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Disconnect of the day: $499 iPod meet economic slowdown

Disconnect of the day: $499 iPod meet economic slowdown$89for a gen1 Zune off of woot.It's the latter.The media always screams recession every presidential election cycle when a Democrat is not president.it's not hard to part a sucker with his/her money...given how advertising bombards you every day.But it's harder to find...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Digital music, economic slowdown, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., tax, tax rebate

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Best Buy plans to double Mac presence at its stores

Best Buy plans to double Mac presence at its storesWhy does everyone thing Apple will be immune......to a slow down in the economy?This will be BB's third or fourth shot at this....And I can't help but wonder if it didn't come about due to the demise of CompUSA and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), economic slowdown, Apple Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., CompUSA Inc., Geek Squad, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Additional Resources

Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises

The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market. The reports...

Tags: Application Development, Information Technology, Outsource, Service Provider, IT Organization, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Software Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Cloud may complicate SOA load balancing act

Shine your own light in the cloudLori is correct to suggest that the cloud can obscure what you see. Cloud offerings tend to be basic, covering CPU, bandwidth and storage, and are very much of a 'one-shape-fits-all' nature. This is a consequence of building the offering on multi-tenanted...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Lori, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Cisco's Brave New World

An intriguing and very well written article in this week's Economist documents Cisco CEO John Chamber's ambitious plans to conquer 30 new areas of business: ...From “virtual health care” to “cloud computing” and “safety and security” to “routers in space”, the company is tackling more than 30...

Tags: Information Technology, Brave New World, Cisco Systems Inc., Chambers, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-30

Apple - Best non-holiday revenue and earnings ... but iPod sales flagging

Apple once again defies the global economic slowdown and posts its best ever non-holiday revenue and earnings. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sales, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Communication and Collaboration Solution Helps Low-Fare Airline Do More With Less

AirTran Airways, a growing, low-fare airline focused on the business traveler, prioritizes efficiency in all aspects of its business. Even during an economic slowdown, the company continues to make investments that promote long-term cost savings. AirTran invested in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to improve communication and collaboration among its...

Tags: AirTran Airways, Operational Cost, Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-07-01

Reacting to the Economic Slowdown: Cutting Hidden IT Costs

IT cost containment is a fine line to walk — even in down times, business demands 24x7 responsiveness from IT, and anything that compromises that can negatively impact business performance. Technology leaders must look for ways to deliver greater value for less money. This begins with aligning with the...

Tags: Information Technology, IT Cost, SkillSoft, IT Cost Containment, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-06-05

Dell profits slump 63% - Not as bad as analysts had feared

Dell has seen its latest quarterly profits slump by almost two-thirds as the global economic slowdown affects the PC industry. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Dell Computer Corp., Management, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Fraud in a Downturn: A Review of How Fraud and Other Integrity Risks Will Affect Business in 2009

The impact of the credit crunch and the global economic slowdown is challenging even most robust institutions. Those charged with the governance of some of largest private sector companies have had to focus on short term measures to address the risk of corporate failure. Leaders of public sector institutions must...

Tags: Public Sector, Risk, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations

White papers 2009-05-12

Unisys has looming debt, credit pickle

Unisys could lose its credit line at the end of May and that could make it tough to pay off its bonds without issuing a lot of shares. Unisys' problem is a common one these days with credit tight as numerous companies try to rearrange debt payments...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Google earnings deliver; Sales growth slows; Economy still in 'uncharted territory'

Updated: Google reported first quarter net income of $1.42 billion, or $4.49 a share, on revenue of $4.07 billion, excluding traffic acquisition costs. Excluding various charges, Google reported earnings of $5.16 a share, well ahead of Wall Street estimates of $4.93 a share. In a statement, Google...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route

Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en routeThank You Scott MacNealy!In this case you need to look at what the CEO wanted. He wanted to give away the Brand for money. It was only going to give a one time payday, no matter how big.Most CEOs would go...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., following-The

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Specialty Retailer Smoothes Operations for Improved Productivity and Future Profits

Jamba Juice - a leading provider of healthy, on-the-go food and beverages - viewed the economic slowdown as an opportunity to assess its operations and improve efficiencies. The company decided to invest in integrated technology tools that would help its stores run more efficiently and streamline communication. Therefore, Jamba Juice...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jamba Juice Co., Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Food & Beverage, Content Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Microsoft Office, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Manufacturing, Office Suites

Case studies 2009-04-01

Gartner: IT spending in 2009 will be worse than 2001's decline

Gartner on Tuesday cut its IT spending forecast for 2009 to $3.2 trillion, down 3.8 percent from 2008 as consumers and businesses throttle back amid the economic downturn.  In a statement, Gartner said that the 2009 slowdown will be "worse than the 2.1 percent decline in IT...

Tags: Gartner Inc., IT-spending, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Securing Business Workflows and Networks for Partners

Outsourcing and using third-party resources to deliver solutions has been a mainstay of IT organizations for years and continues to increase. In fact, according to Gartner, outsourcing will continue to grow in 2009 despite the economic slowdown. Microsoft, like other corporations, uses vendor resources to help carry out many parts...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Workflow, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Manufacturing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management

White papers 2009-03-01

Microsoft's Ballmer outlines his seven big bets for 2009

For the past few Februaries, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer makes the trek to Wall Street to provide analysts with an annual "Strategic Update" overview, in which he covers the areas where Microsoft plans to invest and why. This year, during his February 24 update, Ballmer was more...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Marketing, Sales, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Comcast loses subscribers, but hurdles fourth quarter targets

Updated: Comcast reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 32 percent amid rising competition, slowing subscriber growth and an asset impairment charge totaling $600 million. However, Comcast handily topped Wall Street estimates. For the fourth quarter, Comcast reported net income of $412 million, or 14 cents...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Asset Management, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Open source causes deflation

Open source causes deflationFor desktop, proprietary software costs a low. For microsoft desktop products, software costs are an afterthought. Computer that I have been using for almost four years would be entirely covered by two days of my salary. But you are right that Open source causes deflation. Microsoft was...

Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, open source, income effect, deflation

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Cisco's Q2 sees weaker sales, profits; no widespread layoffs planned

updated: Despite the uncertain economic challenges in the future and a quarter that saw weaker sales and profits from a year ago, Cisco Systems remains optimistic about its ride through the downturn and is looking ahead at the recovery by focusing on a realignment and reorganization plan instead of widespread...

Tags: Revenue, John Chambers, Layoff, Sales, Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-04