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Philippine auction site to offer iPhone
News Auction.ph unveils special program selling Apple iPhone 3G at prices lower than market rates. But, plans are hazy on whether device will remain regular sales item.
Tags: Mac OS, Development/design, Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, Auction Site, Philippines, phone, 3G, partnership, Apple iPhone
SAS touts tool to measure 'green-ness'
News Business intelligence vendor launches scorecard to help firms assess and manage carbon footprint, whilst maintaining economic sustainability.
Tags: Green IT, Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAS Institute, McKinsey & Co., Tool, business intelligence, performance, software, Kuala Lumpur, managing director
Asian firms opt for shared services
News Businesses in the region can become more competitive by moving toward shared services and outsourcing, and at the same time Asia is an attractive location for the industry.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Cost control, Single Sign-on, India, Singapore, Business Process, Frost & Sullivan, KPMG Consulting Inc., bank
Policing, with a virtual twist
News For law enforcement agencies, Web 2.0 poses challenges but also serve up opportunities in surveillance and intelligence gathering.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Terrorism insurance, Data security, Virtualization, Video, Singapore, Facebook, Web 2.0, Second Life, Internet
S'pore businesses get more help to go 'green'
News update Country's National Environment Agency unveils new US$355,000 grant to help firms engage in projects to the United Nations' Clean Development Mechanism.
Tags: Green IT, Servers, Data centers, Government, Business, Project, Singapore, Schneider Electric, U.N., Environment
Nanjing displays leadership
Blogs Did you see the article yesterday in the Asian Wall Street Journal regarding Nanjing and its approach to peddlers? ...
S'pore ups showing at BroadcastAsia
News The country's contingent will occupy 1,200 square meters at imbX's BroadcastAsia 2008 this year, tapping into an expected 68,000 attendees to the annual show.
Tags: TVs, CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Singapore, Europe, DVB-H, handheld, digital video, America, R&D
Asia dominates global outsourcing list
News Nineteen cities from the region have made it to the top 50 list of emerging global outsourcing cities, with Cebu City in the Philippines in first place.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Business, City, Outsourcing, Philippines, Shanghai, Business Process, BPO, product development
India's RIM deals gather pace amid slowdown
News Remote infrastructure management outsourcing is fast becoming a lucrative revenue stream for India's service providers, say market players.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Infrastructure Management, Research In Motion Ltd., India, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., Business Process, Indian Company
Why virus writers are turning to open source
News Malware developers going open source and giving cybercriminals free access to malicious software in bid to expand capabilities of old Trojans.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Open source, Malware, Security, RSA Security Inc., virus writer, social networking, malicious software, virus
Facebook wastes no time putting FriendFeed to work
News Newly acquired start-up has become the face (pun intended) of not just Facebook's further development of real-time streaming technology but also its forays into the open-source community.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Server, Facebook, IM, Python, Web, team, Web 2.0
UK banking IT budgets plunge by US$40B
News In the United Kingdom, banking IT budgets will fall by 7 percent year on year in 2009, compared to a fall of 2 percent worldwide, a report by Datamonitor predicts.
Tags: Cost control, IT outsourcing, IT budgeting, Datamonitor, IT Budget, IT outsourcing, U.K., financial service, bank, industry
Should service be bought standard or custom?
Blogs For software buyers, this is a standard question: "Do I buy a standard package or do I do custom development?" The more ...
S'pore, M'sia IT groups ink outsourcing pact
News update Singapore's SITF and SBF sign outsourcing partnership with Malaysia's Pikom to boost business value of participating companies.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Business development/management, Business plans, Business, Outsourcing, India, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Back-office
Outsourcing shifts past Bangalore, Mumbai
News While India remains popular with the top 50 outsourcing companies, vendors are progressively creating more bases in cities such as Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company, Pune, Chennai, Silicon.com, outsource, Bangalore
