This year will see over a quarter of a trillion dollars spent on IT outsourcing globally, but Western European organisations are holding back investments in the uncertain economy, according to the latest research from Gartner. The analyst ...
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Taiwanese PC maker Acer, revising its estimates, does not expect "explosive growth" for Windows 8 devices when the Microsoft operating system launches in October, with its company CEO citing a lack of consumer interest as one of the ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
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In the battle for the hearts and minds of enterprise mobile developers, Apple's iOS has taken a commanding lead as businesses show concern over Android, according to a recent survey of mobile developers by Appcelerator and IDC. Does ...
Tags: Apple, app devs, Android, consumer devs, Microsoft
THE sharemarket continued its climb yesterday, reaching a 17-month high on positive news from Europe as US politicians inched closer to a deal on the fiscal cliff crisis. Utilities, energy, industrials, telecommunications, materials and ...
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Tech stocks have been climbing recently as key vendors such as Cisco and Lenovo report positive quarterly earnings and the U.S. economy offers glimpses of good news. So far this year, shares in IT companies rose steadily until April and ...
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One month does not make a trend, but IT employment dipped last month after a long stretch of gains. Analysts can only speculate as to the reasons for the decline. It may be an indication of market volatility, a short pause in hiring, or ...
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The oversupply problem has made the Taiwanese coating steel mills worry about the steel market in the first quarter of next year even though some market participants expect the demand might become better next year. Yieh ...
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What should we take away from EMC’s third-quarter financial results? I am pleased that EMC showed growth in this challenging environment. Our strategy, balanced portfolio, operational model and ability to execute are paying off ...
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Intel on Tuesday said its revenue and profit dropped during the third quarter of fiscal 2012 compared to the same period a year earlier, and blamed a tough economy for poor sales of its products. The company's profit was $2.97 billion for ...
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It is hard to believe now but just 3 years ago the iPad did not exist. Apple's tablet computer was launched back in April 2010 and has since gone on to sell tens of millions of units and dominate the tablet computer market. Due to its ...
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THE Australian sharemarket hit a fresh 17-month high today as US lawmakers inched closer to a deal on the fiscal cliff problem. Utilities, energy, industrials, telecommunications, materials and financial stocks mostly rose despite some ...
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Source: The Australian LOW business confidence and sentiment will continue to cloud the IPO market in Australia next year, but with a backlog of potential market listings and record amounts ...
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Three-quarters of charities believe technology has enabled them to help more people, but 80% have no plans to use cloud computing. Research from Accenture was conducted to coincide with Byte Night, which sees workers in the IT industry ...
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SAP is close to having 600 customers for its HANA in-memory database platform and is also making some adjustments to enterprise edition pricing, an executive said during a webcast event yesterday. There are now more than 500 total ...