Economic Crisis
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OECD sees signs of tech turnaround
News New report has found signs of recovery in the ICT industry worldwide, even among those countries and sectors that have been hard hit.
Tags: Components, Software, Semiconductor, Information And Communication Technology, Japan, Software, Korea, billing, China, revenue
Asian IT to emerge from financial crisis stronger
News Economic crunch will drive wealth, power and innovation transfer from West to East as multinationals see Asia as critical growth market, says Springboard Research.
Tags: Financial, Region, Asia, IT-spending, Asia-Pacific, research company, Emerging Market, information technology company, industry, information technology
Indian SMBs more forward-looking in IT spend
News Alongside expectations of worse times ahead, more small and midsize businesses in India mull over factors such as scalability for IT purchases, finds new study.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Business, IT Budget, India, IT-spending, Small And Medium Business, financial, Microsoft Access, TCO
Rays of hope from the polls
Blogs The local IT industry has been teeming with activities in the last few weeks, so much so that you'll wonder if there's r...
Al Gore: It's not just about the planet
News In talk promoting his book, Al Gore looks for fixes beyond renewable energy and draws link between environment, energy, and U.S. economy.
Tags: Green IT, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Oil, geothermal energy, plug-in electric car, electric car, wind energy, economic crisis, Middle East
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
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
Going big on budget
News roundup Big On Budget series looks at different aspects of IT infrastructure, offering insights on how companies can better manage budget and lower cost.
Tags: Cost control, Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, e-mail, Cost control, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, IT infrastructure, ZDNet Asia
Adobe warns of shortfall, job cuts
News The software maker says the global economic woes and weak demand for its just-launched Creative Suite 4 software is adding up to sluggish sales.
Tags: Digital media, Layoffs, Earning reports/forecasts, Macworld Expo, Sales, Adobe Creative Suite, CEO, job, News.com, Adobe Systems Inc.
Thai managed services market booming
News The outsourcing market in Thailand contributes about 25 percent of the overall IT services market, worth US$856 million and expected to achieve double-digit growth.
Tags: Outsourcing, Web services, Service level management, Location-based services, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Managed Security Service, IT Services, Thailand, SLA
Internet is a 'lawless space', says expert
News Former U.K. government offical warns of the increasing threat from cyberterrorism, and calls for a coordinated international response from governments.
Tags: Web sites, Viruses and worms, Hacking, IT Governance, Threat, Google Earth, violence, Business World, NATO, Internet Activity
Red Hat chief: 'Cheaper generally wins'
News Jim Whitehurst believes his company can flourish in the current economic climate, because its products are cheap and it has heritage in cloud computing.
Tags: grid computing, Virtualization, Systems migration, Red Hat Inc., Supplier, competitive advantage, Hypervisor, Systems migration, movie, CEO
Economic crisis to boost utility compute market
News Several utility computing service providers are expecting the current economic crisis to catalyze Asian companies to adopt their services amid shrinking budgets.
Tags: Utility computing, Asia, managed hosting, Savvis Communications, director of sales, Horst Iblher, Hardware, T-Systems, information technology, RFP
Fewer IT jobs in Asia this quarter
News At least one-fifth of region's IT and telecoms firms--and as high as 43 percent in Hong Kong--are set to reduce their hiring activities, finds new Hudson survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Trends, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, Singapore, auto company, Japan, job, China
Gore: Wireless access to info means power
News Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's address at CTIA 2009 covers many of his usual themes regarding need for environmental change, but it also provides a history lesson on communications.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Leadership, Green IT, North Korea, wireless industry, Wireless Access, Wireless, CTIA, Al Gore, wireless technology
