. SAP has hired several new executives, including a number of people who were lured away from competitors Oracle and Siebel Systems. [21 Jun 2005]
Red Hat Linux makes Spain gain
News A spokesman said in a statement that the implementation will "eventually lead to the optimisation of our customers' time in supermarkets, making the checkout process easier and helping cashier staff to process payments". [14 Apr 2005]
Ecommerce players put muscle into security
News Joe Raymond, chief architect of web optimisation for Etrade, said that malicious attackers, for example, will continually evolve their techniques as technology solutions are developed to thwart them. Addressing a rise in... [22 Feb 2005]
Call centre IT budgets divorced from call centres
News For that reason, the report predicts, workforce optimisation technology will be a key purchase for many call centres. Paul Scott, director of business development for customer interactive solutions at Dimension Data,... [17 Feb 2005]
Optimise, optimise, optimise: Mercury CEO says mantra is starting to pay off
News As such, in 2002 the company came up with a new TLA (that's three-letter acronym), business technology optimisation (BTO). Organisations' IT functions are becoming more efficient - though only slowly. [28 Jun 2004]
Motorola and Ericsson step up push for Chinese market
News It will also provide engineering, network support, network optimisation, and technical and management training. Motorola and Ericsson are looking to build up the Chinese market for 3G services. Motorola has announced it... [01 Jun 2004]
Nokia wins $33m Shanghai GSM contract
News The Finnish giant will also provide support to China Unicom with optimisation training and care services. Mobile phone giant Nokia has landed a contract worth $33m to expand and service the Shanghai branch of China... [24 Sep 2003]
Mercury Interactive encourages IT department 'centres of excellence'
News Mercury Interactive (MI) is banging its business technology optimisation (BTO) drum with the announcement of 23 enhancements to or additions to its product portfolio, based around four major ‘centres of excellence’. [22 Sep 2003]
Apple hands out refunds in OS X row
News The suit claimed that Apple had promised that OS X would be "fully optimised" to run on all G3 machines but charged that such optimisation was not done. Apple has reached a tentative settlement in a class-action lawsuit... [15 Aug 2003]
€5.6bn: The cost of 'screwing up' next-generation mobile services
News Set actual prices and levels based on a progressive programme of experimentation and optimisation of prices. Mobile operators could end up missing out on 16 per cent of potential sales if they fail to pitch and price... [27 Jun 2003]
Microsoft maps traffic patterns
News Microsoft also recently updated several other bCentral services, including its web hosting, e-commerce and search engine optimisation tools, adding new user interfaces and other features, said Paul Prokop, bCentral... [25 Jun 2003]
Mercury buys Kintana for $225m
News Both software companies focus on how to get more out of IT assets, with Mercury at the forefront of an emerging categorisation called business technology optimisation (BTO). Mercury Interactive (MI) is to buy Kintana for... [10 Jun 2003]
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