Recovery may be no different in terms of employee turnover than previous downturns
IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers' financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won't soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets under way.
The company's enterprise group revenue was down 28 percent, but the company's EDS integration is ahead of plan
Computer industry bellwether Hewlett-Packard reported a three per cent drop in revenue as its major lines of business continued to be hammered by the global recession.
Data collection helps pay for all the free stuff on the 'Net, paper says
Online targeted advertising and the collection of consumer data are the fuel of Internet commerce, not the major privacy problems described by some advocates and U.S. lawmakers, according to a new paper.
His company is in a much better position in this downturn than in the 2001 crash, he says
The current recession is almost the opposite of the 2001 downturn for Cisco Systems because of permanent cost-cutting and the company's move into new technologies and markets, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Monday.
12% of IT managers surveyed say they have cut a laptop or desktop rollout since October, despite recession
IT managers have canceled outright fewer client computing projects during the recession than expected, preferring instead to postpone or scale them back, according to a Gartner Inc. survey of 475 IT administrators at large companies in nine countries.
A focus on productivity and innovation will drive demand for IT
Growth will have to come from higher productivity and innovation when the economy begins to recover, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told developers gathered Wednesday in Hyderabad for the company's India edition of the Tech Ed conference.
The software giant cites weaknesses in global PC and server markets
Microsoft missed analyst expectations for its third quarter, stumbling under the weight of the faltering economy.
The questions that keep coming up
One of the most common
questions I’m asked by all
representatives of the IT
industry is how the rest of the market
is faring. It’s not surprising this issue
keeps cropping up in conversation,
given the economic situation.
Westcon Group veteran CFO, John O'Malley, spoke about the role of distribution and tackling the dour economic climate.
Westcon Group veteran CFO, John O’Malley, made his
fi rst visit to Australia this month for the local management
kick-off. He spoke to NADIA CAMERON about the role of
distribution and tackling the dour economic climate.
Shares of technology vendors are bouncing back after hitting a seven-year low Monday, but a sustained comeback is uncertain.
Shares of technology vendors are bouncing back after hitting a seven-year low Monday, but bad news including dour reports on the mobile and components sectors are a reminder that the continuing recession makes the beginning of a sustained comeback unlikely.
First ARN Business Index finds the IT industry remains positive despite tougher market conditions
IT industry representatives remain upbeat about prospects in the short- and long-term and are planning to expand their businesses, a new ARN survey has found. But many admit the global economic climate has taken its toll on customer spending and profits.
Intel added a new warning into its 10Q about the risks it faces due to the economic downturn.
Intel added warnings in its quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about how the deteriorating economic conditions worldwide may negatively affect its business.
Executives in the mobile industry said that the economic downturn will probably make mobile developers less likely to target enterprise users.
The economic downturn will probably slow down the development of new mobile enterprise applications, even as changes in the mobile industry are making it easier for developers, said executives at a mobile conference in Seattle on Monday.
