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18-05-2013
Indoor positioning tool helps track shopper behavior

How can brick-and-mortar retail stores get detailed insights into the shopping behaviors of customers that online sites can get from web analytics? Eden Estopace

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18-05-2013
Dell refining plans for OpenStack-powered public cloud

Fresh off the acquisition of a company that specializes in helping customers manage resources across multiple public clouds, Dell said it is "refining" its own plans to build a public cloud based on OpenStack. Brandon Butler

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18-05-2013
Cisco cites data center, wireless for revenue boost

Data center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the US and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Stephen Lawson

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18-05-2013
SAP draws new customers with Suite on HANA, but not Oracle's

SAP's announcement earlier this year that it is making its widely-used Business Suite applications available on its in-memory database technology, HANA, has led to new customers signing up to the solution - but it is yet to draw Oracle's application customer base into the fold. Derek du Preez

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18-05-2013
Google CEO wants to see your medical records

A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google CEO Larry Page said recently that people should be more open about their medical histories. Martyn Williams

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16-05-2013
Users might prematurely replace networking gear

With businesses looking to cut IT costs while simultaneously demanding more and new services, CIOs could find valu Dylan Bushell-Embling

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16-05-2013
Analyst: Weak iPhone 5 demand dents Hon Hai's revenue

Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry posted a 19.2 percent year-over-year decline in revenue for the first quarter, with sales likely affected by weak demand for Apple's iPhone 5, according to an analyst. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer said on Wednesday its revenue for the quarter was NT$809 billion (US$27 billion), although net profit was up 8.4 percent year-over-year, reaching NT$16.4 billion. Michael Kan

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16-05-2013
Microsoft: Free Windows 8.1 for Window 8 customers

Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the version of the OS designed for devices that run on ARM chips, said Tami Reller, the chief financial officer and chief marketing officer of the Windows Division, speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Tuesday. Juan Carlos Perez

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16-05-2013
Pactera: China still safe for IT outsourcing

China's reputation for security may have been marred by recent US accusations of state-sponsored hacking but the nation is still a safe place as a tech subcontractor for foreign businesses, according to one of China's largest IT outsourcing vendors. "We take security as a 'live or die' thing," said Jun Su, corporate executive vice president for Pactera Technology in an interview. "We are a public company. If we ever got exposed for leaking IP, we are dead." Michael Kan

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16-05-2013
Data centers experience green fatigue

A new survey from the Uptime Institute suggests fatigue is setting in when it comes to making data centers greener, and it may be partly due to overachievers like Google and Microsoft. James Niccolai

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15-05-2013
網絡罪犯冒充C朗、美斯騙用戶資料

Symantec發布最新的網絡安全威脅報告,指出有網絡釣魚罪犯利用2014年世界杯、著名球星及球會引網民及球迷上釣,騙取他們個人資料。 閱讀全文

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15-05-2013
智能電視大戰明日一觸即發

樂視TV宣布,將於16日上午10點通過樂視商城(shop.letv.com 閱讀全文

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15-05-2013
iTunes年收入將超雅虎+Facebook+Netflix總和

據外電報導,2012年四季度iTunes收入達到40億美元,年化收入將達160億美元。 閱讀全文

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15-05-2013
中小企融資 中銀資助擔保

本港有30萬間中小企,聘用超過120萬員工,佔私營機構總僱員的5成,他們的經營狀況,與本港眾多打工仔的生活 閱讀全文

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15-05-2013
亞洲知識產權營商論壇十二月舉行

為推廣香港發展成為知識產權貿易樞紐,政府將於今年十二月首度與香港貿易發展局(貿發局)及香港設計中心 閱讀全文

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