Information Technology

Server shipments worldwide up 8% in Q2 2011

And Asia Pac grew the most in shipments with a 25.6% increase.

Server shipments worldwide up 8% in Q2 2011

And Asia Pac grew the most in shipments with a 25.6% increase.

76% of AsiaPac governments need ICT sustainability

While in Singapore, the focus is on reducing the energy and operating costs of Data Centres.

Dell appoints Ho Chye Soon as general manager in Singapore

Chye Soon will be responsible for overall business operations, sales and business development for Dell’s commercial business in Singapore.

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.