IT professionals are still forced to work outside of regular business hours to execute routine IT tasks reveals a study conducted by King Research, a high-tech and enterprise computing market market research firm. Eighty-seven percent of mid-market...

Bluetooth penetration in laptops, cell phones, desktop computers or PDAs has been widespread with cell phone topping the list. The rapid uptake of Bluetooth technology in the mobile phones has accelerated the growth in Bluetooth chip...

Motorola is taking Bluetooth wireless technology one step ahead by introducing a range of stylish and fashionable Bluetooth devices. Motorola has unveiled its latest portfolio of devices. Motorola has unveiled its latest portfolio of devices for...

Is enterprise search autonomy business, or is it Microsoft’s territory? Well Microsoft has accused Google of trespassing their enterprise search domain. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner has warned Google and Linux vendors...

Yahoo! and Microsoft has launched a limited beta testing of interoperability between their instant messaging (IM) services. This will enable users of Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice to connect...

Sun Microsystems has introduced three computer servers -- the Sun Fire X4600 and Sun Fire X4500 servers and Sun Blade 8000, each powered by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Opteron processors with Direct...

IBM has announced a new server package targeting the small and mid-size businesses (SMB). With the new release, IBM, which has struggled in sales recently because of higher prices compared to HP and Dell, plans to target SMBs and low-cost system...

Microsoft has announced a new software license and maintenance terms to simplify and standardize pricing for its Microsoft Dynamics family of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. For this the company has launched a new Business...

The past week saw a variety of announcements from the Aperi community. Collectively, however, the announcements seem to send out mixed signals to the open source community. The Aperi community recently announced that it has proposed an open source project to the Eclipse Foundation. Aperi also announced...

Content Management software tools helps organisation create capture, manage and archive the vast amount of digital content that exist across the organisation. As the number of businesses both large-scale and mid-size grows in Asia, so has the market for the content management software tools, which allows companies...

Having a web site to your promote business or sell products is an imperative step to make your business a success. The company website is an open shop, opened 24/7, and it is important that it attracts viewers to have a closer look at it. Giving a professional look thus need professional expertise to design your website...

Targeting the small and mid-size (SMB) data storage market and in particular the Asia Pacific, EMC Corp., has introduced EMC Insignia line of hardware and software products for SMBs to store, manage, protect, and share business information. According to EMC, the products are designed to meet SMBs critical information...

Microsoft has finally given in to the pressure of government to allow interoperability between its MS Office Open XML Formats and the OpenDocument Format (ODF). The company has announced an open source project dubbed Open XML Translator project that will create tools to build a technical bridge between the MS Office and OpenDocument...

Hewlett-Packard has introduced new OpenView management solutions designed to enable chief information officers (CIOs) to transform their information technology department into more efficient and responsive business organizations. OpenView comprises of three programs -- DecisionCenter, AssetCenter and Application...

The Asia Pacific contact center market catering to telecoms, Banks, Credit Card & Insurance companies, Airlines & Hotels and IT companies has seen a remarkable growth. Developed just recently, the performance rate of sector is reasonably good and has a long to go to equal or outpace the U.S. and the European market...

Manufacturing IT spending in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) has been recovering and gaining momentum after the initial turnaround observed in 2004, reveals a recent report "Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Manufacturing IT Spending," by Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company...

Asia Pacific market is the hub for information technology support services to the U.S. and the European countries. This emerging market in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan is expected to grow at a steady rate, according to a recent study by IDC. IDC points out that the market is becoming increasingly competitive and vendors...

Oracle has announced the integration of its Siebel Insurance application with Oracle Content Database, which the company claims would enable insurance company to streamline core insurance processes such as policy issuance. Oracle said the integration will bring about an automated content...

Sybase Inc. a provider of enterprise-class information management and mobility software has launched Sybase Information Anywhere Suite, an integrated mobile platform, designed to enable enterprise customers to securely extend back-end enterprise applications...

Semiconductor maker Intel Corp. has launched its latest microprocessor for server computers. The dual-core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 series, previously codenamed ‘woodcrest’ is designed for the high-volume server, workstation, communications, storage and embedded market segments...