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RSS economic growthServer sales continue to rise
News While the continuing economic downturn might suggest that the market for computer hardware should likewise take a dip, the latest figures for server sales from analyst house Gartner suggest the market is still seeing growth. [26 Aug 2008]
Tech spend to top $3.4tr
News Despite a shaky global economic market, worldwide IT spending will pass the $3.4tr mark this year, up eight per cent from last year, according to analyst Gartner. Gartner VP Jim Tully said in the report: "The US-led economic downturn shows no sign... [19 Aug 2008]
Nokia retains smart phone crown
News As economic gloom continues the analyst said operators are likely to become even more unwilling to heavily subsidise high-end devices without adequate proof of return, and it predicts contract lengths and the time between upgrades will increase... [19 Aug 2008]
Cisco looks to the future with investment plans
News He declined to give guidance for the second half of the fiscal year, because he said the economic outlook is likely to change in the next six months. Cisco has weathered several economic downturns in the past. [06 Aug 2008]
Scaling Enterprise LANs With Vyatta
White Paper Vyatta harnesses the economic benefits of the x86 ecosystem and puts users on a superior cost curve as they implement LAN segmentation strategies to progressively scale their networks. Vyatta's router, firewall, and VPN solution provides a flexible... [04 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Others who were sticking to their guns were either mid-way through investment contracts or felt they had a flexible enough strategy to be able to react in time to economic hazards as they presented themselves. [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News Since he assumed that role, the company has been feeling the effects of a rising Rupee exchange rate, high inflation in India and an international economic slowdown. It's a reaction to economic realities, says Gopalakrishnan. [01 Aug 2008]
Yahoo! claims 'strong' Q2
News chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said: "Despite a difficult economic environment, we posted solid results in line with the ranges we indicated in April.Our diverse advertiser base and compelling value proposition for our customers were key... [23 Jul 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News All three of the Indian outsourcers blamed challenging global economic conditions, with Infosys warning the next quarter may continue to be difficult as companies postponed decisions on outsourcing. India's outsourcing giants are suffering sluggish... [18 Jul 2008]
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News Although online shopping growth actually fell in June (the first time it has done so since 2005), the report predicts the economic downturn will encourage more consumer spend to go online, as shoppers hunt for bargains. [18 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry ready to burst into new pastures
News After 12 years of rampant expansion, some analysts and investors have grown concerned that RIM will not be able to sustain it, particularly as the US economic picture darkens. The company's growth strategy will also focus on introducing new phones... [16 Jul 2008]
N2N: A Layer Two Peer-to-Peer VPN
White Paper Currently, after an explosive growth fostered by enormous and heterogeneous economic interests, it has become a constrained network severely enforcing client-server communication where addressing plans, packet routing, security policies and users... [10 Jul 2008]
Meeting the Cap-and-Grow Challenge With MPLS
White Paper Leveraging MPLS transport ubiquity offers conservative service providers an attractive cap-and-grow path to economic well-being. They can stop wasting money on tactical upgrades to obsolete revenue-producing infrastructures and instead advance... [10 Jul 2008]
The Geographic Concentration of New Firm Formation and Human Capital: Evidence From the Cities
White Paper The role of education and human capital externalities is a key variable in theories of economic growth. However, the mechanism by which these externalities are realized has not been fully investigated. [03 Jul 2008]
China's Henan Electric Takes on Net Readiness
White Paper HETT has the chance to become an economic powerhouse in China. But the company also realized that the only way to maintain this robust growth was to dramatically restructure its business strategy. Henan Electric Power Transmission and... [03 Jul 2008]
