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Helping firms occupy more 'Yellow Pages'
Insight newsmaker Gone are the days of matching one domain name to one corporate Web site, says CEO of DotAsia, the keeper of the region's top-level domain.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Google Inc., Asia, Domain, Japan, Internationalized Domain Name, search bar, China, Internet
Green IT changes outsourcing for all
Insight perspective The National Outsourcing Association's Martyn Hart explains how environmental concerns are shaping the outsourcing world.
Tags: Outsourcing, Green IT, IT outsourcing, Green IT, Outsourcing, Supplier, Outsourcing Company, SLA, public sector, audit
VoIP: Are we there yet?
Insight Supporters say Net telephony has hit the mainstream, but they've still got some convincing to do.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
HP: European telcos to become cloud providers
News Company, which sells bespoke hardware to cloud providers, says most major telcos in Europe will move into providing cloud services within 18 months.
Tags: Cloud computing, Communications, Data Protection, Hewlett-Packard Co., U.S., European Commission, IT Services, Financial Crisis, Europe, Cloud computing
In-flight mobiles takes off in EU
News The European Union welcomes the take up of in-flight comms by airlines a year after it created rules allowing for safe use of phones on planes across European airspace.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, mobile communication, Cell Phone, European Union, Europe, aircraft, phone, European Commission, European company
Cutting data center costs main driver for virtualization
News IDC research claims 90 percent of European companies that have adopted virtualization have done so to cut data center costs.
Tags: Virtualization, Business applications, Software, Data centers, Budgeting/cost control, Cost control, International Data Corp., business application, Environment, performance
IBM to seek software developers for wireless strategy
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Hicks Muse, Apax to buy UK's Yell Group for US$3b
News Hicks Muse Tate & Furst Inc and Apax Partners & Co agreed to buy British Telecommunications Plc's yellow-pages unit for 2.14 billion pounds (US$3 billion) as the UK's second-largest phone company tries to lower its debt.
Sony faces skepticism over Japan's first tracking stock
News Sony Corp and its bankers may have trouble selling Japan's first tracking stock as investors say they see little reason to buy the Internet shares because of concerns over control and performance.
Cisco goes for video
News Cisco announced it will pay US$6.9 billion cash for Scientific-Atlanta to get into the video market.
New deals help consulting giant break into U.S.
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An old Philippine model that needs to be replaced
Blogs The title above aptly describes the antiquated manual elections in the Philippines that were replaced--thankfully--by an...
New RFID tech to soon track airport passengers
Techguide RFID tags would be issued to passengers at check-in to track their movements before departure. A trial using a prototype chip is scheduled next month in Hungary.
Does Asian IT growth threaten Europe?
Insight The European IT market is seeing fresh challenges from the fast-growing Asian market as Europe recovers from the slump of the early 2000s.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions
Outsourcing: Which offshore location?
Insight According to Gartner, India dominates the offshore outsourcing sector, followed by Ireland. Newcomers China and Russia are distant competitors to both now.
