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Intel® vPro™ technology and Cost Savings: Sponsored: Randy Nystrom, an IT systems engineer at Intel, shows how vPro saves time and money by diagnosing PC problems remotely. The content for this video was sponsored and provided by Intel.; Tags: Intel vPro, Cost Savings, Intel Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Strategy, Management, Intel; Sponsored whiteboards 2008-05-16
Fastviewer Desktop Sharing (zip): Desktop Sharing? as easy as you were on the ground. Efficient and cost-saving communication via the Internet, world wide? That is FastViewer. Discover new ways of real-time presentations, effective user training, and focused customer support. FastViewer opens new possibilities concerning remote diagnosis of computer problems and controlling computers. You can...; Tags: Cost Savings, Computer, Fastviewer Desktop, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-02-06
Smooth Transition From SAP 4.7 to ECC 5.0 in Eleven Countries With Automated Regression Testing Resulting in Significant Time and Cost Savings for Getronics: Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor-independent Information and Communication Technology ICT solutions and services. The company's challenges included: preparing a development framework that suits 11 countries with diverse cultures and business needs; developing reusable testing scenarios and replicable solution with a focus on on-time delivery; and...; Tags: MindTree Consulting, Getronics, SAP AG, Cost Savings, Strategy, Management; Case studies 2008-01-24
Is Bangalore no longer a cost-saving location?: Is Bangalore no longer a cost-saving location?Well, well, well...Maybe our execs will quit selling us out for the sake of "cost cutting". Of course, I'm sure they will find some other reason, and another way to short the American IT worker.RE: Is Bangalore no longer a cost-saving location?C'mon, folks......; Tags: Benefits, cost-saving location, cost savings; Discussion threads 2008-01-02
Successful Virtualization Garners Cost Savings, But Also Harbors IT Risk: Global Enterprise Manufacturing GEM, a fast-growing international conglomerate, recently deployed a vast virtual infrastructure to support more than 12,000 users across 22 business divisions. The company's new virtual networks span diverse departments, from finance to marketing to product development, and have resulted in substantial cost savings. By employing virtualization, GEM...; Tags: Information Technology, Cost Savings, Virtualization, Product Development, Hardware, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2008-01-01

Haemonetics Corporation Achieves $1.9 Million Cost Savings With Product Lifecycle Management Solutions: Haemonetics Corporation is the world's leading supplier of blood processing systems. Haemonetics Corporation wanted to replace inefficient, manual paper-based processes and decentralized systems to improve collaboration and enable best-practice integration to improve product development processes and accelerate time to market. The challenge was to reduce operating expenses with fact-based decision...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Oracle Corp., Cost Savings, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Product Development, Marketing, Research & Development, Business Operations; Case studies 2007-12-01
Realestate.com.au CIO: Chris Vulovic: Realestate.com.au is owned by News Limited and has grown into one of Australia's most popular property related Web sites. In February 2007, the same company launched property.com.au, which contains identical data to realestate.com.au, but has completely different user experience. Property.com.au uses Web 2.0 technologies to offer visitors...; Tags: Agent, RSS, Property, Cost Savings, Realestate.com.au, E-mail Alert, Real Estate, E-mail, Business Operations, Online Communications, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-11-08
Analysts: Virtualization to save businesses millions: Analysts: Virtualization to save businesses millionsNew Life to old programsThe forced upgrade to newer flavors of Windows and and end to DLL hell should also be factored into the cost analysis. Likely businesses will save billions and not just millions with virtualization. For example, a working application that stops working...; Tags: Operating systems, application software, Microsoft Windows, cost savings, virtualization, hardware; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
Presidio Delivers Cost-Saving Server Virtualization & Storage Area Network: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary MEEI is an international leader in ophthalmology and otolaryngology research and a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School. Boston-based MEEI currently has more than 1,200 employees. The need for computing resources and data storage is growing rapidly in the MEEI IT environment. With the help...; Tags: Storage, Cost Savings, VMware Inc., Presidio, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; Case studies 2007-07-25
Amtek Engineering Optimizes Network Availability by Reinvesting Cost Savings From 3Com Network Deployment: Since 1970, Amtek Engineering Ltd. has provided its customers with high-quality products such as precision metal stamping and tooling, sheet metal prototypes, mechanical assemblies, rubber components and thermoplastic injection molds. A reputation for superior products has helped the company expand beyond Singapore to worldwide locations, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China...; Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., Cost Savings, Network Availability, Networking; Case studies 2007-07-01
Achieving Business Value and Gaining ROI With CA's EITM Software for Optimizing IT Infrastructures: This paper presents the results of an IDC study, sponsored by CA, to quantify the benefits, cost savings, and Return On Investment ROI that customers can achieve using CA's Enterprise IT Management EITM software products to help manage their IT infrastructure and operations. The study is based on standard IDC...; Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, ROI, Cost Savings, Computer Associates International Inc., International Data Group, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management; White papers 2007-04-01
BSM Approach Delivers Cost Savings and Higher Efficiency at Coldwater Creek: Coldwater Creek operates nearly 250 retail stores, as well as online and catalog retail operations. The company wanted to architect the delivery of IT service to the point where it is highly automated and unobtrusive, and facilitates work processes so that employees can provide the best possible service to Coldwater...; Tags: BMC Software Inc., Cost Savings, Coldwater Creek, It Management, It service Management; Case studies 2007-02-01
Achieving Business Value and Gaining ROI With CA's EITM Software: This paper presents the results of an IDC study, sponsored by CA, to quantify the benefits, cost savings, and Return On Investment ROI that customers can achieve using CA's Enterprise IT Management EITM software products to help manage their IT infrastructure and operations. The paper is based on standard IDC...; Tags: Information Technology, ROI, Cost Savings, Computer Associates International Inc., International Data Group, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2007-01-01
Open source creates U.S. manufacturing jobs: Open source creates U.S. manufacturing jobsWell, there's 80 jobs...... including administrators. Could not a competitor using proprietary software duplicate the approach distinguishing this company?This is as much an open source company as Google. Using cheap software is not membership in a movement.Dana, yoiur grasoing at straws gets more...; Tags: Processors, Programming languages, Java, Scripting languages, cost savings, open source, server, CPU, job; Discussion threads 2006-06-14
UPS: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turns: UPS: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turnsAvoiding left-hand turns...I wonder what effect that will have on their trucks' alignment & tire wear.That will explain why more packages are NOT delivered on time...The poor UPS drivers in most areas work their butts off right now. Just imagine what will happen...; Tags: cost savings, United Parcel Service of America Inc., left-hand turn, surcharge; Discussion threads 2005-11-22
Survey: VoIP cost savings are cool, but what about audio quality?: Survey: VoIP cost savings are cool, but what about audio quality?I use Lingo. Voice quality is fine but...The latency that causes voice delay drive me NUTS.The problem isn't on my end either. Latency is very low through my connection.; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP cost saving, latency, cost savings, VoIP, survey; Discussion threads 2005-04-28
High Availability and Capacity on Demand: The Road to Virtualization: The migration from traditional hardware architectures to high-density servers comes hand-in-hand with expectations of dramatic cost savings. However, the high costs of ensuring high availability in the new computing environment can be shocking. Moreover, provisioning and managing these complex new resources remains a key challenge. Virtualization solutions are an effective...; Tags: BMC Software Inc., High Availability, Provisioning, Server, Cost Savings, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Webcasts
International Network Services Case Study: Large Aerospace Organization: Prior to initiating any projects around the identified business requirements, the client first needed to understand the business value of what it wanted to accomplish. In order to get funding for the projects, the client team had to present a cost saving analysis to senior management for approval to move...; Tags: Financial Analysis, Financial, Cost Savings, Aerospace, Financial Accounting, Finance; Case studies

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Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
iPhone gas application roundup: On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25