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S'pore SMBs see disaster recovery plans as luxury
News Local small and midsize firms diligent in data backup but still need to do more to safeguard business and customer data, survey finds.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Security, Business, Disaster Recovery, H1N1 flu, Survey, Disaster Recovery Planning, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Indonesia
S'pore firm not gaga over Google Apps
News Google launches marketing campaign to drive adoption of office suite, but one Singapore company has concerns over security and lack of formatting capabilities.
Tags: Cloud computing, Business, Google Inc., Cloud, DSC, Microsoft Corp., CEO, software, Wong, Cloud computing
Indian SMBs to spend US$48M on UC
News Country's small and midsize businesses will spend 80 percent of unified communications budget on Web conference and instant messaging tools, notes new study.
Tags: Business, Networking technology, Communications, Open Source, India, Supplier, IP, Tool, Small And Medium Business, On-demand
Developed SMBs to increase IT services spend
News IT services expenditure among small and midsize firms in Australia, Korea and Japan will grow 10 percent from 2009 to 2013, says AMI.
Tags: Business, Services, Business, Information Technology, IT Services, Services, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Japan, Korea
Asean CIOs list biz intelligence top priority
News Some 87 percent of CIOs in region see business intelligence and analytics as top priority, finds IBM study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business, Business development/management, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Survey, Asean, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions
Microsoft backtracks on free Office Live domains
News Software maker started charging new customers for domain renewals last year, but had told early customers domains would be registered for free "in perpetuity".
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web services, Business, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Web servers, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Domain Name, Domain, Small Business, e-mail
Private-sale shopping sites are hot
News Saddled with unsold merchandise amid the recession, makers of luxury goods are selling their wares through members-only shopping sites.
Tags: Business, Business plans, Business development/management, E-business, Shopping Site, GSI Commerce Inc., home furnishing, Business, Business plans, Vente-Privee.com
Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion
News Online electronics retailer Newegg announces an initial public offering worth US$175 million, with plans to use proceeds to, among other things, expand its international operations.
Tags: Web 2.0, E-commerce, Business, Electronics, IPO, Sales, Broadband, retail company, SEC filing, acquisition
How to finance a green-tech revolution
News Venture-backed tech companies create lots of buzz, but many companies that create green jobs rely on different--and troubled--funding sources.
Tags: Green IT, Business, Investment, Manufacturing, Investor, Renewable Energy, Government, financing, venture capital, CEO
Small firms in emerging markets up IT spend
News Fewer small businesses in markets such as China and India are feeling pinch from downturn, with 17 percent indicating budget increases, new research shows.
Tags: IT budgeting, Personal Computers, Servers, Business, IT Budget, Small Business, business productivity, Server, Emerging Market, Germany
Selling the IT vision
Insight perspective Does your organization understand what IT does--and why? IT director Peter Birley offers some advice on how to make sure the line-of-business counterparts do.
Tags: Mission and vision statements, IT Management, Corporate culture, Business, Sales, Rational Quantify, client relationship, Opposite, Mission and vision statements, CIO
Novell reports leap in Linux revenues
News The company saw a 33 percent growth in its Linux business over the fourth quarter of last year, while its services business plunged by 26 percent.
Tags: Linux, Data centers, Microsoft Corp., Business, Novell Inc., SuSE, Novell Linux, financial, access management, revenue
Firms can gain from proper BPM deployment
Insight perspective Business process management, or "process for processes", helps CIOs anticipate processing issues and optimize efficient processes.
Tags: Process, Business, middle management, Successful Business Process Management, Satishchandra Nayak, ERP, Business Process, BPM, ROI, CIO
Gateway relaunches as business-only brand
News Gateway returns to the United Kingdom and Europe as Acer's brand for medium-sized businesses, offering notebooks, desktop PCs, servers and LCD monitors.
Tags: Hardware, Notebooks and tablets, Business, Acer Inc., PC Company, small form factor, Europe, eMachines Inc., Notebook, U.K.
Firms to wring business outcomes in outsourcing
News Companies in Asia will focus more on business outcomes when picking service providers this year, but be open to greater contract flexibility, says analyst.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Business, Business Outcome, Outsourcing, Information And Communication Technology, Sales, Environment, Frost & Sullivan, unified communications
