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Sars Dampens Server Sales
News Asia Pacific server revenue in the second quarter saw only moderate growth of eight percent compared to the same period last year, with sales hit by Sars and weak economies in developed countries. Sars -- severe acute respiratory syndrome -- is the...
[September 2, 2003, 12:45]
SARS Illness Disrupts Asian Business Plans
News In response to customers' concerns over (SARS), the format will change to presenting technology content updates and press announcements over the coming months," the company said in a statement. According to the organisation, SARS is an atypical...
[April 3, 2003, 10:04]
Sars Hits PC Sales, Helps Remote Working
News The severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak in China has dealt a hard blow to PC shipments, but in the months ahead, demand will go up, as SARS has made stuck-at-home users familiar with the online lifestyle, according to Taiwan-based...
[May 22, 2003, 11:59]
Two Trade Shows Cancelled Due To Sars
News The CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia trade shows, scheduled for June 17 to 20 this year, has been scrapped because of the SARS outbreak, the organisers Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) announced on Thursday.
[May 1, 2003, 9:01]
Technology Masks The True Message Of Sars
Talkback I have just found the time to read Rupert Goodwin's article on SARS and was very impressed. SARS is a similar 'Elephant in the Living Room' and to read inteligent text like Rupert's gives me some hope that we may tackle such global threats sensibly.
[October 7, 2005, 7:59]
Case Study: Management Of A Confirmed SARS Case On Campus
White Papers Visitors from affected areas were told to monitor for symptoms, and not attend ceremonies if they were at risk for SARS. However, when university staff received a call from county public health officials on June 5 concerning a potential SARS case...
[January 12, 2005, 23:00]
Border Screening For SARS
White Papers With the rapid international spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from March through May 2003, Canada introduced various measures to screen airplane passengers at selected airports for symptoms and signs of SARS.
[January 26, 2005, 23:00]
Motorola Reopens China Office After Sars
News Motorola, which closed its main office in Beijing after an employee came down with SARS, plans to reopen the 18-story building on Monday, according to reports. The Chinese capital is gripped with fear over Sars, which has infected more than 6,700...
[May 7, 2003, 13:16]
Feds Go After Sars Spammers
News Two federal agencies are targeting sites and spammers that promote Sars cures and prevention products, saying they must remove the misleading information or risk penalties. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration...
[May 12, 2003, 9:12]
Sars Virus Exploited By Worm Writers
News In this instance an email arrives offering information about the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), which has killed dozens of people worldwide. The Coronex worm uses a variety of subject lines, message bodies and attachment names...
[April 23, 2003, 15:19]
Integrated Web Applications Help Ontario Respond Rapidly To Contain The Spread Of SARS
White Papers The SARS outbreak in the Province of Ontario created a need to screen patient transfers carefully to prevent the spread of the disease between healthcare facilities. The solution was a Microsoft.NET-based application that screens patient transfer...
[November 14, 2005, 23:00]
AMD Falls Victim To Sars
News Blaming the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus, the company said that its revenue for the quarter ending June 29 will total about $615m (£369.50m), or $100m less than it had forecast in April when it reported first...
[June 25, 2003, 8:05]
Computex In Taipei Delayed By Sars
News Both "'have shown their support for our latest announcement," she said, because of fears related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). Last month, Ma sent out 200,000 letters to overseas buyers in a bid to reassure them Taipei is safe...
[April 30, 2003, 9:32]
HP Quarantines North American HP Workers
News In what may be the first case of North American tech operations being affected by the mysterious SARS virus, Hewlett-Packard has sent about 200 workers home from a Toronto-area office amid concerns that two employees may have the illness.
[April 11, 2003, 7:20]
Motorola & HP Ruffled By Flu-like Virus
News Last Thursday, the US-based electronics maker decided to tell night shift workers to stay home following news that a female worker was diagnosed with SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), a potentially fatal pneumonia-like illness sweeping Asia.
[March 31, 2003, 12:07]
PC Market Growth Sluggish Despite End Of War
News Analysts said that global economic issues are still determining PC buying trends, among them continued sluggishness in Europe and the US and the SARS outbreak. The SARS outbreak in Asia is already having an appreciable impact on select economies in...
[May 14, 2003, 16:43]
Mobile Industry Still Waiting For Upswing
News A remaining concern is the Sars epidemic in China, which has dulled one of the few bright spots in the otherwise slumping wireless sector. In June, Nokia blamed Sars and a large inventory of mobile phones when it lowered its annual mobile phone...
[July 15, 2003, 11:23]
Computex Is Rescheduled For September
News The Computex show, one of the largest annual tech events, was supposed to take place in Taipei on 2-6 June, but the onset in Asia of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, prompted a number of cancellations and travel warnings.
[May 29, 2003, 10:59]
PC Market Edges Towards Recovery
News Despite the Sars epidemic, the war in Iraq, and economic uncertainty, the PC market grew faster than expected in the second quarter. PC shipments rose by nearly 10 percent in the April-to-June period compared with the same three months in 2002...
[July 17, 2003, 8:34]
Taiwan's Computex Set To Draw Record Crowds
News Early signs indicate that Computex Taipei 2003 in September will draw record crowds, much to the relief of organisers who had postponed the June show due to the Sars scare. Computex was meant to take place this month but was rescheduled to 22-26...
[June 20, 2003, 7:55]
