Competitive Strategy
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Telcos could do more with biz intelligence
News Telecoms operators in the region are not doing enough with business analytics, and could take a leaf from the retail industry, says Frost & Sullivan analyst.
Tags: Support, Data mining & analysis, Operator, Telecommunications, BSS, Asia-Pacific, business analytics, billing system, competitive strategy, Frost & Sullivan
Asian tech startups still worthwhile investments
News Returns may not be as good or take longer to realize, but venture capital firms investing in region are still focused on wringing monetary ROI out of technology.
Tags: Investments, Angel investing, Business, Patent, Phone, Asia, Investment, IPO, venture capital, venture-capital company
TCS: 'We need to up our brand'
News Top executives from the Indian IT services company embark on marketing campaign to raise its profile, as it faces a changing outsourcing market.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Brand strategy, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Linux--making big inroads into IT
News Not only is Linux strengthening its position in the business market, it is set to account for nearly a tenth of companies' IT spend next year, say reports.
Linux making corporate inroads
News IDC predicts spending on Linux hardware, software, services and staffing will grow to 9 percent of corporate IT budgets in 2002, up from 3 percent in 1999.
Microsoft learns from its enemy--Linux
News The software giant has spent a lot of time attacking Linux recently, but the company has learned and benefited from the rival operating system.
SAP tech honcho Agassi resigns
News update Shai Agassi had been seen as a possible successor to current CEO Henning Kagermann. Now he's headed out the door.
Tags: Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), HR policies and procedures
OASIS patent policy sparks boycott
News Leaders in the open-source movement act against a policy OASIS had promoted as an olive branch.
Tags: Open source
Battle brews over Linux server share
News Does Microsoft dominate Linux in the server-software market as a Gartner study indicates--or is the race much closer as other researchers claim?
Chipmakers angle for Linux support
News In a sign of how strategic Linux has become, AMD and Intel are angling to lure open-source programmers to their future chip designs.
Chipmakers angle for Linux support
News In a sign of how strategic Linux has become, AMD and Intel are angling to lure open-source programmers to their future chip designs.
Sun to announce leap into Linux
News The company will overhaul two major components of its low-end server strategy later this month, introducing new support for the Linux operating system.
Linux wiggles its way into business
News Online retailer Amazon.com shaved millions of dollars from its technology costs last quarter by switching to the Linux operating system, a disclosure that could provide some guidance for other companies seeking to cut expenses in a stagnant economy.
Nokia cuts 50 jobs, focuses abroad
News The cell phone giant confirms it is laying off 50 engineers in Texas as its concentrates its research and development efforts in the United Kingdom and India.
Avaya buyout will intensify rivalry in AP
News Industry experts predict more heated market competition, while Cisco Systems says the latest news has no effect on its plans.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Acquisitions
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