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How user networks are influencing business policy

Businesses that depend heavily on social networks and user communities will need to deal with data-privacy policies more carefully than their peers, experts say. It reverted to its previous terms of service, despite having explained that the amendment ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  26 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Open source cuts across Sun's growth strategy

NEW YORK--The open source route has generated more money for Sun Microsystems than before, says its open source chief, and staying on this path will be central to the company's growth strategy. "OpenSolaris has been very profitable for us," Phipps said, ...

From EILEEN YU, LXer,  19 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Sun Microsystems, Inc.,  Red Hat, Inc.

Government CIOs urged to tap into the cloud

Technology heads in the public sector should look towards cloud computing for insights on designing next-generation government IT infrastructures that are flexible and can support a utility model, according to a report released on Thursday. Steve ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  9 Mar 2009

Sun disputes claims OpenOffice is a fading project

Far from a project that is fading into oblivion, OpenOffice.org is still thriving under the support of a vibrant developer community and plans for further performance improvements, says its primary sponsor and owner Sun. Bruce Souza, director of ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  6 Mar 2009

Toshiba snaps up Fujitsu HDD business

Japanese electronics manufacturer Toshiba has agreed to buy Fujitsu's hard-disk drive business, in a move aimed at expanding its footprint in the enterprise storage market. In a statement released on Tuesday, Fujitsu did not reveal how much the deal is ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  17 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Toshiba

Lenovo reports loss, CEO steps down

Lenovo chief executive William Amelio resigned on Thursday after the Chinese PC maker reported a $97m loss in the third quarter of 2008, ending on 31 December. In a statement filed with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Lenovo's board of directors said ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  5 Feb 2009
Related Topics: IBM

Israel brings Gaza airstrikes to the web

The Israel Defense Forces this week extended its airstrikes on Gaza to the web, posting video footage of its air assault against Hamas militants on YouTube and using Twitter to spread its message. According to various news reports, the Israel Defense ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  2 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Twitter Inc

HP strives for recognition as major software player

The world's largest technology company knows it still has work to do if it wants to be recognised in the same league as some of the industry's biggest software houses. "In general, from an industry perspective, we think we've made huge progress but ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  11 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Michael Barnes,  IBM,  Microsoft Corporation,  Oracle

SMBs early adopters of open source CRM

Small and midsize businesses are among the early adopters of open source enterprise applications in Asia, where the majority of open source vendors are based outside the region, according to an IDC report released Tuesday. Beyond just cost savings, ...

From EILEEN YU, LXer,  11 Nov 2008

Mobile-broadband push may be slow to bear fruit

It will take time before an industry campaign for embedded mobile-broadband connectivity in devices will provide any real results, according to research firm Ovum. Dubbing it an "unprecedented initiative", the GSMA said the move includes a $1bn (Ł565m) ...

From EILEEN YU, ZDNet UK,  3 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Sony,  Fujitsu

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