Technology Sector
187 Stories

Technology sector to rev up IPO recovery

News IT firms and emerging markets including China, India and Brazil, will lead recovery of public listing activities, finds new survey on global investors.

Friday, November 06 2009 04:37 PM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Survey, U.S., Business Strategies & Functions, India, Technology Sector, IPO, Investor, oil & gas

IT will lead Asia's economic recovery

News Region's tech spending in 2009 will outpace gross domestic product, growing by 4.8 percent to reach US$300 billion in 2009, finds new IDC study.

Monday, October 05 2009 05:11 PM

Tags: Growth strategies and tools, Microsoft Windows, Personal applications, Business, Microsoft Corp., software, Information Technology, revenue, Asia, International Data Corp.

Indian firms turn to software-as-a-service

News Local startups and small businesses deploy hosted business applications to avoid incurring heavy capital expenditure and having to hire IT professionals.

Tuesday, May 12 2009 03:56 PM

Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Business applications, Security, India, Small And Medium Business, ERP, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), software

Tech layoffs up nearly 75 percent in 2008

News Nearly three-quarters of the U.S. cuts came during the last six months, bringing unemployment in the industry to levels not seen since 2003, says new report.

Friday, January 30 2009 10:12 AM

Tags: Layoffs, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., Electronics, Technology Sector, Unemployment, Telecommunications, San Mateo, Computer, layoff, Santa Clara

Samsung's Q3 earnings may herald rosy days ahead

News Samsung's forecast of a record third-quarter profit attests to success of the Korean electronics maker's aggressive growth strategy during the economic slump.

Thursday, October 08 2009 11:53 AM

Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Peripherals, Hyundai, LCD Panel, Quarter, Profit Guidance, Hyundai Securities, TV, Memory Chip

Obama meets with technology CEOs

News A handful of chief executives in the industry, including IBM's Sam Palmisano and Motorola's Greg Brown, meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the economy.

Friday, January 30 2009 06:37 AM

Tags: Federal Government, Hardware, Software, Investments, Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Business plans, Motorola Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Samuel J. Palmisano

EU calls for energy efficiency through ICT

News European Commissioner Viviane Reding has urged member states to use information and communication technologies to consume less power and combat climate change.

Sunday, March 15 2009 11:11 PM

Tags: Green IT, Telecommunications, European Union, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, energy efficiency, Brussels, member state, R&D, industry

Emerging technologies need regulatory reform, experts say

News Now is the time for the government to step in and guide the United States' emerging technology sectors, Tom Friedman and others in Washington argue.

Tuesday, March 31 2009 10:34 AM

Tags: Policy and management, Revolution, Conference, Web Browser, Marc Andreessen, Chicago, Internet Economy, financial, leader, Internet

M&A prospects better for small companies, new media

News Reports released this week show that small technology deals and ones related to nontraditional media are likely to fare better during this recession year.

Monday, January 12 2009 02:23 PM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Business, M&A, Database, online media, JEGI, Media, financial, marketing

VC says US needs Indian, Chinese engineers

News The US information technology sector needs Indian and Chinese software engineers to fill a massive staffing shortfall, a US venture capitalist said.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:06 PM

Oracle blames warning on "nervous" executives

News The company issues a profit warning for its third quarter Thursday as executives blamed the slowing US economy for sluggish sales of its flagship database software.

Friday, March 02 2001 01:06 PM