Cost Savings

Scottish Water awards £28m IT transformation contract to Fujitsu

webitpr — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:23:48 -0500

Fujitsu Services, one of Europe’s leading IT services companies, today announced it had secured a contract with Scottish Water in an 8 year deal worth £28m to supply service desk support and infrastructure services as well as desktop managed services. The project will support over 4,000 employees based all over Scotland including its HQ in Dunfermline and its offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Livingston, plus engineers and support staff working remotely.

Cajasol Signs 42.3 Million Euro, Four-Year Agreement With IBM

harminka — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:56:13 -0600

Cajasol, the financial institution established by the merger of Caja San Fernando and El Monte, has signed a four-year, 42.3 million euro-contract with IBM (NYSE: IBM) that will help the savings bank to reach the business goals of the merger and achieve its growth objectives.

HP Advances Flexibility, Efficiency of Blades Across Data Center

harminka — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:29:30 -0600

HP today announced virtualization and power management technologies that help customers streamline IT operations to realize dramatic cost savings, increased flexibility and improved energy efficiency.

J.B. Hunt Selects IBM Software to Streamline, Automate Business Processes

harminka — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:26:39 -0500

IBM Information on Demand Conference -- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) software for an innovative way to help streamline its business processes for improved customer service and cost savings.

Controlling prescription drug expenditures

harminka — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:12:09 -0500

As national spending on prescription drugs rose faster than any other segment of health care spending, the health plan at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center was able to maintain constant spending, resulting in savings of more than $6.6 million over three years.

Mentor Graphics: Product Support for New ARM Cortex-M1 Processor

Nymphadora — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:27:57 -0500

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced product support for the ARM Cortex-M1 processor - the first ARM processor designed specifically for implementation on field programmable gate arrays.

IBM Mainframe and Linux Can Lower Customer Costs

Nymphadora — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:52:08 -0500

The IBM System z mainframe is a powerful platform for consolidating distributed UNIX/Linux applications and offers users "potential cost savings, productivity gains and improved utilization rates through capabilities such as virtualization and security and systems management," according to IT analyst Forrester.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Bolsters Cypress Care's Rapid Growth

Nymphadora — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:45:14 -0500

Pharmacy benefits manager Cypress Care Inc. is expanding the IT engine on which it built its fast-growing business with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.