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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
Downturn chops, delays HK IT projects
News One in five businesses have canceled IT projects that were underway, while over 80 percent are cutting or freezing IT investments, new survey finds.
Tags: IT Governance, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Survey, Hong Kong, accountability, business strategy, IT governance, monitoring
2010: Software spend up, IT budgets down
News Software budgets in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010 will grow 4.4 percent over last year, while overall IT expenditure will dip by 3 percent, new Gartner study shows.
Tags: IT budgeting, Business applications, IT Budget, India, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Australia, Gartner Inc., Malaysia
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
Overland cable connects India and China
News Reliance Globalcom's new terrestrial cable connecting India and China, aims to reduce latency and provide redundancy in case of subsea cable break.
Tags: Bandwidth, Networking technology, Disaster recovery, Asia, India, cable system, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cable
Asia sees jump in hiring expectations
News Companies in most sectors optimistic about new hires, as HR priorities--especially in IT and telecoms--focus on developing and retaining talent, finds new report.
Tags: Recruiting, Employee communications, IT training, Survey, IT&T, Information Technology, job, Asia, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Mobile banking picks up in Asia
News Banks that are on mobile banking bandwagon report strong growth, while analyst says those that lack such a service today are at risk of losing customers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business applications, Mobile applications, Hong Kong, Mobile Banking, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Citigroup Inc., Indonesia, financial
Three APAC countries have fastest broadband
News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software
Cyberattacks lay more 'stepping stones'
News More intermediate domains are used to mask attack endpoints to extend longevity of malware families, new research from MessageLabs shows.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Domain, Hong Kong, Singapore, virus, China, malicious web site
HK residents fret most about security
News Hong Kong respondents are the most concerned about personal and financial information being leaked, according to the latest Unisys Security Index.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Biometrics, Security, Survey, Hong Kong, financial security, Malaysia, debit card
APAC security growth 'remarkable'
News Security market in Asia-Pacific region enjoyed double-digit expansion in 2008 despite downturn, Gartner says.
Tags: Security, SMB, Growth, IT Security, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Gartner Inc.
Data center firm activates second S'pore facility
News Downturn likely spurred demand for data center services as more companies turn to cloud computing to cut costs, say Equinix, which opened its second data center in Singapore.
Tags: Data centers, Cloud computing, Philippines, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cloud computing, network, data center, Web
Employers in Asia post fewer IT jobs
News Tech job advertisements in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore dropped during the last quarter of 2008 with decline sharpest in Hong Kong, finds new job index.
Tags: Recruiting, Career, Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Advertisement, Japan, job posting, job, audit
Portables buffer PC market in Asia-Pacific
News Strong sales of mini-notebooks helps the sector meet expectations in the first quarter despite fall in total PC shipments in the region, says IDC.
Tags: Personal Computers, Consumer Technology, Region, International Data Corp., Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Sales, unit growth, Lenovo Group Ltd.
US firewall firm blazes path to Asia
News Silicon Valley startup claims its "next-gen" firewall technology lets users control applications in its corporate network, and can save them money in bad times.
Tags: Firewalls, Data security, Security Management, Palo Alto, Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Intrusion Prevention System, Australia, Southeast Asia
