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The upside and downside of outsourcing to China
China has seen soaring growth in IT and business process outsourcing over the last few years, and analysts say it now meets the standards of a mature market. While China comes in third place for
Microsoft on Global Play Fair Day: Pirated software gives $2.9B unfair competitive advantage
A study commissioned by Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has found that manufacturers in emerging countries save up to $2.9 billion annually by using pirated software. The results of the study were announced
Chinese supercomputer Sunway BlueLight MPP eschews Intel, AMD for homegrown chips
China has developed a new supercomputer said to pack a peak theoretical performance of 1.07 petaflops. Called the Sunway BlueLight MPP, its number crunching abilities will likely place it among the
Japan's largest defense contractor: No data lost in cyber attack
Approximately 45 servers and 38 computers belonging to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries were infiltrated by cyber attackers, and at least eight different pieces of malware were reportedly discovered on
Top U.S. officials' Gmail accounts hacked following phishing attack
A massive cyber attack that originated in China has resulted in the hacking of hundreds of personal Gmail accounts--including some belonging to senior U.S. government officials--said Google ( NASDAQ:
China confirms existence of online warfare team
The Chinese government has confirmed the existence of an online warfare team that it says is trained to protect the People's Liberation Army from external cyber assaults. The unit is known as the
Western Digital acquires hard drive unit of Hitachi
Leading hard disk maker Western Digital will be acquiring Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST)--the hard disk drive division of Hitachi--in a deal worth $4.3 billion. The move will effectively
Why one company chose China for outsourcing
The first time Interval International, a timeshare broker, signed a major outsourcing contract, it did it with developers in China, reports Stephanie Overby at CIO magazine. The deal, struck two
China building 'entirely indigenous' supercomputer
China says it has built the world's fastest supercomputer, raising concerns in some quarters that China will eventually challenge the United States as the dominant force in this arena. Unveiled last
