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Analysts: Acer-Gateway move puzzling
News Taiwanese PC maker's decision to use Gateway--mostly known for consumer PCs--as a business brand in Europe "doesn't make sense", say analysts based in Asia.
Tags: Personal Computers, Acquisitions, Branding, Sales/revenue, Acer Inc., Sales, Notebook, Packard Bell NEC, China Market Research, Lenovo Group Ltd.
Lenovo restructures, axes 2,500 staff
News As part of reorganization, PC maker consolidates Greater China and Asia-Pacific operations. Singapore personnel among those affected by move, says spokesperson.
Tags: Layoffs, Global strategic management, Personal Computers, Servers, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, Spokesperson, Singapore, Japan, phone
Green Dam delay: How long will it last?
News Postponement allows Chinese government to finetune initiative and resolve confusion, experts say. One vendor reportedly has started selling PCs with filtering software.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Regulations, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, content filtering, Government, phone, China, Internet
Web video round table sheds light on upcoming problems
News Video executives discuss where Web video is going, and some of the hurdles facing it in 2009.
Tags: Advertising, Adobe Systems Inc., Video, Storage, Internet Video, broadcasting, Bay Area, Advertisement, Ma, HD
Where have all the bosses gone?
Blogs I've had dreams of opening my own cafe or bistro...cum music store...cum music school. But, I soon gave up that dream wh...
Innovative PMs use 'think time'
Techguide If you find yourself using the same project management solutions over and over again, you may need to carve out some "think time" to help stay innovative.
Tags: IT Management, Waltham, Information Technology, job, PMBOK, Tool, project manager, Bentley College, team-building, MBA
Could Lenovo and Acer team up?
News After announcing a record quarterly loss of US$264 million, China's largest PC company is struggling while its Taiwanese rival is closing in on Dell.
Tags: Mergers, Personal Computers, Acer Inc., Sales, Chinese company, Lenovo Group Ltd., China, Beijing, industry, Dell Computer Corp.
Built-in change processes increase chance for IT project success
Techguide An industry watcher shares the built-in change process his company uses and explains how it compares to the traditional project management approach.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Bentley College, VP, job, MBA, health care, built-In, team, Project management
The friendly neighborhood data center
Techguide Boutique data centers may be able to help local companies slug through simple, and even strange and complex, issues.
Tags: Data centers, Infrastructure/architecture management, Data Management, Sales, clustering, Bentley College, Peak 10, Server, CIO, VoIP
Asia still on lookout for best IT talent
News While the job market has turned in favor of employers, companies in Asia still find it tough to identify and attract the right IT talent, say recruiters.
Tags: Career, Human resources, Asia, India, Recruiting, Singapore, Yeo, e-mail, job, hiring
Taiwan's capital looks to become Cyber City
News Taiwan's capital should break out of its physical boundaries and expand the availability of public services on the Internet, said Taipei's Mayor Ma Ying-jeou.
Employers still grapple over IT pay, skills
News While employers now hold bargaining power, increase in skills pool and lower salaries relate more to tech workers with generic skills, say HR execs.
Tags: Trends, Compensation, Recruiting, HR policies and procedures, Candidate, Employer, Salary, Worker, e-mail, Human Resources
British Telecom appoints new Asian chief
News in brief British Telecom has a new head for Asia to replace 41-year company veteran Graham Moore, who is set to retire later this year.
BT looks toward Asian SMB market
News BT has completed its acquisition of Singapore-based IT systems integrator, Frontline, and says this will bring it closer to the smaller clients in the region.
Tags: Acquisitions, Communications
China cracks down on Napster-like Web sites
News China's government said that the country should "learn from" the experience of US firm Napster, with officials vowing that a new law will mete out stiff punishments against Web sites that allow customers to download copyrighted music free of charge.
