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The Weekly Round-Up: 02.10.09
Round-Up For years, car boot sales have been a way of selling horrible chipped china ornaments, Blackadder video box-sets and improbably large pairs of pants in the middle of damp, grassy fields. Over the years, the internet has... [02 Oct 2009]
Microsoft Builds a Green Campus to Save Costs and Reduce Carbon Footprint
White Paper Microsoft planned to expand its facilities in Shanghai, China, beginning in late 2007. It needed to incorporate sustainable building requirements and cost savings into the campus. Microsoft IT worked with other Microsoft... [02 Oct 2009]
Taobao.com Runs China's Busiest Data Warehouse on 20 Node Database Cluster
White Paper The company engages in Consumer-To-Consumer (C2C) and Business-To-Consumer (B2C) trading and has a 70% share of the online market in China. Founded in 2003 by Alibaba.com, Taobao.com is Asia's largest online shopping Web... [01 Oct 2009]
Cummins China Investment Improves Budget Accuracy by More Than 60%
White Paper In China, Cummins has a complex business structure that makes it difficult for head office staff to understand the budget requirements of its four units - engines, generator units, automotive parts, and automotive... [01 Oct 2009]
Yunnan Baiyao Cuts Management Costs by 60% and Increases Output by 50%
White Paper The company's rapidly growing business in China and overseas demanded a sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that integrated business processes and provided easy access to accurate, up-to-date... [01 Oct 2009]
ECI Telecom Cuts User Training Time and Cost by 50% With Flexible, Chinese-Language Learning Tool
White Paper ECI Telecom Ltd.wanted to roll out Oracle E-Business Suite applications, already used by 1,000 staff in Israel and 10 other locations, to 200 new employees in China and meet the needs of both competent and inexperienced... [01 Oct 2009]
OVISO Manufacturing Ensures Business Continuity and Scalability With Hosted IT Infrastructure
White Paper OVISO operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico, and China. OVISO Manufacturing is a contract manufacturer, serving customers in diverse industries that span the semiconductor capital equipment,... [01 Oct 2009]
Shanghai Social Security Builds Data Warehouse to Support Policymaking and Service Planning
White Paper China began issuing social security cards in 1999 and selected Shanghai as the pilot city for the initiative. Six million cards were distributed in 1999. In 2008, 13 million cards were issued. When the social security... [01 Oct 2009]
Michael Dell
AS Profile Generating the most excitement among Dell's forthcoming hardware line-up is the Latitude Z notebook, rumoured to have advanced wireless capabilities that possibly includes wireless charging; and Dell's Android-based smartphone, which is... [30 Sep 2009]
One in five of world's households now wired to the web
News In terms of growth, however, Bric (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries will account for nearly half, or 47 per cent, of the increase in consumer broadband connections over the next several years, Gartner said. [28 Sep 2009]
Mobile computing keeping PC shipments afloat
News The better-than-anticipated demand is being driven mostly by laptops and netbooks in China and the US, according to Gartner research director George Shiffler. Despite earlier, more dire predictions, PC sales are now... [24 Sep 2009]
Tracking Systems Performance at China's Leading Steel Corporation
White Paper Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation (SBGC) has a production capacity of more than 18 million tons of steel. It provides products for the automotive industry, oil and gas, shipbuilding, food and beverages, household appliances, and even... [19 Sep 2009]
Tianjin Unicom Increases Telesales Fivefold With SAS
White Paper One company affected by the increased scrutiny was Tianjin Unicom, a branch of the China Unicom group. The challenge was to gain insight into customer behavior in order to enhance decision making and gain higher ARPU... [19 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Gonzalez, along with 10 others from China, Eastern Europe and the US were accused in August 2008 of breaking into retail credit card payment systems using wardriving (searching for unsecured wireless networks while... [14 Sep 2009]
SAP on the hunt for more Business ByDesign guinea pigs
News The technology is currently being used by around 90 businesses in China, France, Germany, India, the UK and the US and SAP is hoping to bring more on board in the future. SAP is holding back on a full-scale launch of its... [10 Sep 2009]
