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.
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...
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.
In most cases, though, Wal-Mart suppliers are adding the tags at the end of the manufacturing process, meeting Wal-Mart's requirements but not giving the suppliers any added cost savings or efficiency gains.
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...
Cost savings and energy efficiency aren't the only benefits of the virtualisation approach. Paul Hopkins, IT director at Newcastle University, said: "There are lots of different and often complimentary reasons, including capital cost savings...