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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, revenue, Information Technology, Software, Business applications, South Korea
Asia software market to see growth
News Region's enterprise software segment is forecast to grow 3.1 percent, ahead of worldwide "flat" growth and Europe's negative growth, says Gartner.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Business applications, Software, Growth, Region, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, Europe, Gartner Inc.
Asian IT to emerge from financial crisis stronger
News Economic crunch will drive wealth, power and innovation transfer from West to East as multinationals see Asia as critical growth market, says Springboard Research.
Tags: Financial, Region, Asia, IT-spending, Asia-Pacific, research company, Emerging Market, information technology company, industry, information technology
Portables buffer PC market in Asia-Pacific
News Strong sales of mini-notebooks helps the sector meet expectations in the first quarter despite fall in total PC shipments in the region, says IDC.
Tags: Personal Computers, Consumer Technology, Region, International Data Corp., Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Sales, unit growth, Lenovo Group Ltd.
Asian manufacturers go digital in 2009
News New manufacturing plants in the region will adopt a "digital factory" approach, incorporating simulation and "latest thinking" in their operations, new report notes.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Investments, Region, Investment, Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific, product lifecycle management, product lifecycle, product development
Asia's bright spark shines from the Web
Blogs Refreshed from the long Lunar New Year weekend break, I returned to the office this week determined to stay away from bl...
China: Unstoppable threat dragon of Asia
News Despite fewer botnets and phishing Web sites, the country is still tops in the Asia-Pacific region for malicious activity and threats, finds new Symantec report.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security, Region, Asia, Bot, systems engineering, Attack
APAC PC market returns to the black
News After two quarters of decline, region's PC shipments saw 19 percent sequential, and 8 percent year-on-year, jump in the second quarter, says IDC.
Tags: Personal Computers, Sales/revenue, Hardware, Region, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Small Business, Sales, Back-office, Notebook
Asia's 'bright' HPC future will take time
News Region's high-performance computing has promising future but it will take some time for Asia to catch up with the West, industry watchers say.
Tags: Supercomputing, Cloud computing, NEC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Region, Asia, India, Australia, Japan
APAC PC shipments fall, a first in decade
News The PC market in fourth quarter of 2008 saw a year-on-year decline, reminiscent of the post-1997 Asian financial crisis period, new figures from IDC indicate.
Tags: Personal Computers, Sales/revenue, Region, India, International Data Corp., Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Notebook, unit growth, public sector
InfoPrint Solutions sets up AP base in S'pore
News A joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, the maker of printers and related software services says it will grow headcount in the region by 30 percent by year's end.
Tags: Peripherals, Recruiting, Business applications, Services, Region, India, Asia-Pacific, Hire, Singapore, Associated Press
Blue Coat extends Malaysia operations
News New global service center in Kuala Lumpur is testament of company's commitment to Asia-Pacific region, senior executive says.
Tags: Networking, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Region, Telecommunications, Asia-Pacific, Malaysia, Packeteer, financial, Kuala Lumpur, revenue
More AP outsourcing deals, but value drops
News Number of outsourcing deals in the Asia-Pacific region grew 9 percent but total contract value fell by 44 percent to US$3.8 billion, states new study.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Region, Asia-Pacific, Associated Press, managing director, U.S., analyst, pricing strategy
Downturn dampens Asia's services outlook
News Analyst IDC lowers 2009 growth rate for consulting and systems integrator market, but notes sector will enjoy 11 percent compound annual growth rate through to 2012.
Tags: Services, Consulting, Region, IT Services, India, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Japan, Environment, CIO
Asia server market set for slowdown
News Credit crunch will cause server demand in the Asia-Pacific region to drop this quarter and "shave a few" percentage points off growth next year, says analyst.
Tags: Servers, Sales/revenue, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT budgeting, Region, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Gartner Inc., Server Market, Server
