The oil- and gas-producing subsidiary of Centrica hopes the deal will reap operational efficiencies in the supply chain to its offshore production platforms and improve reporting. In a statement, Simon Clark, project sponsor at BGHR said...
Companies' desire to retain control over mission-critical or complex IT projects as the economy slows is having an impact on outsourcing decisions, according to a recent survey. Thirty two per cent are also looking to cut costs through using...
PeopleSoft said it will announce plans at a customer conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday to convert its entire line of business applications, which includes more than 170 products, to run on the open-source Linux operating system.
Phillips said the deal is about savings on systems - though the software overhaul will take place at the same time as major hardware upgrades - better efficiencies, especially in back office staffing and procurement, and increased income.
The job cuts would save Oracle about $1.17bn annually by eliminating redundant positions, according to the acquisitions efficiencies analysis document, which Oracle prepared last July. PeopleSoft and Oracle had numerous discussions about a friendly...
Large mission-critical systems are, I'm sure, very reliable but the interface at the consumer level has become visibly onerous, unreliable and complex with intrusive and quirky digital rights management being one of the worst culprits.