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Companies Cut IT Costs, Improve Efficiencies | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] A new Microsoft-commissioned study by Harris Interactive into the recession's effects on IT spending suggests that while the majority of IT professionals have given belt-tightening their highest priority, many also plan to increase their investments in virtualisation, cloud computing and other tools to drive business efficiency. [...] Forty-eight percent of those IT professionals seemed devoted to saving their cash through improving business efficiency, and two-thirds planned to invest further in virtualization, cloud computing or other tools designed to make infrastructure for both the enterprise and SMBs more efficient. [...] IT management has been focused on keeping the lights on, the study suggests, with only 22 percent of those surveyed saying giving the business a competitive edge was the current top priority. . [...]
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UK Sustainability Priorities Dominated By ‘Quick Wins’ Mindset | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Ninety-two percent saw sustainability as a priority and good for business, in the study, carried out by trends consultancy The Future Laboratory. Also, 68 percent focused on improving efficiency. [...] This leads to transparency with the business becoming a problem that can prevent management from making key business decisions. Mikko Valtonen, managing director of software developer, 2future said he'd been working with many Scandinavian companies that used specialist performance management and business intelligence systems to closely tie key sustainability metrics directly into their financials. [...] Data quality emerged as a key challenge according to the second annual study Oracle has sponsored of the long-term sustainability strategies and initiatives of UK businesses. [...]
» Print Cost Concerns Are Exposing Security Risks, Report Warns | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] So found the [1] 2009 National Small Business Cybersecurity Study which was sponsored by both Symantec and the National Cyber Security Alliance. The study surveyed nearly 1,500 small business owners across the United States about their cyber-security awareness policies and practices. [...] [1] 2009 National Small Business Cybersecurity Study. [...]
Small Companies Focus on Printing Costs | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] The study includes strategies and recommendations for printing and copier vendors to reverse the reduction in office supplies/printing cost trend by SMBs in the U.S. A key strategy is to target high-value printing customers (HVPCs). AMI said IT vendors should be reassured that the downturn has forced companies to more seriously consider investing and using IT to address their business needs for efficiency and cost control and help them manage through the downturn. [...] Furthermore, AMI has observed a growing proportion of SMBs that are concerned with to what degree the economic downturn will impact their business, she added. It is not far-fetched to imagine SMBs will increase these cutbacks as concern grows and prolongs. [...] Due to their greater touch points and exposure, MBs (companies with 100 to 999 employees) are likely to be more negatively affected by the downturn and have initiated more cost cutting plans compared to SBs (companies with 1 to 99 employees), said New York-based AMI analyst Melissa Chong In a recent internal study, 77 percent of U. [...]
LSE Study Raises Questions About Returns From Energy Efficiency | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Companies clearly place value on efficiencies through technology and new management practices, but many struggle to define the return to the business. . [...] The survey was researched by the London School of Economics in cooperation with Dell, which sponsored the study as a part of its Efficient Enterprise strategy. This was the first of three such research surveys that will be taken during the next several months. [...] LSE Study Raises Questions About Returns From Energy Efficiency. [...]
SMEs Maintaining IT Spend to Work Smarter, Leaner | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Meanwhile, 10 percent reported no change, while 37 percent were reducing their budget. According to study data, most are holding or increasing their budgets to use IT to help drive efficiencies or reduce costs in other areas of the business or better connect with customers. [...] The Inside the Mid-market. A 2009 Perspective study surveyed 1,879 business and IT decision makers in 17 countries to get insights into their business plans and challenges, growth and innovation strategies, IT purchasing trends, and industry-specific pain points. [...] 2. The most pressing business challenges include increasing efficiency and productivity (80 percent), improving customer care (74 percent) and better use of information (72 percent). [...]
Google Gets Festive With Free Wi-Fi For Xmas At US Airports | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] A recent study conducted by the Wi-Fi Alliance reported that 50 percent of business travelers take red-eye flights in order to be reachable during business hours, and an overwhelming 82 percent said that being connected through Wi-Fi would help solve that problem. [...]
» Print Polycom Pushes High-End Video Conferencing | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] A recent study from European Telecommunications Network Operators Association (ETNO) and the World Wildlife Fund revealed that if 20 per cent of business travel in the EU was replaced with telecoms technologies, by 2010 around 25 million tonnes of CO2 would be saved each year. [...]
BlackBerrys Pay Back Costs Many Times Over | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] For businesses at the reactive stage, the business efficiency benefits&mdash.which vary depending on the type of employee but include productivity and increased employee satisfaction&mdash.of a BlackBerry solution account for more than 75 percent of benefits, while at the proactive stage, business efficiency constitutes 68 percent of the benefits, and at the integrative stage, 60 percent. [...] Based on the results of the study, Forrester categorized enterprises into three maturity stages. reactive, proactive and integrative deployment. Reactive-stage organizations deploy BlackBerry smartphones to CXOs, managers and sales personnel, and implement basic mobile applications such as e-mail, calendar and personal information management (PIM), the report said. [...]
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