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  4 ways CIOs can get outsourcers to focus on business value

  When it comes to cutting costs, outsourcing is delivering the goods, according to the State of Outsourcing 2011 survey conducted by analyst firm HfS Research in conjunction with The Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics. Of 1,135 survey respondents (which included outsourcing buyers, providers and analysts), 95 per cent agreed outsourcing was an effective way to reduce operational costs.

  By Stephanie Overby | 03 June, 2011 04:56

  Tags: business, business issues, business value, cost cutting, HfS Research, innovation, Management Topics, Management Topics | Outsourcing, outsourcing, Phil Fersht, services

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  Most IT directors look to SOA to cut costs

  The majority of businesses will embrace Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in an effort to cut costs, a new survey has revealed.

  By Anh Nguyen | 06 April, 2010 06:01

  Tags: cost cutting, IT costs, soa, software AG

• Vodafone, dependent on voice, set for more cost cuts

  Despite increased profit in the first half of its fiscal year, Vodafone has decided to double its planned cost reductions, the operator said on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 11 November, 2009 08:44

  Tags: cost cutting, mobile services, revenue, Vodafone

Whitepapers about cost cutting

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  There is a new, multifactor authentication approach that not only strengthens identity authentication but does so in a way that does not introduce the burdensome cost, user inconvenience, and administrative complexity that have limited the adoption of multi-factor authentication by small and mid-sized businesses.

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  How to Manage the Data Center Power Problem