IDC now forecasts IT spending growth of 4.6% in constant currency for 2013, down from the previous forecast of 4.9% growth and a sharp deceleration from last year's growth of almost 6 percent.
Nokia has expanded its range of classically designed mobile phones with the launch of the Nokia 208 Dual SIM, which combines the familiar ?candybar? design with Nokia?s signature bold colors and 3.5G-capable Internet speeds.
Accenture has launched a new version of its Accenture Cloud Platform, offering new and enhanced cloud management services for public and private cloud infrastructure offerings.
For reporting a major vulnerability flaw in Facebook, a Cebu-based IT security professional has been rewarded $4,500 (about P195,000) under the social networking giant?s ?bug bounty program?.
Lacking a new product launch in March to help spur shipments, Apple's iPad saw a lower-than-predicted shipment total of 14.6 million units for the quarter, down from 19.5 million in 1Q13.
Thakral One, one of the technology divisions of Thailand-based IT conglomerate Thakral Group, has announced the appointment of Sawfin Saw Buan as the country general manager for its Philippine operations.
Seeking to boost its business recovery system (BRS) offering in the country, the local office of tech behemoth EMC has unveiled a new ?Protection Storage Architecture? which is aimed at arresting the proliferation of the ?accidental architectures? prevalent in current technology landscape.
The survey revealed a clear focus on using social media to drive initiatives based on bidirectional feedback rather than just a one-way broadcast communication mechanism.
PinoyHackerNews pointed out that the LGU shared the same server with the two comprised school sites. It, thus, warned that 170 other sites which are hosted on the same server could be attacked as well.