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Thai ICT minister vows to curb rogue sites
News Thailand's new information and communications technology (ICT) minister places top priority on blocking Web sites criticizing the monarchy.
Tags: Politics, Cable, Web sites, Telecommunications, Information And Communication Technology, radio frequency, Cable, allocation, asset, industry
Virtualized storage, servers go hand-in-hand
News Real savings in data centers can only be realized by tapping on a combination of server and storage virtualization, says NetApp CEO and Chairman Dan Warmenhoven.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Data centers, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Storage, Server, Symantec Corp., asset, data center
Innovation essential despite downturn
News Asia-Pacific CIOs must balance innovation with frugality, while creating a direct link between IT and the organization's revenue in 2009, Gartner says.
Tags: Innovation, Business models, Decision-making, Cost control, Green IT, Virtualization, Asia-Pacific, Innovation, Cloud Computing, Gartner Inc.
SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal
News An appeals court rules that a judge was hasty in deciding Novell didn't sell Unix copyrights to SCO Group.
Tags: Business applications, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Novell Inc., Bankruptcy, payment, CEO, Linux, asset, agreement
When governments don't look back, in anger history returns
Blogs I had hosted a roundtable dialog in April 2001 that included Neil Montefiore, then-CEO of MobileOne (M1). In the midst o...
More questions than answers on Google Books
News Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, Settlement, Class Action, financial, knowledge, asset, University of California at Berkeley, director, Data Management
Yahoo dips into US$9 range
News Shares have not been this low in more than five years. Yahoo's next concern will be a drop to US$5, a price that automatically forces institutional investors to jump ship.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Range, Yahoo! Inc., Stock, stock price, News.com, asset, Internet, blog
AMD faces US$50M bill for restructuring
News Cost-cutting measures mean the chipmaker, which has lost ground to Intel, will have a multimillion-dollar outlay in the first three months of this year.
Tags: Processors, Financial, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., employee benefit, Chip Company, microprocessor, restructuring plan, asset
AMD sells mobile tech to Qualcomm
News Qualcomm is acquiring some of AMD's mobile graphics and multimedia technology, along with specialist AMD employees, in a US$65M deal.
Tags: Handhelds, Mobile processors, Processors, Employee policy/training, Qualcomm Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Broadcom Corp., Manufacturing, Graphics
Report: Insiders a greater threat to data leaks
News Final report based on a survey, commissioned by Cisco, on insider risks finds personal use of work devices--not stolen laptops--contributes more to leaking of corporate data.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Security, E-waste, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Device, IT Professional, Survey, USB Flash Drive
Muvee virtualizes to stretch server resources
News Singapore-based video software maker implements virtualization to maximize its limited resources, in order to support a rapidly-growing video portal.
Tags: Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Singapore, software company, VMware Inc., Muvee, Server, Hardware, asset
PayPal president: No spinoff
News Payment site's Scott Thompson dispels the notion that eBay, with plans to spin off Skype, will follow suit with its other major subsidiary.
Tags: E-commerce, E-business, Skype Technologies S.A., PayPal, eBay Inc., Stock, payment, asset, private equity, president
Five ways IT departments can win in a crisis
News CIOs need to revise their IT strategies in the downturn to adapt to long-term sustainability, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Tags: IT Management, IT Services, Telecommunications, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, strategic sourcing, CIO, organizational structure, business intelligence, software, asset
Motorola's fourth-quarter loss hits US$3.6B
News Trouble in the company's Mobile Devices segment was a significant factor in the loss. Overall revenue of US$7.1 billion was down 26 percent year-on-year.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Handhelds, Smart phones, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Mobile Device, Sales, Forecasting, financial
Firms turn to consumer goods for productivity
News The line between personal and enterprise tools may be blurring as organizations turn to consumer products to help them in the workplace.
Tags: Consumer Technology, IBM Corp., Ovum, Mobile, Smart Phone, IBM Lotus Notes, Standards, Consumerization, e-mail, asset
