Manufacturing Sector
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APAC manufacturing sector to cut back
News IDC reduces its forecast for IT spending growth in the Asia-Pacific region as manufacturers tighten their belts due to economic downturn.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Cost control, Manufacturing Sector, Electronics, IT-spending, Manufacturing, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Hardware
India SMB manufacturers to spend $3.7B on IT
News Country's small and midsize manufacturing businesses will spend mostly on computing products in 2009, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: SMB, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, IT infrastructure, on-demand, SMB, Cloud computing, small and medium business, India, information technology
Asian firms don't configure network right
News update For every networking device installed in the region, an average of 30 configuration issues are identified, notes new Dimension Data report.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Business security, Security, Security, Manufacturing, network device, network integration, Asia-Pacific, SNMP
Gartner: Slump delays, but not axes PC buys
News New study finds PC projects are likely to be delayed or scaled down in 2009 instead of being canceled, while more Asian firms will go ahead as planned.
Tags: Personal Computers, IT budgeting, Servers, India, Manufacturing, Gartner Inc., Hardware, printing, China, U.S.
Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
Services with a 'green'
Insight Though slowed by the economic downturn, NEC Asia is focused on greening its IT and growing its services business, gunning for big contracts such as Singapore's SOE, says CEO Kiyofumi Kusaka.
Tags: Outsourcing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Business applications, Leadership, Personal Computers, Servers, NEC Corp., Security, Mobile, India
China to become top notebook maker
News China is expected to replace Taiwan as the world’s largest notebook PC manufacturer by year end, according to market research firm IMS Research.
CIOs drive innovation--but lack business brains
News Most companies surveyed in IDC's latest study say their IT heads lack the proper business-sense to help grow new business strategies.
Tags: Best strategies, Business models, Innovation, Leadership techniques
Venture Mfg gets multi-million dollar Cisco deal
News Locally-listed contract manufacturer Venture Manufacturing (Singapore) Ltd has won a multi-million dollar deal from network equipment firm Cisco Systems Inc.
Veritas posts 40% SAN growth in M'sia
News Veritas Software is expecting the adoption rate for SAN (storage area network) management and solutions to increase significantly in Malaysia as enterprises becomes more aware of its cost savings benefits.
Clarify snags Oracle exec to lead global unit
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Asian SMBs open to hosted software
News Small and midsize manufacturers in Asia are more keen to subscribe to software as a service, compared to rest of the world.
Tags: Business applications, SMB
Tech services jobs increase
Insight A new US Labor Department report shows continued growth in computer-related services jobs in US, while tech manufacturing positions fell.
Tags: Recruiting
Indian SMBs move to exploit Net
News Small and midsize businesses will invest up to US$1.2 billion on Internet infrastructure and applications this year, analyst predicts.
Tags: Hardware, Web sites, Web servers, Web services, SMB
SMB: Battleground of China's enterprise application market
SMB The relatively untapped small and medium-sized business market will be the focus of vendors over the next five years, new research shows.
Tags: Business applications, SMB
