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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
IBM floats vision of cloud's future
Insight newsmaker The head of IBM's cloud-computing strategy talks about why the company wanted to develop the technology, and where he plans to take it.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, R&D, IBM Corp., Customer Center, oil & gas, grid computing, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Intel, NEC team up to flex supercomputing might
News Both companies will jointly develop high-performance computing systems based on Intel processor to extend products to wider audience, say executives.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, NEC Corp., Richard Dracott, Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Chip Company, processor, Supercomputing, supercomputer
Ballmer says venture freeze will spare startups in key fields
News Though the pullback in venture capital investing will winnow the field of startups, “there’s really not a better time to start a business”, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells a Stanford University audience.
Tags: Venture capital, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, oil & gas, National Venture Capital Association, computer, software, alternative energy, CEO, Stanford
S'pore's CSE wins US$1m Philips Petroleum deal
News Singapore-based systems integrator CSE Systems and Engineering Ltd has won a US$1 million deal from Phillips China Inc, a unit of Phillips Petroleum Company.
CSE wins US$1m contract from Philips Petroleum
News Locally-based systems integrator CSE Systems and Engineering Ltd has won a US$1 million deal from Phillips China Inc, a unit of Phillips Petroleum Company.
BCP's Holy Grail
Blogs If your insurance company offered a reduced premium for having a BCP, would that get your CFO's attention? Of course...
Sun takes on SGI in high-performance visual space
News Sun Microsystems, fresh from a record high third quarter revenue of US$4.005 billion (RM15.2 billion), is confident of taking over Silicon Graphics (SGI) in the high-performance visual and graphics server market in three years.
Where Google isn't Goliath
News Russia's Yandex--set to go public on Nasdaq--is innovating in a hurry to hold off the U.S. giant.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web services, Internet advertising, Software, Google Inc., search engine company, Yandex, bank, China
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
A guide to server efficiency
Reviews The cost of powering and cooling server hardware is fast becoming a critical issue for IT managers, while the demand for ever more computing muscle in the datacentre continues to grow. What can be done? We examine some of the options.
Cloud floats among India's large firms
News Large enterprises in India are opting for cloud computing, choosing hybrid and private clouds to resolve concerns over data security and regulatory compliance.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Cloud, Security, India, Regulatory Compliance, Small And Medium Business, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
IBM teams up with universities on cloud project
News The company joins forces with Carnegie Mellon, Qatar and Texas A&M universities to develop one of the first cloud computing platforms in the Middle East.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Software, Programming languages, IBM Corp., University, biology, Cloud Computing, Apache Hadoop, financial modeling
The fraud connection in social networking
Insight A fraud ring is no different than a social network, as it's the relationships and associations that are important, says SAS co-founder and CEO Jim Goodnight.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, M&A, Cloud Computing, M&A Money, phone, social networking, analytics
Obama's security adviser calls for energy action
News James Jones, incoming national security adviser, is a retired general who advocates for a diverse energy supply and clean-energy technologies in the name of national security.
Tags: Clean Technology, Energy Policy, National Security, Security, Renewable Energy, nuclear energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, energy efficiency, security adviser, financial
