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Indian IT runs home, new geographies for growth
News Hit by global recession, India's local tech firms target projects on home soil and venture into new regions including Middle East and Latin America.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Growth strategies and tools, Business, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Banking, Growth, Market, Information Technology, revenue
Asia sees strong broadband, IPTV growth
News Broadband and Internet Protocol TV are clocking strong growth in Asia in spite of economic downturn, with China leading the way, according to Broadband Forum.
Tags: Video, TVs, CommunicAsia 2009, IP Television, Growth, Asia, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific, Broadband, South Korea
Sun to layoff 2,500 worldwide
News Sun Microsystems has served up 1,000 pink slips to its employees across Canada and the United States; further job cuts to include Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Tags: Layoffs, Europe, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, Latin America, Canada, job, U.S., Microsoft Word, Layoffs
Asian travelers want to fly by mobile
News Travelers want to use mobile phones to access more travel services including flight check-in and seat change, survey finds.
Tags: Mobile applications, Traveller, Sabre Holdings, application service provider, Travelers Companies Inc., Traveller, Survey, advertisement, mobile, Mobile applications
Search: Google rules, Europeans do it more
News ComScore's latest market share numbers for global Internet search reveal that Google still rules the roost, although Microsoft's Bing made pronounced gains compared with last year.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Search, Latin America, Baidu.com Inc., ComScore Networks Inc., China, Internet, search business
Worldwide Internet-user total passes 1B
News In December, global Internet usage reached over 1 billion unique visitors, while the Asia-Pacific region accounted for the biggest chunk of people on the Internet during the month.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Internet Audience, Mobile Internet, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Latin America, Internet User, Internet usage
IDC lowers IT spending forecast for 2009
News Tech spending will grow just 2.6 percent next year, compared with previous forecast of 5.9 percent.
Tags: Analyst reports, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Business, IT Budget, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe
Telefonica, China Unicom in US$1B stock swap deal
News Stock swap and business collaboration agreement will give China Unicom a foothold in South America and Telefonica a chance to reach China's massive mobile audience.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business Strategies & Functions, Telecommunications, wireless service, China Unicom, Stock, Latin America, 3G, China, analyst
Calix raises US$100M in funding
News Founder and CEO Carl Russo sold his last company to Cisco for US$7 billion during the boom. Can he come up with another hit?
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Broadband, Latin America, networking equipment company, network, broadband service, acquisition, broadband network
Lenovo earnings dinged by weak enterprise demand
News PC maker has been restructuring to cut costs but remains a tale of two companies--it leads in China even as it struggles in mature markets.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Europe, Sales, Latin America, Earnings, Lenovo Group Ltd., 3G, Emerging Market, CEO
Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat'
News Symantec's analysis of fake security software over 12 months finds 43 million attempts to install some 250 programs, most of which were coded in English.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security, EMEA, Rogue Security Program, Security Software, Asia-Pacific, antivirus, Server
Outsourcing shifts past Bangalore, Mumbai
News While India remains popular with the top 50 outsourcing companies, vendors are progressively creating more bases in cities such as Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company, Pune, Chennai, Silicon.com, outsource, Bangalore
Analyst: OLPC won't draw global PC makers
News The One Laptop Per Child's endeavor to have others copy its design, may attract Asian whitebox vendors rather than the likes of HP and Dell, according to IDC.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Development/design, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Company, International Data Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Asia-Pacific, Spokesperson, nettop, mini-notebook
Sink or swim? DRII struggling in Asia
Blogs update The American Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) has appointed a new representative in Singapore, op...
Can RIM get mojo back with BlackBerry Tour?
News New BlackBerry Tour arrives this weekend in the United States, even as Research In Motion seems to be be unsettled by the likes of Apple's iPhone and Pre by Palm.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, Handhelds, Sales/revenue, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Sprint Communications, Research In Motion Ltd., Device
