IDC's Financial Insights tracking report predicts that the twin pressures of increased profits and more efficiency savings are having a significant impact on IT buying decisions as the banks switch from a fixed to variable cost model.
The Single European Payments Area (Sepa) is aimed at driving down cross-border transaction costs by 2008, and banks will have to upgrade their systems if they want to bring payment costs down, according to analyst Financial Insights.
Whereas the Gershon report was about cost reduction, the Varney update focuses on the improvement of public services, in addition to reducing cost. The government wants to follow in the foot steps of the US, Australian and Irish governments, all of...
For example, reducing the organisation's travel carbon footprint and costs by investing in high-definition telepresence capabilities reduces the effect on the physical world but increases the need for equipment and bandwidth in the data centre.
The guidelines include: removing active screensavers from desktop PCs; switching monitors to standby after five minutes inactivity; automatically shutting down desktop computers outside working hours; reusing as much computer equipment as possible...
Meanwhile yet another vendor stated during a recent conversation that its efforts weren't at all focused on sustainability strategies but rather only on efficiency. After all, IT budget requests are more likely to get approved if they are seen to...