Midsize Business
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Asean midsize firms' CRM spending 'nascent'
News Spending on customer relationship management by region's midsize businesses is small but will grow 18 percent despite downturn, finds new study by AMI-Partners.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Sales force automation, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, Software, CRM, Tool, Midsize Business, Singapore, Sales
India's SMBs to spend US$289M on security
News Indian small and midsize companies are increasingly proactive toward information security management, reveals a new study.
Tags: Security, PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, India, Information Security, Midsize Business, Small And Medium Business, intrusion detection
Indian SMB workforce going mobile
News Employees are now more mobile as India's small and midsize firms recognize need to improve relationships with partners, customers and suppliers.
Tags: Employee policy/training, Mobile platforms/communications, Personnel management, Communications, Mobile, India, Workforce, Midsize Business, Small And Medium Business, Small Business
Windows Server 2008 goes down-market
News Company to offer public preview for Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server Solutions 2008, both based on mainstream server release from earlier this year.
Tags: Server platforms, SMB, E-mail servers, Product, Midsize Business, operating system, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, server software, product manager
Singapore gets Microsoft hosted suite
News Country is first in Asia to get Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, already launched in U.S. and Europe, at monthly fee of US$10 per seat.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., network, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, business productivity, Indonesia
Analyst: IBM needs to 'out-innovate' with Notes
News For Lotus Notes to wrest market share from Microsoft's dominance in e-mail collaboration, IBM needs to place bets on trends before they happen, says Forrester Research.
Tags: E-mail clients, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, work flow software, Software, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, e-mail, Emerging Market, software-as-a-service
iSCSI storage networks--full separation or not?
Techguide Today's tech landscape has a convergence of services ending up on the network. One that can be contentious is storage networks.
Tags: Storage, Data Management, IP, Storage, network architecture, VLAN, storage system, Rick Vanover, Rick, Server
Dell eyes more indirect income in South Asia
News Hardware maker will boost enterprise partnerships as it seeks more revenue from indirect channel, which now accounts for 37 percent of its revenue.
Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Sales channels, Hardware, PC Company, International Data Corp., Small And Medium Business, Gartner Inc., Sales, South Asia
SMBs get help against software piracy
News Singapore government and trade associations launch campaign to help small businesses better manage their software licensing assets.
Tags: Piracy, Software, Small And Medium Enterprise, Business Software Alliance, Safe Harbor, Software Piracy, IPO, Singapore, ASME, software company
M'sia telecom spending to stay resilient in 2009
News Country's telecommunication operators will look to managed services as new revenue streams, while sector is expected to grow to US$6.7 billion, says analyst.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Communications, Sales/revenue, Mobile, Telecommunications, International Data Corp., Small And Medium Business, Broadband
How Microsoft plans to make its mark in CRM
Insight newsmaker The software giant is well placed to take the lead in the CRM arena with its on-demand and packaged software, not to mention a US$1 billion annual infrastructure budget, says exec Brad Wilson.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Strategy, Utility computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Corp., CRM, e-Service, On-demand, Sales, Server Price
IBM thinks midsize with printing, portables push
News Big Blue adds new offerings to its "Express" portfolio of products and services for small and medium-size businesses.
Security, storage spending to rise in M'sia, S'pore
News New study finds that the two segments will grow faster than other markets such as networking and software, over a five-year period.
Tags: PC security, Storage, Data security, Security, Storage software
Study predicts bump-up for CRM services
News New research says customer relationship management services should grow 15 percent this year.
Citrix sets sights on SMEs
News The thin-client king hopes to built market share by attracting small and midsize companies with trimmed-down software and licence package.
Tags: Remote management, SMB
