Sixty-eight per cent of the IT directors polled by Hitachi Data Systems said cost savings from technology consolidation in the wake of mergers and acquisitions seldom materialise as quickly as business executives expect.
The MPLS VPN is the foundation for the next step of convergence - migrating voice traffic to the data network, rapidly speeding up the ROI time, often to full payback within a year. That IP VPNs can lower operational costs - along a demonstrable...
Fortunately for those afflicted with this timeless conundrum, a more structured, less fluffy method for assessing ROI is emerging, due partly to pressure on enterprise property management departments to increase efficiency.
IT will be key to short-term cost savings in the £8.5bn takeover of Abbey by Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano but it is unlikely to result in large numbers of job cuts in the UK, according to industry analysts.
The National Projects programme, which supports 22 projects to create standard products, systems and best practice that can be adopted by councils across the country, has been declared a success with projected cost savings of £320m.
Cost savings will be a top consideration for public sector organisations migrating to Windows Vista - but it's not the only factor in their decision. Terry Smith, director of Microsoft's UK public sector business, said: "The big thing to drive...