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BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts identify IT winners and losers in global economic downturn

I think this is a great time to do a startup. Number one, VCs be damned at this point. You don't need their money at all, just some angel investors to invest in some very minute infrastructure. With cloud computing out there and the number of things you can do from a marketing, application developer's, and outsourcing perspective, you can basically get a technology company up and running -- and profitable -- probably for the least real cost we've seen in years. It's a great time for people who are innovative, able, and resourceful to get out there and start technology companies.

October 17, 2008 by Dana Gardner

Zoho releases invoicing service (sort of)

Zoho has released an invoicing service as its first step into making its fast growing suite of SMB productivity services a truly useful collection of business applications. I should warn readers that this is not a production release which was originally scheduled for April 8th but a work in progress.

March 27, 2008 by Dennis Howlett

US bill to force tech giants to tell users how much their data is worth

Bill would also force large tech companies to disclose what user data they collect and how they're monetizing it.

June 24, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu

Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?

Yes, American gasoline prices have risen more than 30% in a year. Yes, consumption is now down in the U.

June 10, 2008 by Harry Fuller

Obama takes a leap of faith and trusts the government to the cloud

Given the US Government's track record in keeping data secure, what makes anyone think moving Federal IT operations to the cloud is a good idea?

February 18, 2011 by David Chernicoff

UK launches space agency

The UK government has launched a UK Space Agency dedicated to coordinating the government's involvement in civilian spaceflight, with responsibility for looking after policy and budgets.

March 24, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Bright days ahead for solar in California

Today the California Air Resources Board approved state standards that will push utilities there to use less fossil fuel for generating electricity. The express reason for the new, tougher anti-emissions regs: combat global warming.

December 11, 2008 by Harry Fuller

Growth 'phenomenon' in offshore services keeps India in lead

With its strong IT labor pool and government support, India continues to dominate the offshore services scene in the Asia-Pacific region.

March 25, 2010 by Kevin Kwang

FCC Chairman calls for increased cybersecurity measures

The FCC chairman has called for a step-up in the fight against cybercrime.

February 22, 2012 by Charlie Osborne

Indiana Aims to Lower Infant Mortality with Analytics

Unfortunately, the State of Indiana's infant mortality rate is higher than the national average. Part of the problem in solving this statistic lies in the many varying and evolving factors that contribute to the problem. However, with a new solutions that runs on SAP HANA and SAP Lumira, the state is gathering factual, real-time information in a collaborative environment to help solve the problem.

May 6, 2015 by Christine Donato / Brought to you by 1