Bottom line: A brouhaha involving Lenovo's branding as unpatriotic for not supporting homegrown technology is likely to blow over quickly, and spotlights China's continued reliance on foreign technology.
In a story that looks like a something from the McCarthy era, embattled PC maker Lenovo (HKEx: 992) has landed at the center of a controversy that's seeing it branded by some as a traitor for choosing foreign technology over a homegrown Chinese alternative. This kind of thing isn't at all tha...
.Bottom line: Lenovo's ejection from the Hang Seng Index caps its long fall from grace over the last four years, and leaves the company in an increasingly deep hole that may be hard to emerge from.
Capping its long fall from grace, PC giant Lenovo (HKEx: 992) has been officially booted from the Hang Seng Index, in a move that looks highly symbolic but also has some very real ramifications for this former high-flyer. It's probably too early to relegate Lenovo to the history books, but we can ce...
.Bottom line: Lenovo's new fund raising and roll-out of a retro commemorative ThinkPad 25th anniversary model show the company is focused on short-term fixes rather than the shock therapy it really needs.
With the October 1 Golden Week holiday now in the rear view mirror, we'll jump back into the latest tech trends with a look at PC giant Lenovo (HKEx: 992), which was in a couple of headlines over the holiday that underscore its ong...
2014年5月28日 周三
彭博社
┃中国据称要研究IBM服务器对银行安全的风险
┃China Said to Study IBM Servers for Bank Security Risks
伴随着北京与华盛顿之间的网络间谍活动争端的升级,中国政府正在关注国内银行对于IBM公司的高端服务器的依赖,研究它们是否会对国家的金融安全造成影响。
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四名不愿透露姓名的人士表示,包括中国人民银行和财政部在内的政府机构正在要求银行移除IBM服务器,转而使用国产服务器,以作为一个实验项目的一部分。这项举动仅仅发生在美国检察官决定起诉5名中国军官一周之后,而在此之前,前NSA雇员...
.钛媒体注:2013年6月,亚马逊打败IBM、微软以及AT&T等几家传统巨头供应商,拿下一个价值高达6亿美元的云计算豪单——美国中央情报局(CIA)云计算项目,惊动整个业界(参考此前钛媒体上一篇报道《亚马逊成功逆袭IBM,拿下中情局6亿云计算合同》)。实际上,无关最终结局,这一纷争代表着互联网公司对传统IT企业的冲击已经由商品市场蔓延到企业级市场了。
最近受棱镜项目的影响,IBM在华项目也受到一些冲击,最近关于“IBM要落后了,IBM傲慢自负不知时代变迁”等声音不绝于耳。不过事实是,IBM内部危机感同样日盛,远比外界想象的更为紧...
.而从经济上来讲,棱镜的产生是必然的,因为美国的联邦政府包括军费,情报等各方面的支出已越来越超越美国经济的承载能力,而大数据技术是政府开源节流的一个重要手段,这些方面麦肯锡咨询和IBM都做过深....