Economy

Fast-Growing PayPal Cuts Jobs

PayPal will cut nearly 3 percent of its workforce as president David Marcus looks to speed up product development

12 years ago

Analyst Links Elections To Decline In US IT Spending

Weak third-quarter earnings by Intel, IBM, Microsoft and others are due in part to business uncertainty surrounding the US' 6…

12 years ago

Gartner: Big Data To Create 4.4 Million Jobs

Gartner has predicted a 3.8 percent increase in global IT spending next year, with one of the main beneficiaries being…

12 years ago

Gartner Raises Forecast For Public Cloud Services

The market for subscription web services is now expected to grow 19.6 percent this year to $109bn worldwide, with business…

12 years ago

IDC: Cloud Services To Create IT Jobs

Cloud computing services will help to create millions of new jobs over the next few years, according to a Microsoft-commissioned…

13 years ago

IDC: Tech Spending To Rise In 2012

IT spending grew by 5 percent in 2011 as businesses invested in infrastructure, new software and mobile devices

13 years ago

EC Calls For European Copyright Revamp

European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes has argued that current copyright system is not working

13 years ago

Thai Floods, Economy To Hurt Chip Shipments

Analysts are scaling back their Q4 chip forecasts due to the Thailand floods and gloomy economic outlook

13 years ago

Study Points To SMB Optimism For Future

Owners of small businesses remain optimistic despite the bleak outlook about the global economy

13 years ago

Study: Cloud To Drive Major IT Spend

Spending by public cloud service providers will grow at a sharp rate over the next few years, according to IDC

13 years ago

Government To Fund Graphene Research Hub

Wonder-material graphene will get its own £50m research hub as part of the government's IT investment package

13 years ago

Recession Saps Data Centre Power Growth

Data centre power usage has expanded significantly less than expected - due to the economic crisis

13 years ago

US Debt Debate Prompts IT Spending Warning

Forrester is warning of a possible IT spending slowdown due to the ongoing US deficit debate

13 years ago

SMB Optimism Slides Amid Economy Fears

A study has found that optimism among small businesses remains in short supply over trading fears

13 years ago

SMB Confidence Holds Steady, Survey Finds

Business optimism is holding steady, especially within the small business segment a survey has found

13 years ago

UK Firms Fined £2.2m For Software Piracy

The BSA doubled its take from 'negligent' UK businesses in 2010, with help from disgruntled employees

14 years ago

PM Helps Launch ‘StartUp Britain’ Scheme For Entrepreneurs

The StartUp Britain initiative offers discounts on products and services for new UK businesses

14 years ago

UK’s SMEs Look On The Bright Side, Says Cisco

Smaller UK businesses believe they will drive the UK's economic recovery this year, according to a Cisco survey

14 years ago

Cloud Computing To Boost European Recovery

Cloud computing will generate billions of pounds in revenues and cost savings for European organisations, according to an EMC report

14 years ago

Microsoft To Create 1,000 London Apprenticeships

Young unemployed people will become tech support apprentices at Microsoft, says Boris Johnson

14 years ago

SMBs Facing 2011 With Optimism

Small to medium businesses are optimistic about their business prospects in 2011, and more importantly, they are hiring

14 years ago

UK Firms Maintain R&D Spend In Economic Downturn

The UK has cut research, but far less than other countries, says a government report

14 years ago