Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands
The company last made the annual BrandZ ranking in 2009.
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.
Sumitomo and NEC to build high-speed communications infrastructure in Myanmar
The new system is expected to support the upcoming SEA Games that starts end of the year in the country.
Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China
Two of the deaths occured at the Foxconn campus in Zhengzhou.
NYSE Technologies expands network into Hong Kong and Tokyo
NYSE Technologies has extended its global trading network into Equinix’s International Business Exchange data centres in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Forgame announces a strategic investment in HK-based Animoca
Chinese webgame company Forgame Holdings Limited has announced the completion of a strategic minority investment in Appionics Holdings Limited
Opportunities are ripe for partners for software-defined datacenter : VMware
Toni Adams, VP —Global Channel and Alliances Marketing at VMware, speaks about how partners can benefit from VMware's latest service offerings, and how they can use them to capture unconquered market space, especially in the SMB space.
Despite poor work-life balance, IT pros like their jobs: survey
Long hours? Likely. A healthy work-life balance? Probably not.
Aurora hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets
Cyber marauders sought more than just information on activists — they wanted access to FBI, DOJ investigations on spies in the U.S.
Rapid-growing mobile payments market is driving a financial fraud marketplace
An APWG warns of mobile fraud becoming an industralised process.
App development not keeping up with device updates
A global survey says a third of IT leaders describe their mobile development team as sluggish, middling or outpaced.
Act on technology to achieve competitive advantage
Mobile, social, virtualisation, big data and cloud are past the exploration stage for CIOs
Social enterprise can boost productivity by up to 25 per cent: NewsGator
Social software vendor highlights how organisations can benefits from a social strategy.
Mahindra Satyam RoW overtakes Europe
Findings from its net profit for fourth quarter report.
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Despite poor work-life balance, IT pros like their jobs: survey
Long hours? Likely. A healthy work-life balance? Probably not.
US power companies under frequent cyberattack
Legislation that would give the federal government power to oversee the protection of utilities has stalled.
CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey
Only 2 per cent of CIOs said their organisations have fully delivered on innovative projects
Airbnb runs afoul of New York law
An Airbnb host was fined $2400 for violating a New York state law barring short-term apartment rentals in large buildings.
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.
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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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.
CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey
Only 2 per cent of CIOs said their organisations have fully delivered on innovative projects
Opportunities are ripe for partners for software-defined datacenter : VMware
Toni Adams, VP —Global Channel and Alliances Marketing at VMware, speaks about how partners can benefit from VMware's latest service offerings, and how they can use them to capture unconquered market space, especially in the SMB space.
Sanity deploys Oki printers
B431dn devices to appear in 120 retail stores
Despite poor work-life balance, IT pros like their jobs: survey
Long hours? Likely. A healthy work-life balance? Probably not.
INTERNETPrevent a hack attack with Twitter's new two-factor authentication
After a series of high-profile hackings, Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication.
MOBILE AND WIRELESSNews International CIO aims to be multimedia giant in the cloud
Chris Taylor discusses agility, mobility and why the cloud is key to transforming a modern business
Aruba Networks latest to unveil 802.11ac access points
Joins other WLAN vendors ushering in the "gigabit Wi-Fi" enterprise
Touchscreen notebooks snag 10 percent of the laptop market, report claims
Touchscreen adoption is definitely coming along, just not as fast as the PC industry hoped it would.
Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in
Twitter on Wednesday rolled out two-factor authentication to step up account security in the wake of several high-profile hackings.
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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BLOG: Yahoo goes big and buys Tumblr
The Tumblr purchase has to be followed up with other moves to bolster its mobile and social strategies.
BLOG: Should companies allow employees to use cloud-hosted file sync/share solutions? Yes, with precautions.
Yes: Employees are doing what's best for the company
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