Stories about: Global Distribution

If you've seen the bumper sticker, "Visualize Whirled Peas," as a play on "Visualize World Peace," it is a reminder of what is happening at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this week.

The folks at One Laptop Per Child deserve a lot of credit for raising global awareness around the global digital divide. Their stylish green laptop, along with the accompanying goal of putting 21st century technology in the hands of children in developing countries, has captured the imagination of people, companies and governments worldwide.

Mobile content aggregator, YuuZoo, which distributes wireless value-added services to billions of mobile end users across the globe, has reduced its server environment by almost 50 per cent with the introduction of blade servers and virtualisation.

Virgin Blue has announced a technology partnership with Amadeus, a technology company that has been a key provider for Qantas since the year 2000.

When it comes to custom Web applications most companies are struggling to manage releases, ad hoc fixes, and global distribution in the time required to be competitive online, especially as rapidly shifting customer expectations and increased pressure to speed time-to-Web place a greater burden on IT.

A five member team of RMIT students have developed an application that allows users to make instant flight, hotel and car bookings as well as retrieve itinerary information anytime on their mobile phones.

InfoPrint Solutions (IPS) is looking to reinforce its business partner ranks following the official local launch of its printing operations.

Apple's iPhone could be a hit in the high-end phone market and work wonders for partner Cingular's image, but the device that stunned Macworld Expo attendees is likely to have a narrow market.

Midmarket applications vendor Infor Global Solutions sees challenges for companies like SAP and Oracle to adapt their enterprise software products for small and medium-size business.

Logistics is one of the pillars of Hong Kong's economy. But facing fierce competition from China and international players, local logistics players are looking for a new edge. Managing supply chains becomes ever more critical.

A 28-year-old Ukrainian man, Maksym Vysochanskyy, was sentenced late Monday in federal court in San Jose to 35 months in prison for his role in selling pirated copies of software from Adobe Systems, Autodesk, Borland Software and Microsoft through Web sites he operated and on eBay, according to Kevin Ryan, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California.