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Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon.

By Agam Shah | 24 May, 2012 19:23

Tags: smartphones, processors, nvidia, Fujitsu, consumer electronics, Components

Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to take stand in Oracle-SAP retrial

During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives as witnesses including CEO Larry Ellison, former Oracle co-president and current Infor CEO Charles Phillips and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott, according to court documents filed Thursday.

By Chris Kanaracus | 24 May, 2012 16:49

Tags: Leo Apotheker, Charles Phillips, larry ellison, Application services, services, Civil lawsuits, intellectual property, legal, personnel, business issues, applications, software, hewlett-packard, TomorrowNow, oracle, sap

Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

Tags: Hack In The Box, enterprise architecture, Architecture, software, fraud, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection, data breach, intrusion, security, sap

Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors

Even for organizations with a stellar full-time IT staff, situations often arise where temporary outside help is needed. A big Web project might demand a few extra programmers to meet a tough deadline, for example, or a rollout of tools to support a sales force bent on capturing a broader market may require expertise not available in-house.

By Logan Kugler | 22 May, 2012 20:08

Tags: software, services, project management, outsourcing, IDC, applications

Babelverse real-time human voice translation service opens public beta

Babelverse, a service designed to enable users to directly contact a human translator anytime, anywhere, opened a public beta of their service in Amsterdam on Thursday.

By Loek Essers | 27 April, 2012 00:01

Tags: Babelverse, services

Tata forecasts a strong market for its services

India's largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services, posted high revenue and profit growth in U.S. dollar terms for the quarter ended March 31, and said the market for its services continues to be strong.

By John Ribeiro | 24 April, 2012 02:29

Tags: business issues, financial results, infosys, offshoring, outsourcing, services, Tata Consultancy Services

Infosys sees revenue grow more slowly than hoped

Infosys' revenue in its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended March 31 fell short of guidance, as global markets for its services are recovering very slowly, the company said Friday.

By John Ribeiro | 13 April, 2012 20:15

Tags: business issues, financial results, infosys, offshoring, outsourcing, services

Talent2 signs Queensland government outsourcing contract

IT services provider, Talent2 International (ASX: TWO), has entered the government space by signing a three-year Managed Service Program (MSP) deal with the Queensland government.

By Hamish Barwick | 24 February, 2012 11:12

Tags: managed service program (MSP), outsourcing, queensland government, Talent2

Wipro's IT revenue rises, but lags peers

Wipro's IT services revenue grew 12 percent year on year in U.S. dollar terms in the quarter ended Dec. 31, but its growth lags behind Indian outsourcing peers such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

By John Ribeiro | 20 January, 2012 20:50

Tags: infosys, offshoring, outsourcing, services, Tata Consultancy Services, wipro

Infosys cuts revenue forecast citing European crisis

Infosys cut its revenue growth forecast for its fiscal year ending March 31, citing slowing demand in Europe which is hit by a debt crisis.

By John Ribeiro | 12 January, 2012 22:15

Tags: infosys, offshoring, outsourcing, services

Deceased Surfline founder to be remembered Sunday

Surfers around the world are getting ready to honor Surfline founder and president Sean Collins, who died December 26 from a sudden heart attack. He was 59-years-old. Collins turned a hobby into a profitable surf forecasting business relied-on by many surfers and ocean enthusiasts.

By Kerry Davis | 07 January, 2012 08:22

Tags: Computing services, services, Surfline

Aussie retailers to cut costs with managed print services

After a tumultuous year for Australian retailers, the industry’s national body has formed a five year managed print services partnership with Upstream Print Solutions in an effort to cut costs internally and for its members.

By Chloe Herrick | 15 December, 2011 11:22

Tags: Australian Retailer’s Association (ARA), managed print services, printers, Russell Zimmerman, Upstream Print Solutions

OpDemand service aims to ease IaaS deployments

OpDemand on Thursday opened its service that automates deployment of cloud infrastructure to all users. The service is free to use initially.

By Nancy Gohring | 18 November, 2011 06:28

Tags: Computing services, OpDemand, services

Equinix creates market for data center clients to trade services

Equinix has launched an online marketplace for its data center customers, to make it easier for them to buy and sell network, managed hosting and other services among themselves.

By James Niccolai | 24 October, 2011 14:57

Tags: Components, equinix, Hosted, services

Criminals turn to 'card-trapping' at ATM machines to get cash

Criminals are embracing methods to trap debit and credit cards in ATMs for retrieval later, a move believed to be motivated by better security measures designed to ensure card details are not copied at the machines, according to an industry group.

By Jeremy Kirk | 19 October, 2011 23:44

Tags: European ATM Security Team, services

Infosys reports strong financial results in difficult times

India's second-largest outsourcer, Infosys, reported strong revenue and profit growth for the quarter ended Sept. 30, despite concerns about economic problems in its key markets in the U.S. and Europe.

By John Ribeiro | 12 October, 2011 19:54

Tags: infosys, offshoring, outsourcing, services

Best Buy rebuilding IT capability it outsourced, starts hiring

E-commerce, mobile computing, tablets and other emerging channels have become so important to Best Buy that the company is rebuilding internal IT resources it outsourced seven years ago.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 11 October, 2011 21:02

Tags: Best Buy, industry verticals, Management and Careers, outsourcing, retail, services

Mitigating risk in an overheated outsourcing market

When it comes to global outsourcing, particularly from India, the risks -- and the stakes -- are higher than ever. Global sourcing vendors are being given more responsibility from a technical and business perspective, and they are being given greater access to internal systems and customers. At the same time, the increasingly volatile, inconsistent, and expensive labor pool in India makes this increased trust much riskier.

By Stephanie Moore | 10 September, 2011 02:35

Tags: it management, outsourcing, services

IT outsourcing: What can be learned from midsize companies

While midsize companies came later to the IT outsourcing party than their big company counterparts, recent research shows that they may get more out of their IT services deals.

By Stephanie Overby | 03 September, 2011 03:34

Tags: outsourcing, services

Should you sue your offshore outsourcing provider?

Dispute resolution is always an important consideration when outsourcing IT. If that fails, however, you can always sue if your provider has breached the contract.

By Stephanie Overby | 27 August, 2011 03:51

Tags: outsourcing, services

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