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India SMB manufacturers to spend $3.7B on IT
News Country's small and midsize manufacturing businesses will spend mostly on computing products in 2009, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: SMB, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, IT infrastructure, on-demand, SMB, Cloud computing, small and medium business, India, information technology
HP, ITE offer SMBs biz continuity service
News IT vendor collaborates with Singapore's Institute of Technical Education to provide BCP consultancy to smaller firms, and train students in the field.
Tags: SMB, Contingency planning, Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Singapore, Storage, Small And Medium Business, business continuity planning, business continuity
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
SMB to lead server demand in India
News Small and midsize businesses in the country will spend 20 percent more on servers in the coming year, new study shows.
Tags: Servers, SMB, Virtualization, India, Small And Medium Business, Server, blade server, Microsoft Access, industry, information technology
ISVs key to unlocking India's possibilities
News Independent software vendors in India could unleash the potential the country holds for large global tech vendors.
Tags: Business applications, Growth strategies and tools, SMB, India, International Data Corp., software company, software, technology company, ISV, financial
Study: Indian small firms go big on first PC
News Country's smaller players set to drive shipment of 1.6 million machines, a move expected to boost PC penetration and generate opportunities for hardware and software vendors.
Tags: SMB, Personal Computers, Sales, India, Small Business, software company, software, senior analyst, Microsoft Access, business expansion
Dell seeks services clout from cloud
News update The vendor delivers managed services through the cloud, a model it says can help customers gain substantial cost savings.
Tags: Services, Web services, x86-standard servers, SMB, India, Japan, Customer, network, managed services, software-as-a-service
Microsoft to patch zero-day SMB, IIS holes
News Microsoft pushes back the release of the antimalware software until the second half of next year, but says related security releases are on track.
Tags: Data security, Business applications, Antivirus software, Spam filtering, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Windows Server 2008 R2, Small And Medium Business
Windows 7, Vista zero-day flaw reported
News Security researcher says vulnerability in Windows 7 could lead to an attack causing a critical system error, or "blue screen of death".
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server Message Block, Microsoft Windows Vista, Zero-day Bug, BSOD, Small And Medium Business, Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows
Windows 7 critical holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday
News In its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, Redmond stitches up a pair of Windows 7 holes, along with fixing up a number of zero-day flaws elsewhere.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, PC security, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
Analysts: Dell-Perot buy limited in reach
News Latest acquisition puts hardware maker in big leagues with the likes of HP, says Dell executive, but analysts are less optimistic about its impact.
Tags: Acquisitions, Service level management, Business, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Asia, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, analyst, Dell Computer Corp.
Developed SMBs to increase IT services spend
News IT services expenditure among small and midsize firms in Australia, Korea and Japan will grow 10 percent from 2009 to 2013, says AMI.
Tags: Business, Services, Business, Information Technology, IT Services, Services, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Japan, Korea
Salesforce touts Asia's cloud computing era
News Hosted CRM provider opens data center in Singapore, its first outside United States; says businesses of all sizes can reap benefits of cloud model.
Tags: Cloud computing, SMB, Asia, India, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Cloud computing, U.S., data center
Malaysia gets its own Google Maps
News Localized site helps Malaysian business community better connect with customers as companies can add relevant corporate information, says search giant.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Web 2.0, SMB, Google Inc., Cell Phone, Small And Medium Business, Malaysia, local search, phone
EC: Businesses need to sign up to social networks
News Social networking for small businesses, the 'internet of things' and the mobile internet will be key drivers for future business growth, according to the EC.
Tags: Web 2.0, SMB, Mobile, Mobile Internet, Spokesperson, Small Business, social networking, network, Web 2.0, Internet
