Author: Digital News Asia
The Net: 4 times as large in 4yrs
By 2016, annual global Internet Protocol (IP) traffic is forecast to be 1.3 zettabytes (a zettabyte is equal to a sextillion bytes, or a trillion gigabytes), nearly a fourfold increase from 2011, according to networking specialist Cisco.
Acer launches Aspire S5; Olympic aspirations on track
Acer has rolled out the award-winning Acer Aspire S5 to Malaysian users, as well as a bevy of slim notebooks to whet the appetites of laptop users of every profile. The company also announced that the IT backbone for the Olympics is now operational.
Jardine OneSolution appointed Symantec distributor in Malaysia
Symantec has appointed Jardine OneSolution (2001) Sdn Bhd (JOS) as its new distributor in Malaysia.
Dell refreshes product lines for businesses
Dell has announced a completely refreshed portfolio of its Latitude and OptiPlex business laptops and desktops, as well as Vostro 3360, 3460 and 3560 laptops designed to deliver strong performance and security with IT support crafted specifically for growing businesses.
Intel unveils Phi, and we don’t know how it’s pronounced either
Intel Corp continues to zoom in on the supercomputing space, announcing that Intel Xeon Phi would be the new brand name for all future Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture-based products.
Click-thru rates are misleading marketers: Nielsen
Click-thru rates, one of the most common metric used to trade online advertising, are significantly under-valuing the brand performance of online campaigns, signaling a need for marketers to use other metrics to gauge the effectiveness of online advertising, according to Nielsen.
Oracle unveils ‘Platinum’ service, says it ‘redefines’ IT support
Oracle has announced the Oracle Platinum Service, saying it would transform the way customers can optimize the value of their technology investments, saying it would “redefine IT support.”
Lync voice deployments double in Asia
The number of enterprise Lync voice deployments more than doubled across the Asia Pacific region in the past 12 months, contributing to a 10-fold increase over three years, Microsoft Corp claimed. The company however did not give specific figures.
New head of product marketing at VMware
Virtualization and cloud player VMware has appointed Victor Thu as its new product marketing director for VMware’s end-user computing business in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
‘Data buckets’ arrive for the connected person
A growing number of operators around the world are beginning to offer “data bucket” plans, which promises significant cost savings as they do not have to acquire and manage two separate subscriptions for a single customer.
