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Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News Dell's unit sales increased 140 per cent in China over the last year and the company plans to reach 3,500 retail locations in China alone by the end of the next quarter. The PC maker reported its first-quarter profits yesterday, with revenue of... [30 May 2008]
Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic
News It found plastic cards accounted for 65 per cent of all UK spending last year, rising by 11 per cent in value in 2007. This will accelerate a change that is well underway, as the last three years have seen debit card spending rise 31 per cent... [12 May 2008]
Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future
News End users' preferences will account for up to 50 per cent of all purchasing decisions relating to hardware, software and services within the enterprise, Martin Gutberlet, research vice president at Gartner, said last week. [14 Apr 2008]
'Dull' jobs cuts as companies turn to the cloud
News Most IT departments want to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the business and that is hard to if you are spending 70 per cent of your budget on infrastructure," he said. Stephen Gill, vice president and managing director of HP UK and... [08 Apr 2008]
Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals
News Taxpayers' money is being squandered on public sector outsourcing deals where costs are ballooning up to 75 per cent more than the going market rate. The submission says: "This leads to the "bid it thin and get it in" strategy of many outsourcing... [04 Apr 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News The median growth rate for IT spending is predicted to be 4.9 per cent with the highest growth likely to be seen in the construction and health sectors. According to research by the National Computing Centre (NCC), around 58 per cent of companies... [10 Mar 2008]
Online shopping up by 75 per cent
News Web sales increased 75 per cent year-on-year, amounting to the equivalent of £75 for every person in the UK, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. Electricals are the favourite purchase, followed by clothing, with 38 per cent and 32... [22 Feb 2008]
Revealed: UK's IT job hotspots
News Nearly two-thirds of all new IT jobs are created in London and the South East, even though the area only accounts for 26 per cent of the UK's population. Almost two-fifths (39 per cent) of new IT jobs are based in London, with another 23 per cent... [14 Aug 2007]
'Deluxe broadband' tempts hotel business customers
News Swisscom is justifying this service with research that found 60 per cent of business travellers expect high-speed access in their hotel room - and that seven per cent of guests actually use the internet in their hotel room. [27 Apr 2007]
Wi-fi: How do you eat yours?
News During the past year, wi-fi usage worldwide shot up 44 per cent and the UK was blazing a trail with 75 per cent growth. The UK's most popular wi-fi venue is Heathrow Airport and research out today revealed almost half (49 per cent) of all public wi... [06 Mar 2007]
Smart phone love all about the OS
News About 76 per cent of Palm owners said they would be "very likely to recommend" their smart phone to others, compared to about 75 per cent for Samsung, 69 per cent for Sony Ericsson, 67 per cent for RIM BlackBerry, 54 per cent for Motorola, and 54... [29 Nov 2006]
Banks spend £10k per user on IT
News Just over half (58 per cent) of respondents expect their total IT expenditure to increase in the next two years - although central government IT chiefs are expecting spending to fall. A typical company will spend around 2.5 per cent of their... [02 Nov 2006]
Update: Billionaire Buffett gives $30bn to Gates Foundation
News They will be distributed at a rate of five per cent of the balance annually. The Gates Foundation will ultimately receive 85 per cent of Buffett's personal wealth, rather than the investor's three children or the foundations that they run. [27 Jun 2006]
IT growth softer when measured locally
News Looking at 2004 revenues from 35 IT vendors across the world in US dollars, Forrester found North America grew 7.5 per cent, while Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grew 15 per cent and Asia Pacific 12 per cent. [13 May 2005]
Big Blue gets bigger
News Sales of servers worldwide increased 5.5 per cent year-on-year to $11.5bn in the third quarter of 2004, according to market researcher IDC. IBM's sales grew faster, though, with revenue increasing 6.3 per cent to $3.4bn, giving Big Blue 31.7 per... [24 Nov 2004]
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