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Asia set to 'give back' to open source
News Asia may be "taking" more from the open source community than it is giving back for now, but that will change in two to three years, say industry experts.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Asia, India, Novell Inc., CIO, tax incentive, software, co-founder, Oracle Corp.
Ovum: China lacks IT services powerhouses
News Despite government push in IT and business process outsourcing services, Chinese equivalents of TCS and Infosys will not emerge in "foreseeable future", report says.
Tags: Outsourcing, Offshoring, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, Ovum, software, Information Technology, IT Services, India
S'pore turns to eco-vehicles, faces obstacles
News Government taskforce aims to introduce electric vehicles next year, but industry watchers voice concerns about consumer mindset and suggest alternative solutions.
Tags: Green IT, R&D, Vehicle, Road Tax, Renault, Compressed Natural Gas, Taskforce, Green IT, Singapore, electric vehicle
Facebook to set up international HQ in Dublin
News Social network following in the footsteps of other tech companies that have taken advantage of the government's friendly tax incentives.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., Advertisement, social networking, tax incentive, technology company, Facebook, talent, Dell Computer Corp., consulting company
Dell planning to ditch factories
News CFO Brian Gladden has said the company has "more work to be done" to improve profitability. Now The Wall Street Journal reports that Dell is planning to lower costs by selling off its factories.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Hewlett-Packard Co., Factory, Contract Manufacturer, tax incentive, operating margin, financial, knowledge, North Carolina
Software, services set to drive Vietnam IT
News Country has won over global IT players for its domestic demand and low-cost labor, but its software and services looks set to power its next wave of growth.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Alcatel, Vietnam, Telecommunications, Southeast Asia, 3G, IT outsourcing, software service
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
Investment in tech could help the UK reinvent itself
News A London School of Economics report suggests that a 15 billion pound (US$22.1 billion) investment in broadband, smart grid and intelligent transport technology could create 700,000 jobs.
Tags: Investments, Business broadband, Report, Investment, Author, Spokesperson, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Government, job
US govt commits US$1.2B to energy R&D
News U.S. President Barack Obama cheers on green-tech businesses, announcing a big increase in energy-related research and a 10-year business tax credit for R&D spending.
Tags: Green IT, Funding, Government, Clean Technology, clean-tech industry, Research And Development Investment Tax Credit, tax credit, job, researcher, Holland
Mixed reactions to Malaysia's ICT stimulus
News Government's US$16.2 billion "mini-budget" won't be sufficient to shield vendors from effects of recession, says country's national IT association Pikom.
Tags: Government, IT budgeting, Stimulus, Stimulus Plan, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Malaysia, Procurement, Wong, ePerolehan System
R&D push to help firms ride on recovery
News Small and midsize businesses can play major part in process of innovation, which is catalyst for economic recovery, says CompTIA official.
Tags: Innovation, Investments, Business, Small And Medium Enterprise, India, Thailand, Information And Communication Technology, Innovation, Australia, Malaysia
China's future--a stroll in the tech park
Insight Software parks are a key part of China's efforts to move forward as a tech powerhouse. Here's a peek at a future park outside Shanghai.
Tags: Software, Government
IPv6: Ready when you are
Insight At the beginning of 2002, approximately 30 percent of the Internet's total available address space was in use. Since then, the number of Internet users doubled every six months, but the growth rate has slowed considerably since the turn of the century.
Software investors eye good Thai life
News Thailand's location and quality of life--rather than government incentives--are pulling investors to the country's software sector, new survey finds.
Tags: Software
Last week in legal tech news
News Two of the most closely watched court cases in the tech world were left undecided as the U.S. Supreme Court chose to delay its rulings.
