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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
Ultra-mobile devices to reach 200M by 2013
News Shipments of machines such as Netbooks and mobile Internet devices, will jump 20-fold over five years to generate US$27 billion in revenues, new report shows.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Development/design, Mobile, Market, ABI Research, Notebook, research analyst, handset, principal analyst, notebook computer
Microsoft gears up for victory in the virtual battle
Insight newsmaker Redmond's senior director for virtualization product management Zane Adam says the company will use its tried and tested methods to grab a bigger share of the virtualization market.
Tags: Virtualization, Strategy, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Market, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, XenSource Inc.
1H09: Asia-Pacific and ITO the bright spots
Blogs With the 2009 first half results for the sourcing market now out, it's worth digging into them a bit to see what they te...
Nokia exec talks Ovi platform
News Niklas Savander, Nokia's top services guy, shares his thoughts on everything from lessons learned from Apple to why the Ovi store still isn't available on AT&T's network.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., cell phone company, Ovi Storefront, Ovi Store, Mobile Client, Market Category, Phone
Nokia sees bottom to mobile market malaise
News Despite taking a beating, both Nokia and Sony Ericsson see glimmers of hope in their latest results.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Market, Smart Phone, Device, Cell Phone, phone, Smartphone
Low-cost sub-notebooks to hit 18M in 2009
News Global Netbook shipments next year will register a 128-percent growth over the estimated 8 million units in 2008, says Taiwan-based research body.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Positioning and segmentation, Hewlett-Packard Co., Market, Acer Inc., Notebook, ASUS, mini-notebook, Dell Computer Corp., Taiwan
Asia must localize for global gamers
News Asian countries keen to be game hubs still need to work at localization and content issues for a larger market, say market experts.
Tags: Games, Gamer, Game players, Market, India, China, revenue, barrier, talent, incentive
Philippine software firm eyes China, Middle East
News Local software company, Guarango Software, is seeking to expand its global presence by acquiring local partners in developing markets.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Investments, Market, Philippines, software company, Stock, intellectual property, software, software product, Middle East
Portables, China boost APAC PC market
News Asia-Pacific PC market grew 18 percent to hit 23.4 million units in third quarter, boosted by government procurements in China and Taiwan, IDC finds.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Sales, Japan, ASUS, Pakistan, mini-notebook, China
Worldwide server sales continue to fall
News IBM and Dell manage to gain a hold in market share, amid a carnage in declining sales revenues, leaving Sun as the weakest link.
Tags: Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Unix, Unix server, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Servers
APAC to see fastest software revenue growth
News Asia-Pacific software market will churn US$22.1 billion in revenue next year, boosted by large domestic user base, according to Gartner.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Region, compound annual growth rate, Application Software Expenditure, Software, revenue, Information Technology, Business applications, South Korea
Asian security firms face blocks in global market
News Asian antivirus firms gain success with freeware, but products lack comprehensive coverage and support to compete with established players, says analyst.
Tags: Antivirus software, Enterprise risk management, Vendor, Security Company, antivirus software, Enterprise risk management, Antivirus, software, Microsoft Corp., malicious code
Technology sector to rev up IPO recovery
News IT firms and emerging markets including China, India and Brazil, will lead recovery of public listing activities, finds new survey on global investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Survey, U.S., Business Strategies & Functions, India, Technology Sector, IPO, Investor, oil & gas
Hype over mobile app downloads to slow
News Global market growth will hit 153 percent between 2008 and 2011 but drop to 33 percent before 2014, with Asia accounting for 19 percent, new study finds.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Mobile App, Apple Inc., Ovum, bank, mobile, Asia, Asia-Pacific
