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RSS travelBe there without going there: Web conferencing speeds connections without the costs of travel
White Paper The expense of face-to-face meetings is twofold: travel and time. Web conferencing tools are fast gaining momentum as connecting over the Web becomes simpler and less costly. New software-as-a-service offerings provide... [21 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment First, it can focus on helping business partners become greener - for example, by bringing in collaboration tools to replace staff travel. In good times and bad, green IT deserves a spot on the CIO agenda. [21 Oct 2009]
Web Conferencing for Better Collaboration and Reduced Travel
White Paper "Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I might remember. Involve me and I'll understand. Hear Robert P. Mahowald, IDC research [18 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News With high-resolution video becoming increasingly affordable, we do now have an increasing number of viable options for replacing physical business travel with other alternatives," service director of analyst house... [13 Oct 2009]
IT Services Provider Cuts Internal Travel Costs in Half With Video Conferencing
White Paper Dimension Data, a global IT services provider and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, wanted to reduce travel and enrich communications for the 1,000 employees in its Americas division. Dimension Data has cut both... [02 Oct 2009]
Media Company Expects Lower Phone Costs, Less Travel With Communications Solution
White Paper Employees often communicate between company locations but previously lacked sufficient collaboration tools to avoid costly long-distance phone charges and frequent travel. The solution's conferencing tools can cut... [02 Oct 2009]
Travel Company Sails on Business Intelligence to Increase Revenues in Weak Economy
White Paper Sportsnet Holidays needed a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution to handle data that was spread among 220 separate databases. Sportsnet implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which dramatically improved customer service, business... [02 Oct 2009]
College Replaces Conferencing Service With Unified Communications Solution
White Paper The college has eliminated its external conferencing service, saving U.S.annually in conferencing costs, and it has reduced travel for a savings of $16,600 a year. Canada-based Georgian College offers degrees in fields... [02 Oct 2009]
Sabre Holdings Increases Customer Insight and Service Efficiency in Its Sabre Travel Network Business Unit
White Paper Sabre Holdings implemented Oracle's Siebel Call Center to provide Sabre Travel Network with a single, consolidated data repository to enable easy access to a 360-degree view of customers. Sabre Holdings wanted to create... [01 Oct 2009]
Polish Police Force: Gaining Seamless Access to Data Throughout the EU
White Paper To meet EU free-travel Schengen Zone requirements, Poland needed an infrastructure that could provide police with mobile access to border crossing and visa systems, as well as government databases. For the Polish Police... [01 Oct 2009]
Martha Lane Fox
AS Profile Lane Fox shot to fame in the late 1990s as the founder of the dot-com travel company lastminute.com, and remained on the company's board until its sale in 2005. Martha Lane Fox earned her place in the Agenda Setters list... [30 Sep 2009]
HP video conferencing and collaboration tools reach for the sky
News Looking to take advantage of tightened corporate travel budgets, HP has showed off the latest tech to come out of its labs, called Skyroom. Unveiled together with Intel at the start of the Intel Developer Forum in San... [23 Sep 2009]
Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News Named as defendants were Facebook, along with current and former Beacon participants Blockbuster, Fandango (owned by Comcast), Overstock.com, STA Travel, Zappos, Hotwire (owned by InterActiveCorp), and GameFly. [21 Sep 2009]
Online Travel Agent Sees Sales Increase by 6.75% With VeriSign Extended Validation SSL Certificates
White Paper As part of a publicly listed national travel company, it has negotiated great deals with leading hotel chains, which makes it an attractive, fast and cost-effective way for consumers to book rooms. Founded in November... [19 Sep 2009]
Expedia Grows Revenue While Customers Reap Bargains
White Paper The Bellevue, WA-based travel company is a pioneer in offering hotel, plane and car reservations online. The company relies on SAS software to mine and analyze the data it has gathered from a decade of Web traffic and... [19 Sep 2009]
