As promised, here is the video replay of IDC Asia/Pacific's panel on "Generation Y and the Emerging Power of User-Generated Content", featuring IDC moderator Claus Mortensen, and four prominent young bloggers from the region: Victor Isaac Cheung (Hong Kong Phooey), Kenny Sia (Kenny Sia), Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan (The Compulsive Confessor), and Daryl Tay (Unique-Frequency).
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I've posted a note about IBM's 1Q08 earnings, reported Wednesday afternoon, over on idc.com (subscription required). Here are some excerpts:
IBM reported strong financial results for the first three months of this year, with 1Q revenues up 11%, income from operations up 26% and gross margin up 1.3 points. IBM had a positive view of market demand, driven by: 1) Corporate customers still "spendin ...
For you night owls, tonight (tomorrow a.m.) my colleagues in IDC A/P are going to live stream an interesting panel discussion from the grand ballroom of Singapore's Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel among some prominent young bloggers from the region, moderated by IDC analyst Claus Mortensen:
Generation Y and the Emerging Power of User-generated Content
What makes younger generations tick? How do y ...
I saw an interesting post yesterday from Dennis Howlett: Google and Salesforce.com: does it make sense?. The post was driven by fresh rumors this week about more ties developing between these two companies, and the vision of an end-game in which Google uplifts its online business applications and services offerings by acquiring Salesforce. [We first talked about Google as a business applications ...
Last week I spoke at IDC's Middle East CIO Summit in Dubai. We hosted 120 of the top CIOs in the region - from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - for two days of dialogue about their IT leadership priorities and challenges.
As we discussed in IDC Predictions 2008, this is one of the fastest-growing economic regions on the plane ...