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Beware hidden costs of cloud computing

fmmonteverde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0800

Cloud service providers can make compelling and simple sales pitches in terms of cost of individual services-$100 per user per year sounds pretty good. But "hidden" expenses can alter a company's outlook.

How CIOs can stay tech-saavy

fmmonteverde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:10:00 +0800

As you assumed the role of CIO, your workdays became more business-focused. You've probably spent more time in meetings with business execs talking budgets and strategy than with technologists talking Ruby on Rails.

Robert Walters: Banks create new IT vacancies in Hong Kong

fmmonteverde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:10:00 +0800

IT pros are in higher demand as banks in particular begin implementing new systems and trading platform, said recruitment firm Robert Walters Monday.

There are also more job ads in Q3 2009 than a year ago, said the firm who released recently its Robert Walters Asia Job Index that indicates that the total number of advertisements for professional positions in

Microsoft seeks to leverage midmarket ERP

fmmonteverde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:09:00 +0800

Microsoft can't boast the ERP application revenue earned by giants SAP and Oracle, nor equal their breadth of technological capabilities, but its tight focus on small and medium-sized businesses gives it an edge, according to observers and company officials.

China to tighten grip on Twitter-style sites

fmmonteverde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:08:00 +0800

A Chinese government watchdog plans to push Twitter-style Web sites to censor their content, the country's latest move to block Internet users from posting certain politically sensitive information online.

The government-linked Internet Society of China plans to compose "self-discipline standards" for microblogging services, a group representative s

IBM sets up top-end business analytics center in India

fmmonteverde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:07:00 +0800

IBM has set up a center in Bangalore that will focus on offering high-end expertise to the business analytics market worldwide.

The center, called the Business Analytics Center of Competency, will have over 200 consultants in the area of business analytics who will interact with customers worldwide, said Simon Thomas, service line leader at IBM India for the

Windows 7: The numbers are in, and look good

fmmonteverde — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:10:00 +0800

IT outsourcing: Think twice before you issue an RFP

fmmonteverde — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:10:00 +0800

All the big outsourcing players from IBM and HP to Infosys and Wipro can offer their customers soup-to-nuts IT services these days.

Dashboard shows what Google knows about you

fmmonteverde — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:00 +0800

Ever wonder exactly what Google knows about you?

Google today took a step to help answer that question with the unveiling of Google Dashboard, which is designed to let users see and control the copious amounts of data that Google has stored in its servers about them.

"Over the past 11 years, Google has focused on building i

IBM announces cloud software-development betas

fmmonteverde — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:08:00 +0800

IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds.

Like other vendors, such as Skytap, IBM is pushing cloud services as a way for programmers to get access to computing power quickly, something that can be difficult if many in-house projects are occurring and on-