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.
Linux is not a viable desktop proposition for most large organisations because the service issues surrounding it negate any cost savings on licence fees, according to the CTO of one of the largest IT operations in the world.
Worldwide airport IT budgets are set to hit $2bn this year, with security and major infrastructure projects taking priority over cost savings, according a survey by an airline industry IT body. Almost two-thirds of airport IT executives questioned...
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...
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