It is regrettable but it really is a matter of keeping up with the Joneses - it's just about trying to establish some clear water between yourself and the competition, and investors are starting to require it.
While there is much nonsense talked about a consumer confidence crisis, on an 'overall risk' scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), the key e-retailing participants and their associated risks are: the media (0), capital markets (0), consumers (1...
The biggest shift is one of attitude in the developed world: from treating developing markets as junkyards for cast-off products to test-beds for the cleaner technologies and management styles that will allow them to avoid the environmental and...
Google could establish a foothold - and a competitive edge - in this desktop search market by getting in early with free consumer software, supported by advertising. It's clearly a pre-emptive move," said Richard DeSilva, a senior associate partner...
According to McCarron and others, chipmakers have had to come up with an entirely new generation of products about every six months, which is faster than processor manufacturers must do. To make chipsets, manufacturers have to be briefed early on...
In UK retail banking alone - just one segment of the massive financial services vertical - IT spend is tipped to reach almost £10bn this year, according to analyst Gartner's latest forecasts. The directive, which mainly impacts investment banks...