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CIOs: How to innovate during a recession
Insight perspective Downturns are no time for businesses to sit still, says an academic. Here's a plan for nurturing new ideas in any economic climate.
Tags: R&D, Innovation, E-learning, IT Budget, Investment, CRM, Innovation, CIO, recession, strategy
Technopreneurial spirit key to creating value
News Singapore sees need to cultivate technopreneurship among students as global IT industry remains relatively resilient despite economic climate, say educators.
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, e-mail, knowledge, entrepreneur, industry, information technology, entrepreneurial
Robotics a catalyst for technology advancement
News Singapore educator touts robotics as platform to spur tech-savvy students to be innovative, and pick up technological skills relevant in commercial world.
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Components, Battery, Robotics, Student, Electronics, Singapore, Storage, Republic Polytechnic, Hardware
Netscape, Ning founder joins HP board
News Founder of Netscape, Ning and the Andreessen Horowitz VC firm was appointed to Hewlett-Packard's board of directors, effective immediately.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Hewlett-Packard Co., Marc Andreessen, Mark Hurd, social networking, entrepreneurial, Netscape Communications Corp., board
'Linux Defenders' aim at Microsoft patents
News In the wake of Microsoft's settled suit against TomTom, open source advocates are stepping up an attempt to invalidate some of Redmond's patents.
Tags: Lawsuits, Copyright, Open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Red Hat Inc., TomTom, prior art, Open-source Community
Intel to invest US$7B in US facilities
News CEO Paul Otellini told a Washington audience that economic recovery will take smart, significant investments from both the public and private sectors.
Tags: Investments, Mobile processors, Processors, Intel Corp., Investment, Paul Otellini, Manufacturing, Washington, recession, job
Tech transfer group enlists new members
News update Singapore-founded Technology Transfer Network adds four global companies as members; launches initiative to facilitate angel networking.
Tags: Knowledge management strategies, R&D, Angel Network, Member, Singapore, network, marketing, U.S., strategy, leadership
Virtualization saves US$1.7M for Corporate Express
News Server virtualization has saved business supply giant Corporate Express US$1.7 million and allowed it to ditch more than 90 percent of its existing server hardware.
Tags: Data centers, x86-standard servers, Servers, Virtualization, Data backup, disaster recovery, Backup, Archiving, Storage, Server, performance
Malaysia's 2009 budget under fire
News Government unveils new budget that some market players say lacks emphasis and offers little incentives to drive the local infocomm technology industry.
Tags: IT budgeting, Local Government, Information And Communication Technology, Business Process, venture capital, venture-capital company, software, Kuala Lumpur, multimedia, entrepreneurial
HP to acquire EDS for US$13.9B
News It's official. Deal will create a computer services giant intended to rival IBM in the market for serving business customers.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Business development/management, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT Services, Electronic Data Systems Corp., GAAP, job, computer services company, revenue
New funding source for Malaysian startups
News Worth US$1.4 million, the Technopreneur Venture Management is aimed at fixing gap between pre-seed and seed funding, says its administrators.
Tags: Funding, Angel investing, Investments, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, fund company, mIRC, venture capital, MICP, Dealflow
Five tips for startups to secure capital funds
News update Despite downturn, Asia's promising startups can look forward to funding, but they need to do their homework before knocking on investors' doors, say experts.
Tags: Funding, Venture capital, Angel investing, Investments, Business, Chip, Investor, Asia-Pacific, life science, Israel
Baidu CEO touts growth of China's search engine
News Robin Li tells Stanford students to embrace tough decisions when running a startup, in discussion that centered on entrepreneurship in the tough Chinese market.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Palo Alto, venture capital, Baidu.com Inc., Search Result, China, Internet, Internet company
Cisco Systems puts more security in the cloud
News Company rounds out hosted security offerings with Security Cloud Services, updated intrusion prevention and botnet filtering software, and WebEx services for secure online meetings.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Cloud computing, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Ukraine, remote access, RSA Security Inc., Cloud computing, Russia
Bangalore's brain drain
Insight perspective Bangalore has always been an IT powerhouse, but now returnees are adding their experience into the mix, says industry watcher.
Tags: Business applications, IT training, Trends, India, Immigrant, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Madan Moudgal, Trignon, St John, Saritha Rai
