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Memory price hikes fail to dampen SSD growth
News Recent NAND flash price spikes' impact on shipments of solid-state drives has been "modest", with 2009 units expected to jump 100 percent year-on-year, says IDC.
Tags: Memory, Pricing, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., iSuppli Corp., PC Company, International Data Corp., NAND Flash, Spokesperson, Small And Medium Business
Marketing matters to Asian tech firms
News Technology brands from Asia have strong technical capabilities, but need to work on marketing and connecting with customers to perform overseas, say experts.
Tags: Strategy, Branding, Pricing, Market research, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Asia, Gartner Inc., Chinese company, Pricing, China Market Research
Costs will dog HK mobile TV operators
News Hong Kong authorities will auction off mobile TV spectrum licenses in 2009, but operators may find it hard to translate opportunity into revenue, says Gartner.
Tags: Business structures, Sales/revenue, Business models, Pricing, Mobile, Bureau, Mobile TV, TV, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Microsoft fined over Office pricing in Germany
News German regulators impose a US$11.8 million fine against the software maker over retail pricing during a promotion for the Home and Student version of Office.
Tags: Legal, Microsoft Office, Government, Pricing, Microsoft Corp., Supplier, Pricing, compliance, software, antitrust
Memory price hikes make SSDs less attractive
News Surging prices for NAND-type flash memory creates new hurdle for adoption of solid-state drives by making them significantly more expensive.
Tags: Memory, Pricing, Intel Corp., iSuppli Corp., Price, Chip Company, NAND Flash, NAND, Notebook, Pricing
Customers show SAP who's boss over support price hike
News SAP User Group Network secures deal by which SAP must meet a set of key performance indicators before it can increase support costs.
Tags: Pricing, Business applications, SAP AG, Asia, CPU, Storage, software company, KPI, Pricing, Hardware
Reimagining direct marketing with a (Twitter) spin
News After Dell used Twitter to drum up US$1 million in business it might not have had, other technology companies pricked up their ears. But can they manage to duplicate Dell's success without going overboard?
Tags: Web 2.0, Direct marketing, Internet advertising, Market research, Pricing, Personal Computers, Twitter, PC Company, Sales, Direct Marketing
Vodafone to sell the iPhone next year
News Operator has followed Orange in announcing it will stock Apple's smartphone in the UK market, as O2's exclusivity on the handset draws to a close.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Networking, O2 Plc., Apple Inc., T-Mobile, Apple iPhone, Vodafone Group Plc., pricing strategy, incentive
IBM takes on Google with LotusLive iNotes
News IBM's cloud-based email and calendar service is more than 10 percent cheaper than the rival Google Apps Premier.
Tags: Cloud computing, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Online Collaboration, contact management, Cloud computing, ZDNet, vice president, Google Apps, Google Gmail
China solar panel maker sets first US plant
News Suntech Power aims to boost its share of the U.S. market with a solar-panel manufacturing plant to be built in Arizona.
Tags: Green IT, Clean Technology, Suntech Power Holdings, U.S., Green IT, mW, Manufacturing, Sales, solar panel, China
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
Dell unveils Android-based Mini 3 smartphone
News The first carriers for the Android-based phone will be China Mobile and Brazil's Claro. Details on the devices will come later.
Tags: Google Android, Smart phones, Phone, China Mobile Ltd., U.S., mobile, Google Android, Smart Phone, Wi-Fi, China
S'pore to get new-generation membership card
News Passion ez-link Card conforms with new standard for micropayments and will enable payment for transit services, retail purchases and motoring charges.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, micropayment, Singapore, Card, payment, CEO, managing director, Benefit, director
S'pore transport regulator partners Google Maps
News Country's Land Transport Authority hopes to make public transport "choice mode" by offering Google Maps as part of travel planning service.
Tags: Location-based services, Transport, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, Singapore, ERP, Southeast Asia, Regulator, data-processing
Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers
News Maker of Zen MP3 players is said to be readying an e-book reader, tentatively named the MediaBook, that will harness videos, pictures, text, and services for a "media-rich experience".
Tags: Consumer Technology, Handhelds, Peripherals, Zen, e-reader, Creative, Amazon.com Inc., Bridgestone Corp., E-book Reader, Video
