Downturn
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Five great things about being CEO in a tech recession
Insight Hard times are here, break out the champagne. After all, there is still genuine good that head honchos can take advantage of amidst the gloom.
Tags: Leadership, Business Strategies & Functions, Budgeting/cost control, Downturn, layoff, CEO, recession, job, revenue, Budgeting/cost control
PayPal eyes Asian SMBs' e-commerce moves
News Citing study it commissioned, PayPal says small and midsize businesses in region are looking at e-commerce to power growth and enter new markets in year ahead.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, E-business, PayPal, Survey, India, Web sites, Web 2.0
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, India, U.S., Technology Sector, Business Strategies & Functions, IPO, Investor, Business development/management
Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business
News Nortel Networks will sell another piece of its business for US$769 million as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, which require it to dismantle its business.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Ethernet, Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Corp., CIENA Communications, Siemens AG, network, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Metro Ethernet
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes
News At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple.
Tags: Windows 7, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, shareholder
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, Asia, Business applications
India tops global outsourcing nations list
News Country trumps outsourcing nations ranking with six cities making the top 8 outsourcing destinations, according to global study.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, Philippines, BPO, CIO, Chennai, outsource, foreign direct investment
Chip sales bounce back in August
News Global semiconductor sales showed a small jump on July figures thanks to energy-efficiency programs and the rise of netbooks.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Computer, netbook computer, chip sale, Semiconductor Industry Association, Chip, Sales, notebook computer, incentive program
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News It's not so much a judgment on the performance of the Mac OS itself, but rather a recognition of the prohibitive costs involved in making a change.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Operating System, Michael Silver, Information Technology, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, CIO, Hardware
IBM vs. SAS: Battle over data analysis software
News Amid heightened competition to sell data analysis software, closely held SAS Institute says it will fend off threats from rivals IBM, SAP, and Oracle.
Tags: IBM Corp., SAS Institute, SAP AG, Accenture Ltd., software, revenue, software company, Sales, Oracle Corp., data analysis
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
UK IT suppliers forced to invest in staff training
News U.K. IT suppliers have to commit to lifting their staff's tech skills if they want to win government contracts.
Tags: HR policies and procedures, IT Services, Supplier, Training, Workforce, Whitehall, Government, public sector, U.K., industry
Firms can ease staff anxiety in downturn
News Employers should play role in helping to alleviate stress level of their workers, as fears over job cuts loom at back of employees' minds in current economic climate.
Tags: Conflict resolution, HR policies and procedures, Layoffs, Career, Staff, Training, IT Professional, Singapore, information technology worker, Conflict resolution
Tis season to be shopping online, at work
News 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.
Tags: Business security, IT training, Web sites, Social Networking, Employee, Computer, Survey, ISACA, Information Technology, Web sites
Singapore CIOs optimistic of an upturn
News IT heads in Singapore expect market conditions to be more favorable for growth over the next six months, Frost & Sullivan survey finds.
Tags: Personal development, Business Strategies & Functions, SMB, Best strategies, IT-spending, Survey, Singapore, CIO, Frost & Sullivan, recession
