Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of handsets, memory chips and televisions, will invest 1.7 billion U.S. dollars in its plant in east China's Jiangsu Province in the coming five years, local authorities said Sunday. The ...
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IDC has released its predictions for the IT industry in 2014, and said it believes that Middle East spending will exceed $32 billion in the coming year. It predicts that the region will make a 7.3 percent year-on-year growth, one of the ...
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The UAE has gained recognition for its improving IT industry by climbing 12 places up to 33rd in the ICT Development Index – the highest increase of any country. Measuring the Information Society – the fifth annual edition ...
While Digital Lumens focused its SIL Europe presentation on adaptive controls as expected, it was surprising to hear both Dialight and Xicato make lighting networks and controls a central theme of their Investor Forum presentations. ...
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The demand for big data experts in large companies is expected to more than double by 2017 to 69,000, according to a study sponsored by data analytics specialists SAS. In 2013, there were 31,000 people employed as big data specialists at ...
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Indian conglomerate ITC has unveiled plans to establish a food park in Ludhiana district of the state of Punjab. The announcement was made during a meeting between ITC chairman YC Deveshwar, executive director Kurush Grant and a state ...
Most foreigners in Shanghai see investment opportunity as the city's main attraction, followed by a wealth of job opportunities and a cosmopolitan culture, according to a survey of taxi passengers. China Daily conducted the poll of ...
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Big data is mostly a buzzword created by analysts and the press with the most literal examples of big data being restricted to machine data, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight has claimed. Goodnight made the comments during the opening keynote of his ...
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Microsoft Gulf has announced plans for GITEX 2013 to provide visitors with access to its latest technologies in-line with the IT industry’s current disruptive trends. The next generation Microsoft solutions will be available on ...
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Pony Ma, aged 42, outpaced Robin Li to become the richest entrepreneur in the IT industry with wealth of CNY 56 billion, while Li ranked number two with CNY 46 billion, according to 2013 Hurun Rich List. Ten magnates on the IT rich list ...
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Brazil needs its own global technology companies if it is to capitalise on its market growth, says Antonio Gil, president of Brasscom, Brazil's technology industry trade body. Brasscom represents 45 companies in Brazil's IT industry and ...
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The UK's GCSE results came out this week and, on the whole, it's been positive news for the IT industry, with a 38 per cent year-on-year rise in students aged 14-16 taking the ICT exam - 73,847 exams sat this year compared to 53,197 last ...
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until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire.? While the tech industry emphasizes the new, legacy system skills are still valued since some companies ...
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China plans to bring gigabit Internet speeds to its major cities by 2020, part of its effort to expand broadband among households in the nation.? The Chinese government set out the target in its new broadband strategy announced on ...
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The PRISM revelations and the National Security Agency's programme of obtaining data from web firms could cost the American cloud computing industry $35bn (£23bn) over the next three years, as wary customers switch to providers that ...
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