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US Report: Asia crisis impacts CA sales recovery
News Computer Associates (NYSE:CA) is now unsure when its sales will recover as its main customers continue to hold off purchases because of wariness about Asia, said CEO Charles Wang in an interview with Bloomberg News.
[September 4, 1998, 17:55]
Asia-Pacific region defies IT services downturn
News Despite continued sluggish performance in Europe and the US, the Asia-Pacific region continues to show healthy growth in the IT services sector according to Rolf Jester, Gartner chief analyst for IT services in the Asia-Pacific.
[May 28, 2002, 14:20]
Asia outstrips Europe, US in fibre rollout
News Asian countries continue to surpass Europe and North America in the adoption of fibre-to-the-home technology, according to a new global ranking study by the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
[July 25, 2008, 8:20]
Asia-Pacific firms rally against e-commerce patent
News Matthew Tutaki received 2,000 emails from Asia-Pacific businesses within 48 hours of publicising his effort to overturn a highly controversial e-commerce patent that came within days of being ratified by Australian authorities.
[July 18, 2003, 9:50]
Asia-Pacific PC market grows 30 percent
News The Asia-Pacific personal computer market grew by 30 percent in 2000, with unit shipments reaching 17.3 million, according to Dataquest. Asia-Pacific countries posting strong growth rates and market share increases over the past year were China...
[February 20, 2001, 8:22]
Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi growth outstrips US
News Wireless LAN hot-spot growth in Asia-Pacific is outpacing that of North America, according to a report by analysts Allied Business Intelligence (ABI). The growth is based on growth of 55 percent CAGR (compound annual growth rate) in Asia-Pacific...
[July 17, 2003, 9:32]
Asia's business intelligence market spells big money
News Business Intelligence (BI) solutions are hot-sells in Asia's corporate world, a recent study by IDC Asia-Pacific has revealed. This segment is currently worth $1.2bn, where 43.5 percent comes from Australia and New Zealand, while South East Asia...
[July 4, 2002, 7:57]
Asia/Pacific region to dominate developer market
News The Asia/Pacific region is set to become the largest market for software developers by 2006, according to figures released last week by analyst group IDC. This will help the Asia/Pacific region to overtake America in 2006 and become the largest...
[April 29, 2005, 16:15]
Asia restores communications after quake
News Internet communications across Asia, including Japan, China and Korea, suffered a complete blackout or severe network congestion after an earthquake off Taiwan's southern coastline damaged several major submarine cables connecting Asia and the US...
[January 4, 2007, 8:35]
IBM allocates $3bn for Europe, Asia stimulus
News IBM has earmarked $3bn to finance so-called smart infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia likely to receive government stimulus support. The $3bn is split between $2bn for Europe and $1bn for Asia-Pacific.
[May 27, 2009, 8:38]
Asia urged to strengthen data-breach laws
News Governments in Asia need stronger data-breach laws to ensure businesses improve the security of their customer data, according to a senior CA executive. Jerry Cox, CA's director of security sales for the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, said...
[September 28, 2007, 9:37]
Asia Pacific leads world on super-fast 3G
News The Asia Pacific region is leading the world in adopting high-speed packet access (HSPA) — the higher-speed version of 3G. According to a report by Wireless Intelligence, HSPA connections will reach 40 million by 2008 with the initial impetus...
[July 12, 2007, 7:59]
Asia: Public enemy number one for spam
News More spam is now relayed from Asia than any other continent according to the latest research from IT security company Sophos. Asia accounts for 42.8 percent of the spam received by Sophos' global spam monitoring network with North America in second...
[April 20, 2006, 17:55]
Gartner: Asia leads semicon recovery
News Following a drastic decline in 2001, research firm Gartner Dataquest said the worldwide semiconductor market, buoyed largely by Asia-Pacific, is back in the black this year. Reflecting the increasing shift in electronic equipment production to Asia...
[December 18, 2002, 12:30]
Businesses advised to register .asia domains
News Businesses with a presence in Asia which wish to protect trademarks have been advised that they should consider registering for .asia domain names. The .asia top-level domain becomes available on Tuesday for companies with trademarks and a local...
[October 8, 2007, 17:38]
Asia helps lift May chip sales
News Sales in the Asia-Pacific region were particularly strong in May, rising 22.4 percent, thanks to a large concentration of chip foundries. The chip sector was a little bit merrier in May. Worldwide semiconductor sales rose close to 3 percent to...
[July 2, 2002, 7:57]
Massive net disruption in Mid-East & Asia
Blog It seems that, thanks to an undersea cable in the Med being cut, there's massive internet disruption across the Middle East and South-East Asia. According to the Beeb, who have helpfully collated reports from Reuters and the AP, Egypt has lost 70...
[January 30, 2008, 16:18]
Hot spots heat up in Asia Pacific
News Market scepticism hasn't dampened industry fervour in Asia-Pacific for rolling out public wireless-access points, known as hot spots, nor has it put brakes on user subscriptions, according to a study by analysts IDC.
[December 5, 2003, 8:50]
IBM beats Street in Q2 but Asia takes its toll
News IBM was hurt not only by declining sales into Asia and pricing competition for its PCs and chips, but also erratic currencies that ate into its profits. Sales into the Asia/Pacific region dipped 13 percent to $3.3bn (£2.01bn) and the Europe/Middle...
[July 21, 1998, 11:43]
Korean online game takes Asia by storm
News A Korean games maker has created an online hit that's got millions in Asia hooked and left at least one set of politicians unamused. According to market research firm IDC, the popularity of Internet gaming in Asia has even topped online buying.
[July 23, 2003, 10:40]
