Chinese rival bolsters search engine against Baidu with Alibaba partnership
Qihoo 360's search engine is taking market share from Baidu
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.
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.
Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments
Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments
Despite poor work-life balance, IT pros like their jobs: survey
Long hours? Likely. A healthy work-life balance? Probably not.
The unvarnished truth about Big Data
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit
Apple continues as a litigating defendant in the suits brought by the DOJ and the states
Limited demand for multi-process HR BPO
Ovum study reveals buyers’ preference for shared services approach, single-process and add-ons for existing systems.
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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Climbers conduct mobile banking transactions on Mount Everest
The exercise was carried out using Standard Chartered’s Breeze apps
Meaningful use, 3D imaging drive health data storage demand
Healthcare providers are under siege by massive amounts of data. This is forcing the industry to upgrade its aging storage infrastructures, architectures and systems. Where that data is being stored may come as a surprise.
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.
Aussie start up launches online document platform
SignForms.com gets backing from tech investment company, NGU Group.
Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network
Translucent layers of metal inside glass windows could block outside signals and reinforce those inside.
Amazon's Kindle Worlds to publish officially licensed (but probably still insane) fan fiction
Amazon has announced that it is jumping into the officially licensed fan fiction business with its new Kindle Worlds publishing platform.
CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey
Only 2 per cent of CIOs said their organisations have fully delivered on innovative projects
Ruckus implements the bells and whistles of Wi-Fi
The most cost effective way to get data to customers is through Wi-Fi, says Michael Fletcher, Sales Director for Sub-Saharan Africa
OmniPresence, the Omni Group's new cloud sync service, hits all the right buttons
Syncing is a hot topic these days, with plenty of alternatives and lots of angst over their perceived limitations and shortcomings.
Cyber safety awareness is not enough: AISA
Knowledge and awareness must go hand in hand, says security expert
ISV is Our Key Route to SMB Market in India: IBM
Viswanath Ramaswamy, Country Manager for Power Systems, Systems and Technology Group at IBM India/ South Asia, talks about the company's unique strategy for SMB market in India.
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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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