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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.
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
S'pore to host region's largest OSS conference
News Country will play host next year to the largest open source software conference yet to be held in Southeast Asia, says event organizer.
Tags: Open source, Software, Security, Conference, India, Novell Inc., public sector, system administrator, revenue, Linux
Five steps firms should make before Win 7 move
News Businesses should look at five key issues to prep themselves for "nearly inevitable" migration to Microsoft's upcoming OS, Gartner advises.
Tags: Windows 7, IT training, Software, Operating System, Michael Silver, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, software company
BPO players to shrink 25 percent by 2012
News Critical for companies to pick right business process outsourcing partners as quarter of top providers will cease to exist in three years, Gartner predicts in new report.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing Company, Gartner Inc., Business Process, BPO, financial, service provider, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Mobile app controls won't deter malware
News Application development controls are no "silver bullet" to keeping mobile malware, say industry watchers, but certification--voluntary or otherwise--ought to exist.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Malware, Security, Conference, Cell Phone, San Francisco, mobile application, Mobile platforms
Aust budget '09: Smart grids get US$76.5M
News Australia's government has announced an up to A$100 million (US$76.44 million) investment in the 2009 Budget to create a "smarter and more efficient energy network".
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Investment, Information And Communication Technology, Renewable Energy, Grid, Australia, grid computing, Do-Not-Call, Government, energy efficiency
Would you take on a Second Life?
Blogs If you haven't got enough of real life, try getting a second one--literally. Businesses and consumers alike have bee...
Tags: Best strategies, Internet advertising, Brand management, Brand strategy, Business models, Web 2.0
Stimulus packages to boost ICT sector
News IT vendors gain as Asian governments commit US$767 billion worth of initiatives to jumpstart their economies, IDC says.
Tags: Government, Green IT, Investment, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, energy efficiency, job, patient
PC spend by Indian SMBs to pick up
News Nearly a third of small and midsize firms in India hold hope for an economic revival within three months and 23 percent plan to buy basic IT goods, finds new study.
Tags: Hardware, Personal Computers, Utility computing, India, Small And Medium Business, Software, compliance, research company, VoIP, information technology
Indian small firms to buy first PC in 2009
News Some 500,000 of India's small businesses will buy their first PC and boost spending on software, services and security, says AMI-Partners study.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hardware, Budgeting/cost control, India, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, Computer, Microsoft Access, industry, analyst
Asia's wireless network to go next-gen by 2012
News Half of projected 3 million base stations and 1.8 million cell sites in Asia-Pacific will connect to fiber through carrier Ethernet, says IDC.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile/Wireless, Base Station, Mobile, Fiber, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Wireless, Wireless Network
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.
Firms turn to consumer goods for productivity
News The line between personal and enterprise tools may be blurring as organizations turn to consumer products to help them in the workplace.
Tags: Consumer Technology, IBM Corp., Ovum, Mobile, Smart Phone, IBM Lotus Notes, Standards, Consumerization, e-mail, asset
'Openness' leads way for mobile platforms
News The decision to make Symbian open source is crucial in maintaining its leadership over Android, Linux and Microsoft Windows Mobile, says analyst.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, operating system, Symbian Inc.
'Back to basics' for Asia's IT services market
News Region's IT services sector will focus on cost savings and less on business transformation, while balancing need for corporate governance, says IDC.
Tags: Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Outsourcing, IT Services, International Data Corp., PaaS, cost management, corporate governance, managed services
