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    1Ten cloud trends for 2010

    January 27, 2010 in Industry News by Amy

    This year, it is expected many companies will stop talking about cloud computing and finally do something about it. This is where we will see the uptake of cloud services.

    As New Year business plans were drawn up, cost effective, time efficient and sustainable options were a high priority, making cloud computing a serious contender for IT services. Enterprises can expect the following…

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    0Google Voice finally gets to the iPhone with browser app

    January 27, 2010 in Tech News by Amy

    Apple had rejected last year an iPhone app built by Google, leading to a spat between the companies. Google has now found a way to let iPhone owners use Google Voice, the telephony management service whose iPhone-specific application Apple rejected last year.

    On Tuesday, Google is launching a Google Voice web application that runs on iPhone devices with the 3.0 OS or later versions, as well as on Palm WebOS devices.

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    0CIOs don't expect IT recovery

    January 25, 2010 in Industry News by Amy

    Forty seven percent of ICT executives plan for the recession to continue well into 2010.

    CIOs who survived 2009, during which IT budgets dropped by 8 percent on average, don’t expect to see business recover or IT dollars return immediately in 2010. They do, however, intend to makeover IT departments as leaner, more lightweight entities ready to respond to business needs, according to Gartner research released Tuesday.

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    0CIOs don’t expect IT recovery

    January 25, 2010 in Industry News by Amy

    Forty seven percent of ICT executives plan for the recession to continue well into 2010.

    CIOs who survived 2009, during which IT budgets dropped by 8 percent on average, don’t expect to see business recover or IT dollars return immediately in 2010. They do, however, intend to makeover IT departments as leaner, more lightweight entities ready to respond to business needs, according to Gartner research released Tuesday.

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    2Google's rivals tipped to grow in 2010

    January 18, 2010 in Tech News by Amy

    The biggest tech industry news story of the 2000s was undoubtedly the dramatic rise of Google. But will the search and online advertising juggernaut continue its dominance over the internet economy in 2010? Time will tell.

    Google’s rivalry with tech firms is likely to get more intense in 2010. With Google, tech firms are up against the internet’s most-trafficked website and a money-making machine. Google is poised to rack up more than US$23 billion in revenues in 2009, with margins over 30%. With its huge cash reserves, Google has money to buy innovative start-ups (recent examples include On2, ReCAPTCHA and AdMob) to keep itself at the cutting edge.

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    2Google’s rivals tipped to grow in 2010

    January 18, 2010 in Tech News by Amy

    The biggest tech industry news story of the 2000s was undoubtedly the dramatic rise of Google. But will the search and online advertising juggernaut continue its dominance over the internet economy in 2010? Time will tell.

    Google’s rivalry with tech firms is likely to get more intense in 2010. With Google, tech firms are up against the internet’s most-trafficked website and a money-making machine. Google is poised to rack up more than US$23 billion in revenues in 2009, with margins over 30%. With its huge cash reserves, Google has money to buy innovative start-ups (recent examples include On2, ReCAPTCHA and AdMob) to keep itself at the cutting edge.

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    0Cost saving for IT infrastructure management

    January 13, 2010 in Industry News by Amy

    In these trying economic conditions, CIOs must utilise all available strategies and avenues to deliver more with less.

    Much has been said about best practices in IT management to tide over the economic downturn. Under ever-increasing pressure, many CIOs are now looking at IT Infrastructure management as an effective means to drive business transformation. While most organisations are keen to join in, there are some strategies that may be employed to get quick wins.

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    1Top 10 tech stories of the decade!

    January 4, 2010 in Industry News, International by Amy

    IT companies reinvent themselves, but Apple reinvents entire markets. While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology truly become part of mainstream culture and commerce via the internet and ever-cheaper and smaller computing devices.

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