Gareth Morgan

Recent articles by Gareth Morgan

Allure of outsourcing continues to grow

Allure of outsourcing continues to grow

Upping use for IT and business processes.
Gareth Morgan Aug 3 2009 7:09AM Strategy
Customers demand better online banking

Customers demand better online banking

Will desert banks without more personal online service.
Gareth Morgan Jul 25 2009 7:34AM Financial Services
Recession results in outsourcing inertia

Recession results in outsourcing inertia

Too hard to change to cheaper provider.
Gareth Morgan Jun 29 2009 6:00AM Strategy
Market forces drive innovation at Axa

Market forces drive innovation at Axa

Before taking on a project, the insurance giant’s IT team must show it can outperform external providers.
Gareth Morgan Jun 13 2009 6:55AM Hardware
Framework promises blueprint for IT success

Framework promises blueprint for IT success

In the early part of this decade when Martin Curley, global director of innovation at Intel was looking for a framework that could cover the entire spectrum of IT activities, he couldn't find anything suitable.
Gareth Morgan Jun 8 2009 7:46AM Software
Analyst blasts software support costs

Analyst blasts software support costs

Forrester Research is advising companies to pressure their software suppliers to lower their maintenance charges, accusing vendors of persisting with "customer-unfriendly practices that wouldn't be accepted in other spheres".
Gareth Morgan May 14 2009 6:23AM Software
Transformation initiatives to target the data centre

Transformation initiatives to target the data centre

More than eight out of 10 enterprises will embark on datacentre transformation projects in 2009, as the need to cut costs and minimise business risks intensifies
Gareth Morgan Dec 19 2008 6:21AM Hardware
Microsoft announces online shake-up

Microsoft announces online shake-up

Software giant Microsoft has announced a major restructuring, which will see it splitting Windows from its online business, as well as the departure of Kevin Johnson, who was president of the Platforms and Services division.
Gareth Morgan Jul 25 2008 9:29AM Software
Gartner predicts rise in services spending

Gartner predicts rise in services spending

Analyst firm Gartner has predicted that spending on IT services will rise by 9.5 per cent in 2008, but it warned that business leaders are increasingly seeing outsourcing solely as a means to cut costs.
Gareth Morgan Jul 25 2008 9:29AM Software
Microsoft: Yahoo came crawling

Microsoft: Yahoo came crawling

Microsoft has issued a statement to challenge what it sees as inaccuracies in Yahoo's version of its most recent takeover talks. The move highlights the increasing poisonous relationship between the two firms.
Gareth Morgan Jul 16 2008 9:47AM Software
Yahoo spurns Microsoft-Icahn offer

Yahoo spurns Microsoft-Icahn offer

Yahoo's management board has rejected a further proposal for its search business from Microsoft, made in conjunction with activist shareholder Carl Icahn.
Gareth Morgan Jul 15 2008 4:37PM Software
Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans

Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans

Open source software firm Red Hat is to release its own virtualisation hypervisor, capable of hosting both its Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
Gareth Morgan Jun 20 2008 11:47AM Software
World leaders warned on imminent internet seizure

World leaders warned on imminent internet seizure

Experts speaking at international ministerial conference this week warned that urgent action was needed to prevent the internet becoming irrevocably gummed up.
Gareth Morgan Jun 19 2008 11:54AM Security
Replay aims to pinpoint code faults

Replay aims to pinpoint code faults

Replay Solutions will today release its new tool, ReplayDirector for Java EE, which allows firms to slash the costs of application deployment.
Gareth Morgan Jun 17 2008 3:49PM Software
IronPort exposes the A$166m online drugs business

IronPort exposes the A$166m online drugs business

Murky world of online pharmaceuticals laid bare in IronPort research.
Gareth Morgan Jun 13 2008 10:00AM Security
SAP readies CRM All-in-One

SAP readies CRM All-in-One

Business applications titan SAP has released a customer relationship management (CRM) module for medium-sized firms.
Gareth Morgan May 21 2008 1:32PM Software
HP extends mobile thin client range

HP extends mobile thin client range

HP has introduced a smaller and lighter version of its mobile thin client device as it ramps up its desktop virtualisation offerings.
Gareth Morgan May 20 2008 3:35PM Networking
Half of all businesses admit to IT project cancellations

Half of all businesses admit to IT project cancellations

New research has suggested that nearly half of firms have recently canned IT related projects before completion.
Gareth Morgan May 20 2008 3:35PM Strategy
SAP struggles with hosted ERP

SAP struggles with hosted ERP

Business software giant SAP is slowing down the rollout of its new hosted applications, as it struggles to reign-in the operating costs of the service.
Gareth Morgan May 5 2008 2:09PM Software
Amazon beefs up cloud computing storage

Amazon beefs up cloud computing storage

Online retailer Amazon is to add persistent storage features to its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) hosted service, making it more reliable.
Gareth Morgan Apr 16 2008 11:59AM Storage

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