Software Testing
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Survey: Cloud computing hits big time
News Half of Global 2000 companies surveyed have already adopted the infrastructure, or will do so within next 12 months, according to AppLabs.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web Conferencing, Survey, software testing, Cloud computing, webinar, managed services, systems integrator, business case, Benefit
Moderate leisure surfing at work is OK
News Study may find employees who use 20 percent of time in office surfing for leisure more productive, but firms say this is too much personal surfing time.
Tags: Web browsers, Web 2.0, Employee, Asia, software testing, layoff, Worker, e-mail, University of Melbourne, managing director
Broader skill sets way to retrain
News Economic downturn demands more from job roles, so companies will do well to train staff for more general IT skills, say corporate HR heads.
Tags: Trends, Personal development, Personnel management, HR policies and procedures, Citrix Systems Inc., India, Training, Workforce, Hyderabad, Environment
Microsoft is expanding and investing in Thailand
News The software giant will collaborate with the country's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center on research and development, among other initiatives.
Tags: Innovation, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Mobile, Thailand, software testing, memorandum of understanding, Nectec, software, R&D
Open-source group adds second Chinese member
News A software industry regulator in the mainland has become the second Chinese member of U.S.-based Open Source Development Labs.
Mercury, Wipro team on software testing centers
News Mercury Interactive has partnered with Indian IT services giant Wipro Technologies to set up two software testing centers in India.
Tags: Business applications
Lenovo announces operational shake-up
News Job transfers, layoffs and reorganization are part of China-based PC manufacturer's attempts to keep growing in a competitive market.
Tags: Business structures, Human resources
When open source comes marching in
Insight Open source is gaining traction in the public sector, as Asian governments look for alternative software that meet business needs and offer more bang for the buck.
Tags: Open source
Is beta the best route?
Insight Using beta software may be kind to your bottom line, but it's worth exercising caution to protect your organization. We contend that the best implementations of such software involve real partnerships between your company and the vendor.
Malaysian ISV rides on IBM testbed
News Independent software vendor Profitera says it achieved significant savings by leveraging IBM's test facility in the country, skirting the high cost of software testing and development.
Tags: Software engineering/development
Mercury whips Japan back into shape
News After seven years of operations in the country, the software company's Japan office is finally on the growth path.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business models
Microsoft confirms Whistler leaked, investigation under way
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Apple in court dispute over Unix
News As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the operating system, the company that claims ownership of the Unix name says Apple is infringing its trademark.
Google exec rebuffs Microsoft's claims
News Kai-Fu Lee, whose hiring sparked a legal battle between Google and Microsoft, tells a court the software giant got his job history wrong.
Tags: Search, Lawsuits, Executive recruiting
Build, not test for, quality in code
News Ensuring quality early in the application development process can save precious time and money on software debugging, say industry watchers.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Services, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Security, SOA, India, Software Architects Inc., Gartner Inc., software, software development
