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Cloud floats among India's large firms

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.

Friday, September 11 2009 04:38 PM

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)


SaaS to hit $298M in Asia-Pacific

SaaS to hit $298M in Asia-Pacific

News Software-as-a-service will climb 18 percent to churn US$298 million in 2009, growing six-fold higher than overall software market, IDC predicts.

Wednesday, June 17 2009 04:53 PM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Customer resource management (CRM), Budgeting/cost control, Software-as-a-service, China, India, International Data Corp., CRM, information technology, Budgeting/cost control


Hard times boost demand for intelligence

Hard times boost demand for intelligence

News Tough economic environment sees slower growth but more pervasive use of business intelligence in companies as workers seek timely, accurate information, says IDC.

Wednesday, May 27 2009 05:31 PM

Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Knowledge management, IT Budget, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Tool, Australia, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), business intelligence


Deciding to outsource: Is it cultural?

Blogs You may have been expecting this to be about cultural differences in relation to companies that outsource but it's not. ...

Saturday, October 24 2009 11:36 AM


Worst of times is the best of times for IBM?

News commentary CEO Sam Palmisano says that the company is ready to "go on offense" even as the sagging global economy continues to crimp IT spending.

Tuesday, March 10 2009 12:50 PM

Tags: Leadership, Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Samuel J. Palmisano, Stock, Cloud computing, recession, marketing, shareholder, U.S.


Cloud, mobile take intelligence to shop floor

News Mobile devices and cloud computing pave ways to reach more employees, but cloud holds some limitations for enterprises, says QlikTech executive.

Tuesday, July 07 2009 07:00 PM

Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Data mining & analysis, Cloud computing, Applications and tools, Software, Cloud, Mobile, Mobile Device, Sales, Software


APAC contact centers eye UC, hosted services

News Contact center applications spend in region will grow slightly in 2009, with part of expenditure going to unified communications and hosted services, finds new report.

Tuesday, May 19 2009 05:54 PM

Tags: LANs and WANs, Customer support, Services, Contact Center, Outsourcing, IP, Asia-Pacific, TCP/IP, research analyst, Frost & Sullivan


Four reasons why business will take to the cloud

Insight commentary Over the next five years, there will be a huge financial incentive to make the switch to cloud computing--and it will be hard to resist.

Friday, June 05 2009 10:05 AM

Tags: Cloud computing, IT Management, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Broadband, Cloud computing, Jason Hiner, Server, CIO, WAN


SmarTone scraps COO post as it restructures

News SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd, Hong Kong's third-largest mobile phone company, said it eliminated the post of chief operating officer Prudence Chan as part of the company's restructuring plan.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:34 PM


SmarTone scraps COO post as it restructures

News SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd, Hong Kong's third-largest mobile phone company, said it eliminated the post of chief operating officer Prudence Chan as part of the company's restructuring plan.

Thursday, May 17 2001 09:54 PM


CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2004: Prepare for growth

Insight Cost-cutting is over, growth is in. Exploring what growth technologies Asian companies should consider is the theme in the CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2004.

Friday, August 20 2004 03:54 PM


S'pore's iSoftel to report H1 loss

News Mainboard-listed iSoftel Ltd is expected to report a loss for the first half-year ended June 30.

Monday, August 06 2001 11:34 AM


BT, Intel develop 'instant messaging on steroids'

News The first fruits of the Intel/BT joint development effort is likely to be a range of next-generation instant messaging products.

Friday, May 18 2001 03:28 PM


Planning for next year’s technology

Insight Gartner Summit 2004 report Are you in the midst of putting your 2005 IT organizational plan? Read what Gartner analysts have to say in a panel disussion.

Tuesday, August 24 2004 06:07 PM


Think proprietary: Australian government

Insight Open-source developers keen to impress potential government buyers can learn from the practices of proprietary software vendors, a senior government procurement officer told attendees at the AUUG 2004 conference in Melbourne.

Monday, September 06 2004 05:08 PM


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Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components

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Justin James recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents he downloaded from the Internet. Here's the code he wrote to get the plain text.


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Will technology divide us further?

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So I finally watched 2012 over the weekend, but the film left me feeling extremely agitated.

The possibility that the world may meet its watery end in three years didn't..... by Eileen Yu

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