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Hard-to-get credit, dominant conglomerates deter startups in HK

Though 80% of entrepreneurs don't regret starting a business in Hong Kong, many of them find difficulties in securing credit (78%), market domination by large corporations (68%), and red tape (61%) the major deterrents to would-be entrepreneurs in the city, said workplaces provider Regus.

The unvarnished truth about Big Data

There are plenty who believe that beneath big data’s shiny exterior, companies will find a hollow ring of tin plating. Will big data reveal itself to be just another IT fad?

MANAGEMENT CENTRE

LEGAL

Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 patents, Apple says

Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 Apple patents, according to a court filing by Apple.

OUTSOURCING

How India's IT outsourcing leaders can stay on top

After a decade of double-digit growth, India's offshore IT outsourcing leaders must shift strategies if they want to continue to dominate in technology services as growth slows in a maturing market. Here are six things Indian outsourcers need to do to grow.

PROJECT MGMT

Guest View: The hidden costs of support

Sunil Desai, Director for Managed Services at Dimension Data Asia Pacific, points out that the bulk of support-related expenses fall outside the scope of traditional support offerings. It is important therefore to identify and eliminate 'hidden' expenses.

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RESOURCE CENTRE

APPLICATIONS

Lotus F1 CIO on maintaining control of enterprise IT

Lotus F1 CIO Graeme Hackland CIO believes having an application strategy that allows employees to find and develop their own solutions is key to maintaining control of an enterprise IT environment.

CLOUD COMPUTING

CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey

Only 2 per cent of CIOs said their organisations have fully delivered on innovative projects

DATA CENTER

Study ranks US least risky place to open data center

UK, Germany and Sweden follow as the least risky places to establish data centers, according to a survey released this week.

IMAGING AND PRINTING

Sanity deploys Oki printers

B431dn devices to appear in 120 retail stores

INDUSTRIES

Lotus F1 CIO on maintaining control of enterprise IT

Lotus F1 CIO Graeme Hackland CIO believes having an application strategy that allows employees to find and develop their own solutions is key to maintaining control of an enterprise IT environment.

INTERNET

Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks

Solera's big data security analytics and traffic inspection technology will be added to Blue Coat's offerings.

MOBILE AND WIRELESS

Microsoft wises up, pushes Office in latest Surface TV ad

Since it launched in late 2012, Microsoft has positioned its Surface tablet as a fun, hip alternative tablet, emphasizing its construction and form factor. That failed. So with its latest commercial, Microsoft has returned to its corporate roots: productivity.

NETWORKING

Aruba Networks latest to unveil 802.11ac access points

Joins other WLAN vendors ushering in the "gigabit Wi-Fi" enterprise

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Syncing calendars between Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard

Problem: You have events in Mountain Lion's Calendar application and would like to share them with your Mac running Snow Leopard. iCloud is out. Chris Breen tells you what's in.

SECURITY

Cyber safety awareness is not enough: AISA

Knowledge and awareness must go hand in hand, says security expert

STORAGE

Western Digital releases its first 1.5TB mobile drive

HGST has announced its highest capacity 9.5mm-high mobile drive, a 1.5TB, three-platter model that is being targeted at the "prosumer" market.

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