Year: 2008

  • 5 Ways to Capture More MDF

    5 Ways to Capture More MDF

    Kathleen A. Martin

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    With the swipe of a pen last week, American Express suddenly transformed itself from a credit card holding company to a bank, making itself eligible for about $25 billion of that federal bailout fund. I am sure all of us thought about how to become a financial institution to claim our share of Washington’s $700… Read more

  • Getting Closer to Customers with BI

    Getting Closer to Customers with BI

    Lawrence Walsh

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    What is going to carry the tech community through this recession? Will it be better and more innovative products?   Will it be managed and hosted services?   Or will it be something more intangible, such as customer relationships and satisfaction?   The answer is a little of all three. The one that stands out,… Read more

  • Citrix Online, Cisco Differ on Telepresence Future

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers predicts that consumer versions of his company’s high-definition telepresence systems will hit the home/consumer market within a year. "What you’re going to see is, over the next 12 to 15 months … high-definition capabilities for TelePresence into the home," Chambers told reporters last week. Chambers reported he has one of… Read more

  • IT Decision-Makers Turn Attention to Cost Containment

    Jessica Davis

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    IT decision-makers at U.S. corporations believe 2009 company performance will be better than 2008. That’s according to new forecasting trend information gleaned from the most recent CDW IT Monitor poll of more than 1,000 IT decision makers. Now a year into its CDW IT Monitor survey of IT decision maker sentiment, the survey can offer… Read more

  • Sun Chief Calls Layoffs Difficult but Necessary

    Lawrence Walsh

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    In a video posted on his corporate Web site, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz described the decision to reorganize the high-end hardware and software vendor and lay off nearly 6,000 workers as a difficult but necessary decision for the future of the company. “Our customers are facing very difficult conditions,” Schwartz said. “They too are… Read more

  • Sun Flames 6,000 Workers in Cost-Cutting Bid

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Sun Microsystems announced this morning that it will lay off as many as 6,000 workers and realign its software division–which includes the widely used Java platform–in an effort to stem costs amid the economic downturn. Sun recently announced a $1.68 billion loss for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. It was a huge reversal from the… Read more