The first quarter of 2000 showed revenues falling year-on-year by five per cent to $19.3bn and net income holding steady at $1.52bn. However, it is clear that IBM has highlighted three areas where it can make improvements - its business structure...
Furedi considers the policy side of government, and argues that "[p]oliticians need to avoid the temptation of hyping up computer-mediated technology as a quick fix solution to problems and instead treat it as a basic tool with which to get their...
In the US, Buy.com's sales dropped two per cent to $196.7m for the year and losses hit $97.9m. A Buy.com UK spokesman refused to comment on the subject and all other owners are referring questions to Buy.com UK.
According to the study from the Standish Group called Trends in Open Source, released this week, the losses of proprietary software makers are disproportionate to the actual spend on open source software, which is a mere six per cent of an...
Another £30m in stock losses is due to the disruption caused by the new depots and IT systems. The write-off of redundant IT assets will cost £140m and the write-off of automated equipment in the new fulfilment depots will cost £120m.
The company is expected to consolidate the Verio data centres and reduce staff by 20 per cent in an attempt to stem the losses. Just as BT is divesting itself of assets as quickly as it possibly can to balance the books, Vodafone, one of BT's...