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1. Online Advertising in U.S. Declines in Q1

   [ Summary ] Topic: Advertising and Marketing | Date Published: 06/05/2009

   In its first year-to-year drop since 2002, online advertising in the U.S. was down 5 percent compared to the first quarter in 2008. This report spells bad news for companies that are mainly supported by online advertising. However, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers both...

2. Price Cuts Won’t Hurt Apple’s Margins

   [ Summary ] Topic: Cost Containment | Date Published: 06/09/2009

   At its developers’ conference on Monday, Apple announced price cuts on several of its products, including iPhones and laptops. But because the company has managed to secure very low market prices for device components, those price cuts aren’t likely to hurt the company’s profits....

3. Survey: IT Managers to Maintain Current Budgets

   [ Summary ] Topic: Cost Containment | Date Published: 06/29/2009

   Echo Research released a survey of 200 IT executives, showing that 40 percent of the respondents plan to keep their IT budgets the same this year. The report also indicates that 77 percent of those IT managers believe that cost reductions are the most important issue to their business.

4. Fewer Tech Jobs Lost in Q2, Year Total Still High

   [ Summary ] Topic: Reduction in Force | Date Published: 07/14/2009

   The second quarter of 2009 showed that tech job losses had slowed, but the number of tech layoffs as of mid-2009 is still high at nearly 120,000. Analysts have speculated that the results could point to a turnaround for the tech industry.

5. During Recession, Outsourcing Still Cost-Effective

   [ Summary ] Topic: BPO | Date Published: 08/25/2009

   Companies still confined by tight financial budgets are more and more turning to outsourcing for cost-effective, budget friendly IT. One sector of such outsourcing that is experiencing growth surge is business process outsourcing (BPO), which includes offshoring and domestic outsourcing.

6. Tech Market Hiring to Be Conservative for Remainder of 2009

   [ Summary ] Topic: Staff Recruiting and Retention | Date Published: 09/02/2009

   Although the tech sector has been faring better than other job markets this year, the Robert Half Technology Hiring Index says that hiring for this industry is expected to remain “conservative” through the end of the year. Companies are still watching budgets through the end of the...

7. SOA in a Possible Recession

   [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 01/16/2008

   This blog post discusses the prospects for service-oriented architecture projects amid a possible recession. This blogger suggests there won't be as much bloat to cut if a recession hits as in the past. He believes SOA projects might be delayed, but not permanently derailed.

8. Catapult Ejects Deloitte & Touche

   [ Summary ] Topic: Legislation and Regulation | Date Published: 02/06/2008

   Not only did Catapult Communications dump Deloitte & Touche as its accounting firm, but it also shared the reason why. By switching from the Big Four firm to smaller Stonefield Josephson, Catapult stands to save 43 percent to 49 percent in accounting expenses this year.

9. Survey Indicates Recession Already Under Way

   [ Summary ] Topic: Budgeting | Date Published: 03/17/2008

   ChangeWave research concludes that the U.S. economy has already entered a recession. Its survey revealed a downturn in first-quarter sales, negative capital spending, reduced second-quarter visibility and an increase in canceled orders.

10. SOA and the Economy

    [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 06/05/2008

    It appears current economic conditions have had no major impact on service-oriented architecture projects or initiatives. A consensus of industry analysts was that SOA will rise or fall on its own merits, not because of the economy.

11. British Airways Benefits from Sarbox Re-Route

    [ Summary ] Topic: Cost Containment | Date Published: 06/20/2008

    British Airways claims it slashed 30 percent of its audit bill as a result of delisting from the New York Stock Exchange and avoiding Sarbanes-Oxley last year. This year the company spent approximately $6 million in audit fees compared to the nearly $8.5 million it spent when dealing with...

12. Finding Opportunity During Economic Meltdown

    [ Summary ] Topic: Cost Containment | Date Published: 10/02/2008

    Analysts believe system integrators and consultants will fare well during the financial crisis, as well as vendors that offer solutions for governance, cost and profitability analysis, and data integration. Meanwhile, pay-as-you-go services and new projects will be put on the back burner.