Emerging markets are the hot targets for outsourcing engineering services, the sector which accounts for 2 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP). Although the focus of outsourcing was initially to cut cost, it has given way to growth in the emerging markets...
Partner-to-Partner (P2P) networks help vendors move from a hub-and-spoke view of partner communities and partner management to a much more holistic model. According to an IDC study, P2P network initiatives are quickly entering the partner management market and will likely generate enormous impact...
82% of the new threats that during the first six months of 2006 have been Trojan horses, which cannot spread by themselves and are typically targeted at particular groups of people. The overall level of malware continues to escalate indicating that spyware, Trojan horses and phishing are now the more favoured methods of attack for cyber criminals …
IT skills have been growing in value at a rate nearly two times that of certified skills over the last year, several inquiries have been made about what’s next for vendors who rely on their certifications programs to gain mind share for their technologies and support sales of their products What fascinates me is ...
The controversial e-passports contain radio frequency ID, or RFID, chips that the U.S. State Department and others say will help thwart document forgery. But Lukas Grunwald, a security consultant with DN-Systems in Germany and an RFID expert, says the data in the chips is easy to copy. "The whole passport design is totally brain damaged," Lukas Grunwald...
A new digital market has emerged that both expands upon and threatens traditional market, finds a new study by information technology firm IDC. The study reveals that this marketplace, composed of gateways, nodes, and hubs, is growing rapidly due to a confluence of demand, technologies, customers, and changes in how people live their...
As Internet Protocol (IP) for video services are gaining popularity, some cable operators are moving towards IP delivery as a means of offering their customers advanced interactive video services via the cable modem, according to a study from ABI Research. However, the research firm warns that the switch over to IP...
Security & Defence initiatives are stimulating strong spending on IT in the Asian Public Sector, according to a study conducted by information technology research firm Springboard Research. The public sector segment in the Asian market, excluding Japan, saw a remarkable increase on IT...
Apple's iTunes service has the potential to outstrip its formidable iPod business and may allow it to enter the home audio and video markets ahead of its competitors, said research firm ABI Research. Apple computer’s third-quarter earnings...
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has rejected the latest draft version of the General Public License (GPL), which governs the Linux kernel, because of restrictions on the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in systems …
