Der deutsch-finnische Netzwerkbauer Nokia Siemens Networks gibt seine aggressive Wachstumsstrategie auf und will sich auf eine Verbesserung der Gewinnspannen konzentrieren. Zudem schliesst das Unternehmen einen Börsengang nicht aus.
Die Franke Washroom Systems mit Hauptsitz im schweizerischen Aarburg hat dem deutschen SAP Komplettdienstleister All for One Steeb den Zuschlag über die Einführung seiner SAP Business All-in-One-Branchenlösung "All for Machine" einschliesslich umfangreicher Zusatzlösungen erteilt.
Die Europäische Union soll „die Weltführung beim Hochleistungsrechnen“ übernehmen. Zu diesem Zweck stellte die Europäische Kommission heute einen Aktionsplan vor. Ziel ist unter anderem, noch vor 2020 in Europa Supercomputer zu entwickeln, die eine Trillion Rechenoperationen pro Sekunde ausführen können.
Es wird weiter mehr in die IT investiert. So das Ergebnis der neunten Investitionsumfrage der Deutschsprachigen SAP-Anwendergruppe (DSAG) bei ihren Mitgliesunternehmen. Demnach steigen die geplanten IT-Budgets in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (Dach-Region) um durchschnittlich 3,4 Prozent. In der Schweiz sind laut Umfrage sogar 5,6 Prozent mehr an Investitionen geplant.
Swisscom-Chef Carsten Schloter zeigte sich am Mittwoch an der Bilanzmedienkonferenz des Telekomkonzerns zufrieden mit dem Verlauf des Geschäftsjahres 2011. Zwar hätte die Preiserosion im Schweizer Telekommarkt zu einem Umsatzrückgang geführt, dafür sei aber der Kundenstamm im Mobilfunk- und im Digital-TV-Geschäft gewachsen.
Knapp jedes dritte im vergangenen Jahr verkaufte Handy war ein Smartphone. Der Verkauf der Computer-Handys stieg 2011 um 58 Prozent auf 472 Millionen Geräte, wie das Marktforschungsunternehmen Gartner am Mittwoch berichtete. Als führende Smartphone-Plattform behielt das Google-Betriebssystem Android zum Jahresende im zweiten Quartal in Folge einen Marktanteil von gut 50 Prozent.
Der IT-Aus- und Weiterbildungsanbieter Digicomp ist eigenen Angaben zufolge der grösste zertifizierte Oracle University Partner in der Schweiz. Und auch der einzige Deutschschweizer Anbieter mit Original-Oracle-Kursen inklusive Originalunterlagen.
Als sechster EU-Staat hat auch Bulgarien das Urheberrechtsabkommen ACTA auf Eis gelegt. Der Vertrag werde solange nicht ratifiziert, bis es eine einheitliche Haltung der EU-Staaten dazu gebe, sagte Wirtschaftsminister Trajtscho Trajkow am Dienstag in Sofia.
Die Deutsche Telekom dürfte an ihrem Gewinnziel für 2011 knapp vorbeigeschrammt sein. Nach Schätzungen von 21 Analysten, die das Unternehmen befragt hat, dürfte der Betriebsgewinn (bereinigtes Ebitda) im vergangenen Jahr lediglich 18,7 Mrd. Euro erreicht haben - in Aussicht gestellt hatte Telekom-Chef Rene Obermann rund 19,1 Mrd. Euro.
Der japanische Chiphersteller Elpida Memory muss wegen Geldmangel womöglich bald den Geschäftsbetrieb einstellen. Die Gespräche mit privaten Banken, einem staatlichen Institut und Regierungsvertretern über neue Kredite liefen nicht so gut wie erhofft, teilte der angeschlagene Halbleiterhersteller am Dienstag mit.
Apple's iPad 3 will debut on March 7 and could support US LTE data networks. Yahoo faces a board challenge from a shareholder who rejected the proposed candidates and suggested his own. Android lost smartphone marketshare for the first time as Apple had a great fourth quarter. CERN's Large Hadron Collider is shifting into high gear.
Apple says it will fix iOS so that apps will have to request explicit user permission to access Address Book data.
Adobe PhoneGap taps basic Web development skills for mobile apps on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules requiring telemarketers that use autodialed or prerecorded telephone calls to sell products to...
Hewlett-Packard has expanded technology support options for its premium Elite PC customers, who will now be able to select a single tech support person to deal...
Zynga has moved most of its users away from Amazon Web Services and onto its private cloud in a move to maximize the reliability and performance of its social...
Rackspace expects to soon announce commercial private OpenStack distributions that it will support as part of its Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition set of...
Cisco will appeal the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's US$8.5 billion Skype acquisition, saying the agency should demand that the companies support...
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A team at Cornell and the University of Chicago had developed a new robot that can sort bolts and play basketball.
Adobe shows off two new Content-Aware Fill tools that let you move objects in your images and expand them.
The Microsoft Store is selling the Asus Zenbook for only $949, with free shipping, through President's Day.
Engaging in social media without a governance framework is a recipe for anarchy. Here are four building blocks of a plan that will minimize the risk and maximize the return on your social initiatives.
The iPad might change how a traditionally non-tech worker -- the high school teacher -- performs in the classroom.
The Dark Room is a YouTube video adventure game that's funny, aggravating, and oh-so addictive.
Linux Mint takes the No. 4 spot in a recent community poll, while KDE is named the most popular desktop environment.
European surveillance technologies and mobile phone filtering companies could find themselves in hot water if they fail to respect human rights. Meanwhile two...
Norwegian mobile operator Telenor said Wednesday that it has issued a notice to its Indian joint venture partner seeking indemnity and compensation after the...
Instant Upload will automatically send your photos and videos to a private Google+ album, from where you can pick which ones you’ll share with the world.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected attempts by three telecom companies to block shareholder votes on whether they should commit to net...
LightSquared wants to build a wireless broadband network but the FCC says tests show that GPS devices are being affected.
Chip maker Renesas Mobile has launched the MP5232, a processor that will allow vendors to build LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphones with a price tag between...
The dispute between Apple and Kodak relates to the ownership of certain patents covering digital cameras and images.
Wireless broadband gets a boost in Europe after the European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of reallocating radio spectrum frequencies.
Google has issued a fix for an issue with Google Wallet, and re-enabled provisioning of Google Wallet prepaid cards.
EMC and VMware are teaming with French IT services company Atos to create a European cloud infrastructure provider, Canopy, the companies announced Wednesday.
Tim Cook thinks that the explosive popularity of one-panel slates as well as innovation from tablet makers and app developers will fuel the sales.
Thanks to the imminent availability of the Galaxy S II LTE, Sweden will become the first European country where consumers can pick up a phone with integrated 4G...
Rackspace hopes to make it easier to use its OpenStack private cloud offering by partnering with Redapt, a company that procures, configures and ships servers to...
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare and Yelp upload names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers, sometimes without explicit permission.
Enterproid is expanding its dual-persona phone platform to include voice through a new deal with BroadSoft.
Oracle has updated its MySQL Cluster software to make it more appealing to large Web service providers, among other users of large-volume distributed databases.
Ordinary Chinese people are taking sides in the iPad trademark battle between Apple and local display vendor Proview, with some thinking the U.S. tech giant...
Android lost smartphone market share for the first time, as Apple had a great fourth quarter buoyed by the launch of the iPhone 4S, according to data from market...
Acer reported fourth quarter profit of US$2.4 million, a financial turnaround after the company faced back-to-back losses in the previous two quarters.
The Global Square, an online global collaboration platform for activists backed by WikiLeaks among others, plans to have a functional prototype by March, its...
Apple's much speculated iPad 3 has emerged as the latest target in an ongoing trademark dispute in China.
Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to...
Hewlett-Packard and Intel are rethinking processor upgrades in servers, coming up with a new chip-slotting technique that could reduce the chance of errors, and...
Amazon has the Google-TV enabled Sony NSZ-GT1 Blu-ray player on sale for only $203, with free shipping.
The 40 minute demo of the eagerly anticipated sci-fi action/RPG is out now for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission wants to drop the conditional waiver that could have allowed LightSquared to operate an LTE network in frequencies...
Hasbro plans to release new editions of three of its classic games this year. The spin? The zAPPed games will use iOS devices to help bring them to life.
Motorola's former WiMax business unit set up shop under new owner NewNet Communications Technologies on Tuesday, diving into the next chapter of a technology...
Hewlett-Packard will open a lab in the second quarter where select customers will be able to play around with its first low-power server based on an ARM...
The FBI said its proposed plans to monitor social media sites to improve real-time situation awareness will be fully vetted by the agency's Privacy and Civil...
This hack uses a Kinect as an extra set of eyes to help you back up as you park your car.