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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 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 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]
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 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]
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]
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-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 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, Africa Mobile-phone Boom Offsets Slowdown
News A continuing mobile-phone boom in emerging markets in Asia and Africa mostly offset a drop in demand for expensive models caused by global market turmoil, a survey showed on Monday. LG Electronics told Reuters it has seen balanced growth in North...
[April 1, 2008, 9:48]
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]
Insight Into Basel II Implementation In Asia
White Papers This webcast helps one understand the current practices of bank risk management in Asia, especially in the Mainland China and Hong Kong. It also discusses the issues of Basel II implementation in the Asian region.
[April 30, 2005, 0:00]
Web Surfers Cut Off From Net In Asia
News Internet users in Asia were unable to access the Web on Friday due to cable failure, a telecommunications company spokesperson confirmed. A fault on the Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 near Taiwan was detected around 1 a.m.
[July 5, 2002, 15:34]
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]
ZDNet Asia Increases Site Usage And Business Ties With SMS Service
White Papers ZDNet Asia wanted its users to be able to send SMS to friends or colleagues via the ZDNet site. Mobile 365 deployed a push solution whereby ZDNet Asia was able to offer mobile, value-added services for end-users, and in the process capture a...
[May 16, 2006, 0:00]
Current Money Laundering Challenges In The Asia Pacific Region
White Papers While the links between terrorist financing and money laundering may be tenuous, the global demands to take action against money laundering is now placing real pressure on public and private sectors across Asia.
[April 30, 2005, 0:00]
Flashman's Revenge: Central Asia After September 11
White Papers The terrorist attacks of September 11 swept away much of the uncertainty about Central Asia's importance to the international system and its relationship with the major powers, especially the United States.
[January 19, 2005, 23:00]
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]
