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Master data management sees resurgence

Renewed interest, demand for MDM as companies scurry to reestablish control over data and ensure sound business sense and decisions based on data insights.

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Freemium model faces biz, IPO challenges

Companies offering services for free face difficulties such as inconsistent performance metrics and moving customers to paid model, note market analysts, who add that these will affect IPO feasibility of such businesses.

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Cloud BI has benefits, but no strong biz case yet

Cloud-based business intelligence tools offer benefits but still lack real business driver, say analysts, who advise enterprises to evaluate cost savings before adopting such services.

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Biz needs desire, tenacity to repel targeted attacks

Many companies' security regimes "too easy" for hackers to breach and should increase sophistication and resilience in dealing with targeted attacks, say insiders.

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Ultrabooks' enterprise fate down to price

Enterprise users, particularly mobile workers, will appreciate ultrabooks' portability, connectivity and functionality, but high price could dampen demand, analysts say.

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Master data management sees resurgence

Renewed interest, demand for MDM as companies scurry to reestablish control over data and ensure sound business sense and decisions based on data insights.

1 day ago in Software by Jamie Yap Comment

MasterCard launches S'pore R&D hub

Payment giant unveils new headquarters which it says will manage intellectual property and brand management, as well as leverage S'pore strengths in R&D and innovation, to develop payment offerings.

1 day ago in Business by Ellyne Phneah Comment

Don't blame the pirates when they have no access to legal content

As I caught up with my relatives over our annual lunar new year gatherings earlier this week, I was asked a question that had popped up many times before: "How do I download music on iTunes?"

And the answer has always.....

1 day ago in B.T.W by Eileen Yu Comment

Write an advanced Excel data import with Agile Platform

Justin James explains how to create a data import for Excel in Agile Platform. He states the process is much faster than using third-party components in .NET code.

1 day ago in Web Development by Justin James Comment

NEC cuts 10K jobs in restructuring

Japanese IT vendor says move will cut costs and lower forecasted losses as company battles competition from Apple and in local IT infrastructure business.

1 day ago in Business by Ellyne Phneah Comment

Bangladesh sets up cybercrime watchdog

New entity set up by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will monitor mobile phone, Web site and social networking sites for "harmful" activities, according to reports.

1 day ago in Internet by Liau Yun Qing Comment

Intel pays $120M for video patents, software

Intel buys more video clout with "foundational" patents and next-generation encoding software. Video is spreading to every sort of gadget, and is a market with abundant patent challenges.

1 day ago in Business by Stephen Shankland Comment

Yahoo looks for ways to shed Japanese namesake

Company reportedly trying to get the deal done without being forced to pay as much as US$4 billion in taxes.

1 day ago in Internet by Don Reisinger Comment

Nokia posts $1.5B loss for 2011

Finnish phonemaker suffers severe losses despite sale of over a million Lumia devices, products which CEO Stephen Elop says will be company's main thrust for coming year.

1 day ago in Communications by Jamie Yap Comment

Twitter to censor content in some countries

In move that signals change from previous stance, microblogging site will block tweets in certain countries, if and when required, instead of removing content globally to meet "contours of freedom of expression" in foreign nations.

1 day ago in Internet by Jamie Yap Comment

Freemium model faces biz, IPO challenges

2 days ago in Business by Ellyne Phneah Comment

Navigating the cloud computing legal minefield

Tajudeen Abubakr lists the specific questions that you need to have answered by your provider before you commit data to a public cloud service.

2 days ago in Enterprise Servers & Storage by Tajudeen Abubakr Comment

How to selectively use clip art components using PowerPoint

See part of a clip art file that you like? Insert it into PowerPoint and use its tools to separate the objects and use them individually.

2 days ago in Microsoft Office Suite by Susan Harkins Comment

India refutes claims of Web censorship

Indian minister says country will not block any online content unless it flouts Indian laws; adds that censorship debate has blown out of proportion.

2 days ago in Internet by Jamie Yap Comment

Elpida, Micron, Nanya merger talks reach final stage

Japan, U.S. and Taiwan semiconductor giants in last phase of merger negotiation, where combined entity could have second largest share of global DRAM market, beating South Korean chipmakers, according to report.

2 days ago in Hardware by Ellyne Phneah Comment

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I agree with about 95% of the blog. In fact, I pretty much agree with everything except: "you can't really blame the pirates for pirating...

15 hours ago by wordsmth on Don't blame the pirates when they have no access to legal content

This very true, unfortunately the police are cleaning out all the pirate stores here, and now I am downloading torrents. Supply and price...

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My #1 need has to be cheap mobile data while travelling, closely followed by better battery life. The survey is spot on. Typically when ...

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