The Chinese economy has been growing rapidly despite an underdeveloped supply chain network. Most Chinese manufacturing companies do not yet rely on supply chain systems, but the environment is becoming increasingly competitive and many enterprises will find it difficult to survive if they do not make their sourcing, production and distribution more efficient. That makes […]
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A couple years ago, good security meant a good firewall at the periphery of a bank’s network. Today, given the range of internal and external threats at financial institutions, that’s no longer enough. Instead of installing security appliances at key locations, banks like Fayetteville, AR-based ANB Financial are turning entire networks into security systems. Founded
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If finding a software pirate is as simple as walking down the street and looking around for wheelbarrows, why is China–home of the largest authoritarian government on the planet–having problems catching these guys? One reason could be that it’s not arresting them that’s hard; it’s keeping them locked up that’s the problem. Local bureaus of
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Despite three years of attention by lawmaking committees and a steadily increasing roster of laws protecting intellectual property, China is a shopper’s paradise for all things pirated–handbags, jewelry, movie DVDs, and, of course, software. Vendors pushing wheelbarrows piled with CDs offer Windows 98, 2000 and XP for as little as 4 yuan–just 50 cents. A
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As China prepares to become a full member of the World Trade Organization, the Beijing government is trying to prove to the West that it is serious about reducing software piracy. And so China’s government agencies and businesses are turning to Linux as their desktop operating system of choice, a trend with potential to influence
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A couple of years ago, good security meant a good firewall at the periphery of your network. Today, given the wide range of threats that are coming at financial institutions, both internal and external, that is no longer enough. Instead of installing security appliances at key locations, forward-looking banks are turning their entire networks into
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Cost counts for a lot, but being able to grow their own developers and adapt technology to their own needs, rather than the other way around, makes Linux increasingly popular in companies based or operating in China.
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“Free” might not really mean free, but an operating system that doesn’t require user licenses makes it a lot easier to avoid piracy, in accordance with a four-year-old government push to get Chinese companies to respect intellectual property.
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Major Chinese banks are moving their core infrastructure to Linux, partly in accordance with a government’s advocacy of Linux for its cost, stability, and as a platform for homegrown development.
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As proprietary software vendors crack down on piracy, China looks to Linux as an alternative. On virtually any street in Shanghai or Beijing, you can buy a Hollywood DVD or hot new CD for $1 or less. Vendors peddle Microsoft Office, Windows XP, and every other popular software applications out of cardboard boxes jammed full
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Compared with some of the big-league outsourcing players, Russia is a rookie. The country’s current revenue from IT outsourcing is $150 million to $200 million annually, a drop in the bucket compared with India’s yearly draw of $6 billion. But, though little more than a decade old, Russia’s outsourcing industry is learning to play to
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There’s a treasure trove of scientific talent — and lots of government bureaucracy.
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Online editors who have managed to attract the elusive younger set make it sound so simple: Give them content they’ll want to read and forums online where they can meet and discuss things that matter to them Ever since Mike Noe got to the Rocky Mountain News in 1999, he?s noticed the youth readership numbers
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Online news sites have long noticed a troubling drop-off in visitors during the evening hours. Last year, several newspapers got together with Minneapolis-based Minnesota Opinion Research Inc. (MORI) to find out exactly what was going on. There was good news and there was bad news. In a study released in January, Rusty Coats, MORI’s director
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A year after Steve Kaufman and his staff at Goshen, Ind.-based health care insurer Mennonite Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) launched a massive enterprise application integration (EAI) project (see story), the results are in, and the news is mostly good. The company’s goal was to use tools from Vitria Technology Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., to integrate
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