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Better Management Can Cut Wireless Costs By 35 Percent | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] In a statement released this week, the analyst group said that as companies adopt more complex wireless devices such as smartphones and services, managing the costs was becoming critical. Through 2015, closer management of wireless services can save companies 10 percent to 35 percent of their wireless costs, said Gartner research vice president Phil Redman. [...] Analyst Gartner has outlined how companies can cut costs from mobile and other wireless services by over a third, through tighter management of the providers and users of the technology. [...] Better Management Can Cut Wireless Costs By 35 Percent. eWEEK Europe UK. [...]
SMEs Maintaining IT Spend to Work Smarter, Leaner
[...] And despite pressure to cut costs, mid-size companies are proceeding with IT plans that range from information management to social media and cloud computing. [...] This study clearly shows that mid-sized companies, which we believe will be the engines that lead us back to economic growth, are being cautiously optimistic and proactive. [...] 1. The highest-priority technology solution, chosen by 75 percent of respondents, is information management, which turns mountains of data into meaningful insights. [...]
Cloud Key To Branch Office Sustainability
[...] One area that is ripe for consolidation now is local servers. Many branch offices have commodity servers that are used for such tasks as addressing, identity management, and file and print services, Silva said. The workloads on these servers already can be handled by virtual machines, and the systems are driving up companies' power, cooling and space costs. [...] That's going to have to change, because IT's role within companies is changing, he said. No longer viewed as simply a group within the company that rolls out technology services and support, now IT is being tasked with helping to bring costs down and increasing efficiency throughout the company. [...] In the meantime, there are a host of solutions that offer varying degrees of capabilities to enterprises looking to begin branch office consolidation now, he said. Those include such offerings as application delivery solutions, call management, local services infrastructures, remote management devices, secure remote gateways and routers, WLAN control planes, and unified threat management products. [...]
Vendors Want Open Standards For Cloud Computing
[...] IT customers consistently tell us that, while they like to take advantage of new technologies to benefit their companies, they also need to contain data center management complexity and IT costs, Patla said in a statement. By supporting industry standards for systems management and interoperability, we can better deliver on this goal of making critical IT technologies like cloud computing simpler and more cost-effective to deploy and maintain. [...] The Distributed Management Task Force is creating a group that will look at the need for open management standards for cloud computing. [...] Cloud computing is a popular buzzword in the industry, and analysts say the technology is more than just hype. In a recent statement, research firm IDC said that global spending on cloud services will grow to $42 billion (£29bn) by 2012, with a key driver being the need to cut IT costs. [...]
“No-fuss” Linux net-top updated | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] According to Frederic Baille, chief executive and co-founder of Linutop, the 8-Watt device has been well received by UK companies looking to cut electricity and management costs in the recession. UK businesses are hungry for small, compact and uncomplicated systems, he said. [...] Although the Linutop has been mainly aimed at retailers for applications such as Internet kiosks and digital displays, the device could also be used by companies to access hosted applications which don't require any local software to be installed. In the future a lot of PCs will just be solid state with open source software, said Baille. [...] The maker of the latest version of a low-spec Linux desktop claims it will become increasingly popular as businesses seek to cut costs and turn more to hosted applications in the future. [...]
ERP Software Vendor Makes “Eco” Tools | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] IFS claims that as well as providing a tool for those companies that want to cut costs or just want to be genuinely altruistic, the Eco tool will also help the other main facet of environmental management - complying with legislation. The new application will support IFS customers around the globe who are under increasing pressure to comply with upcoming environmental legislations such as Europe's EuP Directive, the Environmental Liability Directive and the EU Restriction, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) regulation as well as Australia's National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulation and the US Climate, the company said in a statement. [...] Professor Bo Hjort Christensen of the Norwegian School of Management said that there is a genuine need for reliable metrics around green and sustainable IT. Companies are looking for environmental footprint solutions to provide green branding with credible measurement, respond to governmental requirements and to identify possible cost-cutting opportunities, he said. [...] Scandinavian ERP specialist has added what it claims is an Eco-footprint tool to its suite of management software in a bid to provide companies with more metrics about their environmental impact. [...]
IT Cuts Create Long-Term Risks | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Tactics companies are employing to cut costs include trying to cut the amount spent on suppliers and services, outsourcing infrastructure and laying off staff. According to Deloitte around 72 percent of respondents have negotiated with suppliers to reduce prices, while 58 percent of respondents are planning to outsource IT infrastructure, network and application management services. [...] According to Deloitte partner Neville Howard, the research seems to indicate that companies are prepared to take significant risks in order to cut costs. IT departments are scrambling to cut costs but are unwittingly storing up problems for the future, he said. [...] Although cutting costs might be a necessary step for many companies at the moment, much of the action that is being taken at the moment appears to be reactive and haphazard according to Deloitte with little strategic planning about the future impact on IT service provision. [...]
Data Centre Management Costs Continue To Grow | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] In fact a quarter of organisations said they were still managing their servers and storage manually, leading to much higher costs compared with organisations that are using some management toolsets. While only 14 percent of organisations have a fully integrated management framework. [...] In response to rising costs, the ability of increased levels of data centre automation to reduce the cost of data centre management and improve alignment with business goals was recognised by 69 percent. But, although cost was the main factor, improving security by reducing errors was the second most commonly mentioned reason for using data centre automation. [...] Jon Gasparini, principal consultant at IT services company, Morse told eWEEK Europe that he was not surprised so few respondents had integrated data centre management frameworks. But it's definitely something that needs addressing, he said. By bringing together the different silos of management and automating their tasks through the technology stack organisations can reap massive cost savings. [...]
IT Firm Aims To Make Buildings Green | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] A new unit at the company will bring together IT with facilities management systems for mid-market businesses and public sector organisations - promoting efficiency and reducing energy costs, in line with the idea promoted at the Copenhagen summit, that ICT can reduce organisations' overall carbon footprint. [...] Telent, which provides the safety and surveillance system for the London Underground, will pull together and manage different parts of companies' infrastructure such as lighting, heating and security to make savings, under the name MICA (Management Integration & Control of Assets). [...] Ten years ago, most companies had a data group and a voice group, battling for the network. The voice people lost, he said. The same thing will happen with facilities - the facilities management department are the Luddites, and the data network will win over again. [...]
Companies Cut IT Costs, Improve Efficiencies
[...] Companies Cut IT Costs, Improve Efficiencies. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] You are here. Home News Green IT Companies Cut IT Costs, Improve Efficiencies. [...] What we're seeing is those companies who invest today and focus their investments on efficiency are setting themselves up for a faster return to growth. Bob Kelly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of infrastructure server marketing, said in a 23 June conference call. [...]
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