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How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up so many services in the first place. [20 Nov 2009]
Healthcare and Cybercrime - The Risks, the Impact and the Solution
White Paper Money is driving the growth of targeted attacks against healthcare entities, since their stolen data can be traded for high prices. Off late digital information age "Data equals money. As a result, cybercrime has evolved... [13 Nov 2009]
Aligning Risk Management, Finance, and Operations: Senior Executives on Governance, Uncertainty, and Performance Amid a Global Banking Crisis
White Paper At this printing, the current financial crisis, sparked by a collapse in residential housing prices and rising defaults in the category of high-risk loans known as "ubprime," has yet to find a name - or an end. [13 Nov 2009]
Recent Market Events: Accounting and Reporting Considerations
White Paper Asset prices continue to be volatile and many financial markets and institutions remain under considerable stress. Losses and write-downs at major financial institutions have intensified concerns about credit and... [13 Nov 2009]
Automotive Supply Chain Risk Assessment
White Paper In today's world, supplier margins have been stretched as thin as they've ever been as piece prices and volumes continue to fall. Off late automotive executives have searched for ways to cut costs. One of the more... [13 Nov 2009]
Analysis of Performance and Quality Parameters for Service Level Agreement in Long Distance Calls Service
White Paper In this manner, the service providers can present different levels of services with different prices. SLA (Service level agreement) is a formal negotiated contract between service providers and customers. [12 Nov 2009]
The Case for Thermoelectrics in the Data Center: A New Approach and Use of an Old Science
White Paper The cost of energy continues to fluctuate with the almost certain possibility of higher prices encountered in the future. Over the past several years' corporate enterprises and the Information Technology (IT) industry in... [11 Nov 2009]
Finding an Optimized Discriminate Function for Internet Application Recognition
White Paper Firewall stops the transfer of such packets through several ways, but in some cases they do not use firewall because of its blind packet stopping, high process power needed and expensive prices. Everyday the usages of... [11 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up Broadband speed is now the number one national preoccupation, just ahead of property prices and gossiping about the neighbours. We British love our broadband. We're compelled to hug it, to adore it, to nuzzle it lovingly. [23 Oct 2009]
Photos: New Apple MacBook learns lessons from the Pro
Photo While many industry watchers expected Apple to lower prices on the white polycarbonate version, the company has given the system an upscale makeover, keeping the price the same. While consumers have long called for lower... [22 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News A separate study by researcher IDC found that because of rocketing energy prices it now costs more to power some servers than to buy them in the first place. IDC said that while the amount of energy required to operate... [19 Oct 2009]
Microsoft Virtualization ROI Calculator
White Paper Based on Microsoft estimated retail prices and published VMware prices available at https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore as of 02/04/2009. Actual reseller prices may vary. To see how much... [15 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News It turns out every time you simplify something you get rid of something and usually what we get rid of, somebody has used to keep their prices down," Ballmer added. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted the company... [06 Oct 2009]
Procter & Gamble Switches to Microsoft to Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs
White Paper Procter & Gamble (P&G) competes successfully because it focuses on productivity and collaboration, enabling the production of innovative products at competitive prices. P&G's IT organization, part of its Global Business... [02 Oct 2009]
The Role of ICT in the Rail Industry: Getting From A to B
White Paper The strategic importance of the rail sector is rising across the globe due to rising fuel prices, environmental concerns, and its value in promoting economic growth and competitiveness. The challenges of running rail... [02 Oct 2009]