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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]
How Secure Is a Password?: IT Security Attitudes in the USA Versus Europe and Asia
White Papers As a general observation it is probably true that Europe, the Middle East and also Asia are by far more secure than its counterparts in the USA. In Europe the initial concern of management is to maintain security above ease-of-use.
[July 20, 2009, 1:18]
Sprint rejoins race in Europe and Asia
News The company announced Tuesday it plans to build its own Internet backbone so it can launch Sprint services in 35 different countries in Asia and Europe by 2003. Right now, there is an oversupply of network facilities in Europe," Neil said.
[February 7, 2001, 7:50]
Europe to take Wi-Fi crown from US
News America will be jostled off the top of the Wi-Fi heap within four years, researchers have predicted, as businesses and users in Western Europe and Asia rush to embrace high-speed wireless networking. Currently, North America is home to 46 percent...
[November 27, 2003, 15:40]
Three undersea cables damaged five times
Blog The SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) cable, the internet spine serving much of Asia, was damaged near Penang, and also near Alexandria, Khaleej Times reports. The FLAG Europe-Asia undersea cable was damaged near Alexandria...
[February 6, 2008, 11:41]
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]
EU plays catch-up with US at dot com summit
News The 15 leaders of the European Union will meet tomorrow to discuss plans to boost e-commerce in Europe to make it more competitive against the US and the Asia Pacific. Grant said that such issues, together with a lack of training would cause Europe...
[March 22, 2001, 14:04]
European companies 'afraid of new tech'
News Speaking at the UK Technology Partnering and Investment Forum in London, Joe Schoendorf of Accel Partners said that Europe is lagging behind the US and Asia when it comes to adopting emerging technology and embracing start-ups.
[March 2, 2004, 16:00]
A Year Ago: Grove sees European IT lagging
News Intel CEO Andrew Grove yesterday said Europe is falling behind the US and Asia in exploiting IT. Grove backed up his claims by noting that Intel's European sales have only moved up one point to 28 per cent in the last decade while Asia Pacific has...
[February 4, 1998, 6:00]
Intel's Grove says Europe is falling behind in IT
News Intel CEO Andrew Grove yesterday said Europe is falling behind the US and Asia in exploiting IT. Grove backed up his claims by noting that Intel's European sales have only moved up one point to 28 per cent in the last decade while Asia Pacific has...
[February 4, 1997, 10:22]
Windows Mobile makes strides in Asia
News Chris Sorensen, Microsoft's Asia-Pacific, Greater China and Japan lead product manager for its mobile communications business division, said in an interview with ZDNet Asia: "Mobile phones are critical markers of social status and identity in Asia...
[November 29, 2007, 15:11]
Does Asian IT growth threaten Europe?
News Asia-Pacific is the star in IT growth these days, with the market expected to grow 7 percent annually compared to 4 percent in Europe, according to a new report from KPMG Consulting titled Convergence Gathers Pace.
[March 22, 2005, 15:55]
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]
Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market
News Sendo decided to withdraw from Asia to focus on Europe following its falling-out with former smartphone partner Microsoft last year, said chief executive Hugh Brogan. It was a case of now-you-see-them, now-you-don't: UK-based phone maker Sendo...
[November 18, 2003, 10:35]
La vida latina hits the Web
News They predict Latin America will follow in the footsteps of Europe and Asia and leapfrog many of the access issues that have plagued modem-bound users in the United States. With increasing attention being paid to skyrocketing Internet use in Europe...
[November 16, 1999, 10:35]
HP to merge handheld with mobile phone
News An HP representative told CNET News.com that the device, which will use Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system, will come out this fall in Europe and Asia and sometime in the second half of the year in the United States.
[February 21, 2001, 12:28]
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]
Tech firms blame Europe for slow growth
News Smaller companies may have limited exposure, but Europe and Asia will be a hot topic for large companies. Compaq, like rivals EMC and Hewlett-Packard, has joined the parade of companies proclaiming that sales in Europe are slowing and the slowness...
[July 12, 2001, 15:41]
Nations uniting for open source
News This legal movement, earliest and most pronounced in Brazil but also showing signs of catching on elsewhere in Latin America, Europe and Asia, is finding ready converts as governments struggle to close sometimes vast digital divides with limited...
[August 30, 2001, 8:30]
Weak dollar distorting European IT market
News Looking at 2004 revenues from 35 IT vendors across the world in US dollars, Forrester found North America grew 7.5 percent, while Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grew 15 percent and Asia Pacific 12 percent.
[May 16, 2005, 10:20]
