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ComTrade Group has submitted binding offer for taking over Hermes SoftLab

By admin • Mar 18th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

ComTrade Group has submitted binding offer for taking over Hermes SoftLab

Company ComTrade has submitted today a binding offer for taking over company HERMES SoftLab, making the first step in merging the two companies. Should shareholders accept the offer, it will contribute forming the largest international IT company in Central and South East Europe, providing top IT solutions and services for various business segments. The company […]



Leading a New Age of Greater Performance with Greater Power Efficiency

By admin • Mar 8th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

Leading a New Age of Greater Performance with Greater Power Efficiency

Hannover, Germany, March 05, 2008 – GIGABYTE UNITED INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards held joint press conference with chipset giant Intel, announcing several latest technologies delivered from the next generation Intel 4 series chipsets, including GIGABYTE Dynamic Energy Saver (DES) motherboards.
The event kicked off with the opening speech from Henry Kao, […]



Economic Growth, Reforms, and EU Approximation to Drive Unsaturated Serbian IT Market, according to IDC

By admin • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

Economic Growth, Reforms, and EU Approximation to Drive Unsaturated Serbian IT Market, according to IDC

The Serbian IT market has been growing rapidly and is predicted to continue to expand in the coming years. A recent research study from IDC estimates that the Serbian IT market grew 18.3% year-on-year in 2007 to exceed $568 million, and could reach $646 million this year. The main drivers behind this forecast include economic […]



Apple’s 2008 Proxy Statement Now Online

By admin • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

Apple’s 2008 Proxy Statement Now Online

Apple® today announced that its 2008 proxy materials are now available on the web under the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new Notice and Access rule and can be found at www.apple.com/investor. As a result of the new Notice and Access rule, Apple is able to significantly reduce the environmental impact of producing and delivering […]



Siemens to deliver power supply system for Kuwait Airport

By admin • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

Siemens to deliver power supply system for Kuwait Airport

As part of the expansion of Kuwait International Airport, Siemens Energy has been awarded an order worth EUR 80 million amongst others for delivery and installation of a power supply system. The customer is the airport operator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Kuwait. The power supply system is scheduled to go into operation at […]



Slovenian Railways orders Siemens locomotives worth EUR 48 million

By admin • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

Slovenian Railways orders Siemens locomotives worth EUR 48 million

Slovenian Railways (Slovenske Zelenice SZ) has placed an order worth EUR 48 million for twelve Eurosprinter type locomotives with Siemens Mobility. Both companies signed a contract in Ljubljana involving an option for another eight locomotives. The first of the locomotives is due to be handed over in April 2009. Locomotive production will take place in […]



AMD beats Intel

By admin • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

AMD beats Intel

A test from an independent claimed that quad core AMD Opterons use up to 41 per cent less power than similarly configured Xeon servers.
Neal Nelson’s Benchmark Laboratory kitted up test servers using 4GB, 8GB and 16GB memory sizes.
The tests seem to show that FB-DIMMs consume more power than DDR-II modules on the AMD servers. They […]



AMD may build a chip plant in India

By admin • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

AMD may build a chip plant in India

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is warming to the idea of building a chip manufacturing plant in India, which would be a significant breakthrough for the country’s high-tech ambitions.

Several of the world’s top chip vendors, including AMD, Intel and Texas Instruments, have set up chip design facilities in India. But the country does not yet have […]



HP Named Largest Global PC Maker for 2007

By admin • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

HP was named the world’s largest PC manufacturer for 2007, with 18.8 percent of global PC unit shipments for the calendar year, according to results from the fourth calendar quarter of 2007 released today by industry analyst firm IDC.(1)
According to IDC’s report, HP’s global unit shipment growth of 30.1 percent for 2007 more than doubled […]



Steady Growth Underlines Big Changes in Slovenian IT Services Market, says IDC

By admin • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: IT, Markets

Steady Growth Underlines Big Changes in Slovenian IT Services Market, says IDC

Showing signs of maturity, the Slovenian IT services market is expected to surpass $290 million in 2007, a jump of just over 10% from 2006. The increasingly technology-dependent economy will fuel IT services uptake at the same time privatization forces organizations to modernize both their IT infrastructure and business processes. Coupled with the ongoing impact […]