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Two-thirds of Brits want to do it from home
News The main reasons staff are keen on WFH action include the need to have flexible working schedules; the rising cost of fuel - and therefore of commuting; and the desire for a better work-life balance. Almost half (46 per cent) of home workers... [05 Sep 2008]
Cisco looks to the future with investment plans
News And in the past when times have been tough, Cisco has ramped up investments in new markets to fuel growth for the future. Cisco is preparing to make heavy investments in new markets to prepare itself for when customers begin spending again. [06 Aug 2008]
Manage Marketing Plans to Achieve Corporate Goals
White Paper And marketers unwittingly fuel this perception by generating marketing plans based only on spending - as opposed to planning for delivering results that are in direct alignment with corporate goals. At many companies, marketing is perceived by... [26 Apr 2008]
O2 slashes £100 off iPhone price
News The price cut will also fuel speculation that O2 is trying to shift stock before the much-rumoured launch of a 3G version of the iPhone in June. O2 maintains the iPhone has been key to attracting new high value customers, with 60 per cent of... [15 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. Home Office spending on consultants shot up from £7.6m in 1997/98 to £147m in 2006/07, a period described... [11 Apr 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News Meanwhile the increasing popularity of ITIL is likely to fuel spending on business process management apps. Tech spending in the UK is likely to increase at a quicker rate than inflation over the next twelve months - despite an uncertain economic... [10 Mar 2008]
Lazy staff driving up electricity bills
News Electricity is the dirtiest fuel we use and there is an awful lot of carbon dioxide generated, which is the main greenhouse gas. Gartner vice president Rakesh Kumar predicted last week that companies which do not control their energy usage could... [09 Oct 2006]
€75bn to be spent with prepay cards by 2010
News Gift voucher" cards will fuel almost 30 per cent of growth, while prepaid cards to replace travellers' cheques and foreign cash will account for 15 per cent of spending. Company rewards and incentives programmes are set to account for 12 per cent... [15 Aug 2006]
Biometrics fuel transport IT spending
News Spending on IT by transport companies in Europe will leap up over the next three years as they start testing biometrics and other security technologies. IT spending in the transportation industry hit $6.4bn in 2005, and analyst IDC predicts this... [07 Feb 2006]
Slow growth for PC sales next year
News In US markets, demand for portables and business computers will help fuel the growth, despite the impact of recent hurricanes and rising oil prices. In Japan, third-quarter growth was strong in 2005 but factors such as rising oil prices and... [20 Dec 2005]
E-voting: Keep paper records, says commission
News The Carter-Baker commission's report is likely to fuel efforts by state and federal politicians to mandate some form of audit trails. Electronic voting machines became widespread as a result of the 2000 election debacle, which Congress responded to... [05 Oct 2005]
SMEs will drive IT growth
News Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will fuel demand for IT in the next five years, analyst house IDC predicts. SMEs are now set to make up 53 per cent of all spending on IT in 2005, IDC has reported, with spend among midsize businesses... [21 Jul 2005]
Why US presidents can't keep their tech promises
Comment A Clinton administration was going to create a new 'civilian advanced technology agency' modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), double federal spending on research, make the research and development tax credit permanent... [01 Nov 2004]
Symantec doubles up on results
News At the earnings call, John Thompson, CEO of Symantec said: "[Sasser] added more fuel to our revenue engine in the consumer space than we expected. However, Greg Myers, CFO of Symantec, said profits will be affected slightly this quarter by... [22 Jul 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Offshoring
Cheat Sheet They also claim the creation of more consumer spending power in places like India will in itself fuel demand for new products and services that Western countries will provide. Offshoring? That's to do with India isn't it? [11 May 2004]
