Information Technology

China beats the United States as the largest PC market in the world

PC shipments in China amounted to a whopping US$11.9b, beating those of the United States by US$200m.

China beats the United States as the largest PC market in the world

PC shipments in China amounted to a whopping US$11.9b, beating those of the United States by US$200m.

Symantec appoints Brenton Smith as VP of Symantec.cloud

He will be managing Symantec's cloud business in Asia Pacific and Japan.

Desktops ain't gonna say goodbye

The overall desktop PC market is gasping but remains alive.

Technology mergers and acquisitions worldwide jump 92% to US$52.1b in 2Q11

The average value for deals with disclosed-values rose to an eleven-year high of $194m.

Worldwide mobile connections up 11% to 5.6b in 2011

Mobile data services revenue will total $314.7 billion in 2011, up 22.5% from last year's $257 billion.

Worldwide PC microprocessor revenues down 5.4% to $9.49b

Unit shipments also declined 2.9% in Q2 2011 compared to same time last year.

Singapore’s security market to total S$67.8m in 2011

Gartner expects the market to grow by 3.3% this year.

Global connection speed increased 23% yoy to 2.1Mbps

And cities in Asia reported the fastest internet connection in the world.

Asia Pac security market to grow 30% in 2011

IDC expects the market to total US$1.5billion.

Desktop virtualisation poses “significant risk” for CIOs

Virtualisation represents approximately 15% of the business PC market.

Singapore-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation invests $2.8m in four new projects

The projects are expected to generate cumulative revenues of $250m in the first three years of commercialisation.

HP appoints Colin Png as Vice President of Enterprise Marketing in Asia Pacific and Japan

Png will be reporting to Dave Shirk, senior vice president of HP Enterprise Marketing worldwide.

Asia Pac computer shipments grow 9.6% to 30.5m units in Q2 2011

And worldwide PC shipments surpassed 85.2 million units, a 2.3% increase from the same period last year.

Asian companies have ‘head in the sand’ in IPv6 adoption

Most enterprise customers are continuing to resist pressure from the internet and telecoms industry to migrate to IPv6.

High-speed internet subscribers in Asia-Pac to exceed 285m in 2014

Asia-Pacific FTTx will lead this growth and is expected to exceed 129 million subscribers.