http://www.silicon.com Results for downturn en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39661661,00.htm Despite the cost-cutting forced on many organisations by the recession, pay packets for the IT management team have held up - and for some even grown. According to the exclusive silicon.com 2009 Skills Survey a greater proportion of IT cheifs are... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/virtualisation/virtualisation-real-life-tales-of-how-to-get-it-right-39661656.htm Zahl Limbuwala, chair of the British Computer Society datacentre specialist group says some of the coolness towards virtualisation is down to the economic downturn making any new IT projects harder to execute. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817417p,00.htm Following the financial services turmoil in September, it can see how the bursting of the credit bubble has caused a severe economic downturn with major repercussions across the world. Yet the "Credit Crunch" actually started in 2007 and the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817431p,00.htm Prior to the downturn, superior performance enabled hedge fund managers to diffuse investor requests for greater transparency in risk management practices. It has long been accepted that risk management is a core competency for generating absolute... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817455p,00.htm While IT departments are always under some level of pressure to deliver more functionality with fewer resources, the economic downturn has put IT departments into an even more difficult position in 2009. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813096p,00.htm In this white paper, it presents opportunities that will allow one to maintain IT value as it relates to network security and prepare for a rapid cycle of future IT investment, even while in the midst of a difficult economic downturn. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813051p,00.htm How, then, can organizations ensure their applications are secure, and avoid the cost and public relations fallout - not to mention stock price downturn - inherent in issuing numerous security patches, or worse, having to explain to consumers and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812981p,00.htm While phishing, identity theft, malware and hackers are capturing the headlines, physical threats to Financial Institutions (FIs) are steadily rising, propelled by the economic downturn. Reducing risk through effective security measures is at the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60786511p,00.htm As companies brace for more bumps in the economic downturn, many organisations are indiscriminately cutting costs. This IDC White Paper explores 3 tangible areas that IT departments should investigate to help strategise cost reduction during the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60766359p,00.htm Your budget's being slashed due to the downturn in the economy, but you're being told to keep service levels high. These days, it's tough being part of an IT organization. How do you balance a smaller bottom line with demands for high service levels? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:22:31 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/green-it/keeping-it-green-in-tough-times-39554595.htm But where companies have not made such a commitment prior to the downturn however, the tougher economic conditions may have put more of a brake on the progress of green initiatives. Verdantix's Metcalfe agreed telepresence technology has remained a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39588863,00.htm In the long term, the costs of sticking with XP outweigh those of moving to Windows 7 - even in the downturn companies will be looking to upgrade. With software spending down 16.5 per cent year-on-year, Windows 7's launch tomorrow will see it enter... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:03:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39588858,00.htm Before the downturn, green IT - or environmentally sustainable computing - was one of the common threads on CIO agendas. In good times and bad, green IT deserves a spot on the CIO agenda. Stuart Roberts explains how to get it right. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60692256p,00.htm The economic downturn is forcing businesses to tighten their belts and look for more efficient channels. Using the Internet as a business channel, and sometimes even the only channel, is becoming more prevalent. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:11:24 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39563426,00.htm The downturn has certainly diminished the matrimonial prospects of employees in a recession-hit outsourcing industry, and many are calling off searches and delaying wedding celebrations. Economic hard times are causing Indian outsourcing workers to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:14:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39559859,00.htm Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den judge James Caan explains how to shape up your business through the downturn. Recessions don't need to be a time of doom and gloom. IT is more fundamental to businesses today than in any previous recession. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39554596,00.htm If IT departments were reluctant to move to Mac OS due to its associated costs before the downturn hit, their recession-squeezed tech budgets have made sure that any big hardware or software shifts are now even less likely. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:14:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39553021,00.htm CIOs' reluctance to invest in new technology is unsurprising given the ongoing downturn, however - with European enterprises decreasing their 2009 IT operating budgets by two per cent and IT capital budgets by one per cent according to Forrester... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:27:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721511p,00.htm In this economic downturn, many ICT (Information and Communications Technology) managers are grappling with hard choices regarding cost-cutting measures in their enterprise ICT architechture. However, some enterprises have realized unexpected... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/chris-hyman-39547916.htm There is little sign of the economic downturn impacting on the fortunes of Chris Hyman's Serco Group. By August of this year the support services company had seen its half-yearly revenues grow to £1.95bn, an increase of more than 20 per cent over... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:07:04 +0000