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IT, biz convergence necessitates access governance

Jamie Yap — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:02 +0800

Access governance's importance growing as IT and business intertwine, but costs of implementation need not increase with holistic approach, observers say.

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Vietnam mobile phone, accessories exports hit $3B

Kevin Kwang — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:09:02 +0800

Popularity of Samsung's mobile devices helps boost country's mobile phones and spare parts export value ranking to second spot behind garments and textiles, report states.

Evolving consumer expectations call for strategic new tech

Ellyne Phneah — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:02 +0800

Today's tech-savvy retail consumers want to interact with brands and look for personalized shopping experience, so companies need to be risk-adverse to adopt new technologies quickly and strategically.

Bharti Airtel faces money laundering probe

Jamie Yap — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:45:02 +0800

Indian telco under investigation for alleged money laundering and violation of foreign exchange rules, which company source says is related to airwave grants from decade ago, report states.

You are what you measure: Choose your metrics wisely

Scott Lowe — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:19:00 +0800

The very metrics that you choose to measure performance can be used against you in a number of different ways.

Sina Weibo hits 300 million users but costs rise

Ellyne Phneah — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:40:02 +0800

Chinese microblog service user base grows from 1 million to 300 million in less than 2 years, with most accessing through mobile platforms, but its rising costs a factor in group's first quarter loss.

Baidu confirms plans for low-cost smartphone

Ellyne Phneah — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:15:02 +0800

Chinese search giant announces handset, Changdong H5018, will be manufactured by Foxconn and distributed in conjunction with China Unicom, and will be powered by Baidu's operating system with 100GB storage on Wangpan.

Virtualized GPUs to boost desktop virtualization, games

Liau Yun Qing — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:05:00 +0800

Nvidia's Kepler-based graphics chips will expand existing desktop virtualization capabilities so more mobile workers can benefit, while cloud-based games can now be delivered to devices without GPUs too, CEO states.

Biz should tap cloud's multiplier effect

Jamie Yap — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:02 +0800

Cloud computing offers more than cost savings; used correctly, it can help open up new opportunities and better utilization of existing IT infrastructure and data, say industry watchers.

APAC tech M&A Q1 down but value up

Ryan Huang — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:14:02 +0800

Deal volume in region in first quarter of 2012 down 33 percent, but average value up 123 percent year-on-year, with about two-thirds of targets out of Asia-Pacific, study shows.

SingTel wins Singapore G-Cloud tender

Kevin Kwang — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:24:02 +0800

Telco secures rights from Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore to deploy private cloud infrastructure for whole government as well as offer public cloud services such as storage and software to the agencies.

3 in 5 APAC computer users admit to piracy

Ryan Huang — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:22:02 +0800

About 63 percent of computer users in Asia-Pacific admit they acquired pirated software in 2011, driving PC software theft in region to record high of US$21 billion, BSA study reveals.

Mozy online backup service: Privacy does matter

Michael Kassner — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:19:02 +0800

Online backup services are enticing, but, how does one know if the data remains private—truly private? Michael Kassner takes a look at Mozy to see how it measures up.

Configure Remote Desktop through Group Policy

Rick Vanover — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:57:02 +0800

Ensuring that Remote Desktop is enabled, or disabled, centrally through Group Policy is the way to go for Windows Servers. Rick Vanover shows how in this tip.

Mission-critical apps not up for cloud

Jamie Yap — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:01:00 +0800

Issues such as network latency, immature legal frameworks and inadequate safeguards for customers to disengage from cloud services mean most will retain critical apps in-house, observers note.

GSMA: India govt needs to reject 'short-termism'

Kevin Kwang — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:03 +0800

Telecoms trade body again calls on government to reject its regulator's recommendations on upcoming 2G spectrum auction, saying mobile services standard and availability will be negatively impacted.

US court revives Apple's bid to ban Samsung tablets

Jamie Yap — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:45:05 +0800

U.S. appeals court allows Apple to pursue its bid to block sale of Samsung tablet, based on alleged copyright infringement, and throws case back to district court which it says had erred in earlier judgement.

Groupon posts first profit in Q1

Jamie Yap — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:20:02 +0800

Daily deals site finally sees profit in first quarter 2012, compared to previous quarterly losses, while revenue and user base continues to grow.

Time for content providers to relook biz model

Eileen Yu — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:58:01 +0800

Over lunch earlier today at the launch of Internet Society's regional office in Singapore, president and CEO Lynn St. Am...

Docomo bids for Italian mobile content firm

Ryan Huang — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:04:02 +0800

Japanese mobile communications group to pay up to 224 million euros (US$300 million) for Buongiorno, in move to strengthen overseas businesses.