Open source needs successful champions
Open source industry needs profitable proponents to illustrate success, attract funding and encourage participation, says Red Hat CEO.
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Open source,
Linux server OS
3FA not priority for Asian banks, regulators
Banks in region still ironing out two-factor authentication rollouts and unlikely to implement additional authentication layer just yet, says analyst.
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Authentication and encryption,
Data security,
Security applications/tools,
Security Management
Wi-Fi-free iPhone officially lands in China
While China saw nothing near the frenzy of the first iPhone launch day in the U.S., crowds there did honor the tradition of lining up for the phone hours in advance. But price--and a lack of Wi-Fi--could prove a deterrent.
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802.11/Wi-Fi,
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Tis season to be shopping online, at work
Employees plan to spend 14.4 hours shopping online from work computers during this year-end festivities, highlighting need to keep systems secure, study finds.
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Business security,
IT training,
Web sites
Asia sees jump in hiring expectations
Companies in most sectors optimistic about new hires, as HR priorities--especially in IT and telecoms--focus on developing and retaining talent, finds new report.
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Recruiting,
Employee communications,
IT training
Green Dam enforcement watered down
China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
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Web 2.0,
Web sites,
Business applications,
Government,
Personal Computers
Asia is WiMax's best bet
Region holds "best prospects" for adoption of wireless technology, but China's backing of 3G dampens WiMax's chances of success, says Frost & Sullivan.
China Web clampdown ahead of anniversary
Reports suggest the Chinese government has been taking more steps to censor the Internet in the run-up to celebrations of 60 years of the republic.
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Web sites,
Web 2.0,
Business Strategies & Functions,
Data Management
Device ecosystem crucial to TD-SCDMA growth
Symbian's recent vote of support for TD-SCDMA is expected to boost the Chinese 3G standard, but real growth will come after 2012, says analyst.
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3G (Third Generation),
Mobile applications
Baidu CEO touts growth of China's search engine
Robin Li tells Stanford students to embrace tough decisions when running a startup, in discussion that centered on entrepreneurship in the tough Chinese market.
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Web sites,
Web 2.0,
Search
World's outsourcing revenue worth $373B
Global market will grow 14.4 percent by year-end, led by top performers India, China and the Philippines, which will account for 77.6 percent of total revenue.
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IT outsourcing,
Outsourcing
Google, Zoho challenge Microsoft abroad, too
In India and China, upstarts aim to erode Microsoft's dominance by delivering business productivity software that's cheaper and more accessible.
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Business applications,
Web sites
Apple lands deal to sell iPhone in China
China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone into the massive market in the fourth quarter--but with Wi-Fi disabled.
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Cellular phones
China biz software sector to be Asia's largest
Country's enterprise software market is projected to expand at annual growth rate of 18 percent to reach US$9.4 billion in 2012, new study reports.
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Business applications,
IT budgeting
Overland cable connects India and China
Reliance Globalcom's new terrestrial cable connecting India and China, aims to reduce latency and provide redundancy in case of subsea cable break.
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Bandwidth,
Networking technology,
Disaster recovery
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