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Google clears last hurdle to acquire DoubleClick; Closes deal for $3.1 billion |
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 Google completes acquisition of online advertising major DoubleClick immediately after receiving European Commission approval on Tuesday. Sourya Biswas evaluates what the deal means for Google and its immediate rival Microsoft. |
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Microsoft's Yahoo gambit: For a fistful of dollars |
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 Microsoft's primary interest in Yahoo is not one of technology; but of eyeballs. With Google's business growing at a phenomenal rate Microsoft needed to act fast to stay in the race, says Richard Edwards, Butler Group information management practice director. |
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Microsoft – Yahoo! nightmare gives Google sleepless nights |
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 Citing Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo as “troubling”, search firm Google wants regulators to scrutinise the proposed deal. By Dhruv Tanwar |
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Achieving success in Pervasive BI |
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 Pervasive business intelligence is trending upwards, having moved from the early adopters into the mainstream. By Dennis Samuel, Sr. VP, India & South East Asia, Teradata Corp |
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Mr Darling Regrets |
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The loss of two discs containing personal data on 25 million Britons by the UK's revenue and customs service showcases the vulnerabilities of government and security systems, which are leveraged as opportunities by cyber criminals, and serve as the starting point for many a case of identity fraud … By Andrew Kellett, senior research analyst, Butler Group |
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Oracle
stops hinting and goes for BEA''s jugular |
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Now might be a better time for BEA to seek a friendly acquisition by a vendor that is looking for something more positive than to simply trash the competition, says Rob Hailstone, Butler Group |
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Can Indian
outsourcers overcome the challenge of the ''rising-rupee''? |
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The rising Indian rupee will challenge India-based outsourcing providers' maintenance and renewal of Western contracts says Alan Rodger, Butler Group |
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IBM
commences operations for SME''s in Nashik as part of strategy to focus on Tier-II
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IBM India today announced the launch of its small and medium business operations in Nashik |
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Is
your company ready for the iphone?
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Mark Blowers, senior research analyst, Butler Group, says organisations must ensure that mobile devices are managed as capably as other assets. |
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IBM aims to become 'Big Green' |
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It is encouraging to see a firm commit itself to a radical change in the way IT is delivered, says Rob Hailstone software infrastructure practice director with Butler Group. |
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American Megatrends targets 10 per cent of storage solutions market |
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The storage solutions company expects the Indian market to grow to $200 million next year from 2006's level of $152 million. |
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A new 24-hour store: Fujitsu's new 200 GB 2.5-inch 24x7 hard disk drive |
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TomTom bids for Tele Atlas, gets on the map |
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TomTom recently announced that it would buy Tele Atlas, the company that supplies most of its mapping data, for $2.8 billion |
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Raids in China target $2-billion Microsoft software counterfeiting syndicate |
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Raids and arrests in China over the past two weeks reveal a major software counterfeiting syndicate based in the southern China province of Guangdong. |
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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft: Which is the most private search engine? |
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In the light of relentless criticism that search engines are piling up private data and information, we review the internet's top 3 search engines. |
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Safety
basics of online banking |
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Growing popularity of online banking has also brought in growing threats for users, says Raj Jain, vice chairman and managing director, RS Software. |
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IT Spending in Asia Pacific lags North America by half |
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Organisations in Asia Pacific spend only 1.4 per cent of revenue on IT operations compared to 2.6 per cent in the US, says Gartner's latest Asia Pacific IT Spending and Staffing survey. |
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Secure yourself against fraud while e-shopping |
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Srikiran Raghavan, regional sales head, RSA, the security division of EMC, provides some useful tips to prevent misuse of your credit information while on the web. |
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India launches pan-African e-network project in Ethiopia |
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India has launched a pilot project for an ambitious e-network that will connect 53 nations of the continent via satellite. |
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Global entertainment, media spending accelerated by convergent platforms: PwC
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Within the next five years online and wireless technologies are expected to generate nearly half the total growth in entertainment and media, says PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
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IT,
ITeS heads for $50-billion mark
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NASSCOM, the chamber of commerce of the Indian IT software and services industry in India, says the IT, ITeS sector will reach $50-billion mark in FY 07-08. |
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