Oracle Launches Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X4-2
Dec 26, 2013 (Thu): Oracle Corporation, the world’s leading ICT solution provider, today announced the availability of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X4-2 for running custom and packaged applications with superior performance, while reducing data center cost and complexity. The Oracle Exalogic engineered system is hardware and software engineered together to provide extreme performance, reliability and scalability for Oracle,...
IT Security Industry Outlook for Malaysia
Dec 26, 2013 (Thu): Dato’ Seri George Chang, Fortinet’s Vice President for South East Asia and Hong Kong shares his IT Security Industry insights and outlook for Malaysia in 2014 1) What will be the top technology spending trends for 2014 in Malaysia? More and more enterprises will consolidate their security functions for better protection, easier management and lower TCO. Modern security platforms carry the full range of security...
Seagate Technology To Acquire Xyratex Ltd
Dec 26, 2013 (Thu): Seagate Technology, a world leader in storage solutions, and Xyratex Ltd, a leading provider of data storage technology, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Seagate will acquire all outstanding shares of Xyratex in an all-cash transaction valued at US$13.25 per share, or a total of approximately US$374 million, including approximately US$80 million in cash on Xyratex’s...
Online Payment Service, Yea or Nay?
Dec 25, 2013 (Wed): Referring to Malaysia’s Economic Report 2013/2014, Malaysians have spent RM1.8 billion for online shopping in 2010 and the market will be estimated to reach RM5 billion next year. The statistics gathered from the market show electronic commerce or eCommerce is on the growing trend in the country as well as the region and thus it has attracted many people and companies started to venture into the online business....
The Top 10 Overused LinkedIn Profile Buzzwords of 2013
Dec 24, 2013 (Tue): Do you know what are the most common of overused buzzwords in LinkedIn profiles for 2013? LinkedIn has conducted a study on it among its member base – about 259 million members worldwide and summarized the study result in the following...
U-Library Makes Malaysians Access Books Easier
Dec 24, 2013 (Tue): Information Communications and Culture Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission are introducing U-Library (www.u-library.gov.my), an online library portal that allows Malaysians to browse, borrow and have books delivered to their doorstep, for a fee. The u-Library is connecting users to educational resources offered by the National Library, Selangor State Library Corporation, Negeri Sembilan...
The Top 5 Trends Drive Your eCommerce in 2014
Dec 24, 2013 (Tue): Natalie Beigel, via its PrestaShop blog has shared the global five ecommerce trends for 2014 and she expected these trends can drive the industry next year. The expected trends in 2014 are: SEO, SEO and more SEO The Big Data Theory The M-Commerce Movement The Ultimate User Experience Now Everyone’s a Socialite For more details, visit...
Top 10 Apps and Software for New Businesses
Dec 24, 2013 (Tue): More and more applications continue to get released that can improve the efficiency of our businesses, so it is important that we know which ones that can help us the most. New businesses can always use as much help as possible, so let’s take a look at 10 applications that we could all use. 1. Google Drive This is an important tool that can be used to store information and retrieve it on any type of PC or...
Klama Acquires SOFORT from Reimann Investors
Dec 23, 2013 (Mon): The online payment provider Klarna AB from Sweden has announced its acquisition of SOFORT AG, a payment company from Germany. After they combined, they will have a 10 percent share of the USD100 billion ecommerce market in which they operate, with 25 million users and 43,000 online merchants. The transaction is subject to approval by the Swedish Financial Supervisory...
iBuy Raises Fund to Acquire 4 eCommerce Websites
Dec 23, 2013 (Mon): iBuy Group Ltd, an online flash sales operator incorporated by entrepreneurs Patrick Grove and Lucas Elliott is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after raising AUD37 million in a public offer of new shares, Herald Sun News reports. According to Business Spectator, iBuy will spend AUD31.5 million of the fund raised to acquire four ecommerce websites which are BeeCrazy.hk (Hong Kong), Deal.com.sg...
