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Comment They expect to make a profit on interest rate margins and cross-selling of other products such as loans and insurance. This ruling will mean banks have to find more subtle ways to profit from their customers, argues Carol Wheatcroft.
[12 May 2008]
whitepaper Erlanger Health System is a public non-profit, academic teaching five-hospital system affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Erlanger Health System wanted to manage a complex supply chain while delivering a spectrum of...
[11 May 2008]
whitepaper The company wanted to maximize shareholder profit and control variable costs, such as overtime. American Crystal Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative that specializes in sugar and sugar-based products and byproducts.
[11 May 2008]
whitepaper Motivations of such attacks range from technical challenge (e.g.script kiddies) to financial profit (e.g.blackmailing the web server's owner). High-profile web servers often become the victim of web server overload Distributed Denial-of-Service...
[11 May 2008]
whitepaper Microsoft produces a financial performance forecast nine times a year, with three quarterly forecasts looking at revenue and profit/loss, and the rest focusing only on revenue. This requires Microsoft's corporate office to consolidate each month...
[06 May 2008]
whitepaper The Las Vegas Valley Water District is a not-for-profit agency that provides water to Las Vegas and nearby communities. The company's challenge was to replicate production database for use by multiple development groups to improve storage...
[05 May 2008]
whitepaper The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to deciphering and analyzing genomes - the complex molecular chains that constitute each organism's unique genetic heritage.
[05 May 2008]
whitepaper Washington Hospital Center, the flagship teaching institution of the non-profit MedStar Health organization, is the largest hospital in Washington, D.C. For 50 years, Washington Hospital Center has supported accredited residency and fellowship...
[03 May 2008]
whitepaper Disparate systems and applications made revenue and profit data prone to error and inconsistencies, while limitations on how information was organized and analyzed made it difficult for Energizer to create accurate business plans and forecasts...
[03 May 2008]
whitepaper Lean delivers what companies really need in today's highly competitive world: shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity, and better customer service. Becoming lean has been a goal of most companies...
[02 May 2008]
whitepaper This Ventana Research white paper discusses how ERP can optimize your supply chain to satisfy customers, minimize costs and maximize profit. Supply chain management (SCM), a critical part of any enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, no longer...
[30 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Businesses with effective document processes are more likely to be leaders in profit growth, and more responsive to changing market conditions. Business processes run on input to and output from ERP solutions.
[30 Apr 2008]
News Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development organisation, claim they have successfully bypassed User Account Control, a security feature in Windows Vista. The developers suggested on their website over the weekend the...
[29 Apr 2008]
News Apple yesterday posted a 36 per cent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod players and iPhones, but its profit margin and cautious outlook disappointed investors. Shares of Apple fell one per cent after the company...
[24 Apr 2008]
News The Unesco-recognised scheme to revolutionise rural education, healthcare and sanitation through technology and business acumen, is the work of the Byrraju Foundation - a not-for-profit organisation set up by chairman of Indian outsourcer Satyam...
[23 Apr 2008]
News posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its shareholders hoped might force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid. Excluding one-time items and stock compensation costs, the beleaguered...
[23 Apr 2008]
News As a public, for-profit company, Red Hat must create products and technologies with an eye on the bottom line, and with desktops this is much harder to do than with servers. Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop...
[21 Apr 2008]
News Internet leader Google said yesterday it saw no impact from a weakening US economy as it posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and waved off fears of an online advertising slump. Excluding one-time items and stock option expenses, profit...
[18 Apr 2008]
whitepaper IBM Strategy leader Steve Ferencie explains how narrowing the gap between business and IT objectives can help mid-size businesses increase profit and revenue. He cites examples of mid-sized clients who are using IT strategically to evolve from...
[16 Apr 2008]
Comment By their very nature, financial markets encourage and reward individuals who profit from taking calculated risks on the movement of the markets. Experts say investment banking fraud can never be eradicated - even with the most sophisticated software.
[15 Apr 2008]
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