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Technology sector to rev up IPO recovery
News IT firms and emerging markets including China, India and Brazil, will lead recovery of public listing activities, finds new survey on global investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Survey, U.S., Business Strategies & Functions, India, Technology Sector, IPO, Investor, oil & gas
More malware per spam e-mail last month
News Proportion of malware-infected spam rose nine times between August and September this year, according to new Symantec report.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., U.S., India, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Spam, E-mail Message
Green electronics EPEAT registry goes global
News EPEAT certification, which rates electronics on a variety of environmental factors, will be available to tech gear sold outside the United States.
Tags: Green IT, Electronics, Registry, computer, monitor, agency, sustainability, manufacturer, New Zealand, director
IBM bets on Brazilian innovation
News Big Blue's new initiative to stimulate development of Brazil's nascent tech industry is the latest sign of the country's rising power.
Tags: Hardware, Consumer Technology, IBM Corp., India, Training, Innovation, venture capital, entrepreneur, China, private equity
Seeing into the future with IT
Insight newsmaker Chakib Bouhdary, SAP chief value officer, on how the economic downturn is changing CEOs' decisions and technology choices in business today.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Leadership, SAP AG, Asia, Chinese company, CEO, China, finance, acquisition, Brazil
Emerging markets face higher cyberthreat risk
News China and India are among those with a high share of global bots, but Turkey is most vulnerable to Web malware, says new report from MessageLabs.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Data security, PC security, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Security, Mobile, Domain, cyberthreats
Study: Cybercriminals cashing in on economic slide
News McAfee says as governments face economic hardships, the fight against cybercrime is slipping further in funding and support.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Business security, Security Management, Cybercriminal, Monster, Cybercrime, Sales, Sales Manager, Computer
Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut
News A new survey shows that more software developers in India are choosing Orkut over Facebook and MySpace.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Software engineering/development, Google Inc., India, Orkut.com, Programmer, Evans Data Corp., software programmer, social networking
Brazil appeals ISO ratification of OOXML
News The country has joined South Africa in appealing the ISO decision to ratify Office Open XML as ISO/IEC DIS 29500.
Tags: XML, Standards, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Open Source, blog, ISO, Microsoft Office, Standards
Mobile to weather world financial storm
News Thanks to "spectacular' growth in China and India, the mobile industry will continue its upward trajectory in spite of global financial crisis, says analyst.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile applications, Mobile, India, phone, International Telecommunications Union, performance, Russia, financial, Mobile Phone Industry
HSBC begins global TelePresence rollout
News The bank expects Cisco's videoconferencing system to save money and cut air travel by millions of miles.
Tags: Banking, Next-generation technology/networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Hong Kong, Environment, Dubai, Silicon.com, Cisco TelePresence, bank
Cisco study highlights data loss risks worldwide
News Survey focuses on employees and cultural differences in 10 countries that could lead to data leakage.
Tags: Data Management, Security, Employee, Physical Security, India, Cisco Systems Inc., phone, Germany, data protection, workplace
Nokia sees boost in handset sales
News The Finnish mobile-phone maker beat analysts' expectation for second-quarter earnings, increasing its market share to about 40 percent.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Earning reports/forecasts, Quarter, India, Sales, unit growth, Touch Screen, phone, Russia
Report: Facebook is beating MySpace worldwide
News For the first time, the Mark Zuckerberg-founded social network has passed its bigger corporate rival in global visitors--but it still lags behind in the United States.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, MySpace, Google Inc., Site, India, social networking, Facebook, ComScore Networks Inc., Silicon Valley
India emerging as low-cost development hub
News With over 650 R&D centers and a market hungry for technology, the country is fast churning out high-tech products that are low on price, say market players.
Tags: R&D, India, job, Bangalore, China, talent, desktop, Indian company, R&D, Swati Prasad
