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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.
Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices
Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.
Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices
This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »December 10, 2008 — IDG News Service —
Sales for the month of November slowed for the world's two largest contract chip makers as the global economic downturn bites the semiconductor industry.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) on Wednesday reported its worst monthly sales result in over three years.
November consolidated sales at the world's largest contract chip maker fell to NT$20.6 billion (US$615.2 million), down 34 percent compared to the same month last year and 30 percent lower than October.
The company's main rival in the foundry chip business, United Microelectronics (UMC), reported net sales in November fell to NT$6.02 billion, down 33 percent compared to the same month last year and lower than October's NT$7.91 billion.
UMC also lowered its fourth quarter earnings guidance, blaming weak chip demand on global economic woes.
The chip maker lowered its fourth quarter revenue target to between NT$18.2 billion and NT$18.7 billion from a mid-point of NT$19.5 billion previously. The company also reduced its gross profit margin target to between 7 percent and 9 percent.
TSMC lowered its fourth quarter financial guidance last week.