Filipinos continue smartphone transition; adoption up by 146% -- GfK
Gathering data from retail stores in the Philippines from April 2012 to March 2013, GfK said as much as 5.7 million smartphone units were sold in the country.

NEWSBYTES.PH | NetSuite touts record revenues, scoffs at software rivals
With its business booming, cloud computing firm NetSuite disclosed record revenues as it came out swinging against traditional software vendors.

Dell profits plunge on PC woes
The net profit for the first fiscal quarter slumped to $130 million, as the Texas-based group was studying a plan to go private to restructure in the face of a shifting technology landscape.

Rags2Riches focuses on its mission to alleviate poverty among Philippine artisans
Rags2Riches (www.rags2riches.ph), a social enterprise based in Manila, Philippines that provides economically disadvantaged artisans (mostly women) with a market to sell their goods.

Sharp to tap Samsung, banks for survival after $5.4 billion loss
Japanese display maker Sharp Corp, a supplier to Apple Inc, will aim to boost sales to the iPhone maker’s rival Samsung Electronics Co under a three-year rehabilitation roadmap.

NetSuite fastest growing financial management software vendor globally — Gartner
NetSuite demonstrated significant market share gains on many metrics according to Gartner’s latest research on Financial Management Software.

Dell asks for details on Icahn bid
Dell’s special board committee reviewing a sale of the computer giant asked corporate raider Carl Icahn for more information on his offer.

Apple supplier Sharp to boost Samsung business in bid to stay viable
Sharp will set a goal of raising annual operating profit to $1.5 billion by March 2016 on revenue of $30 billion.

EMC unveils new ViPR Software-Defined Storage platform
The EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform uniquely provides the ability to both manage storage infrastructure and the data residing within that infrastructure.

Toshiba says quarterly profit tumbles on weak demand
Japan’s Toshiba that its quarterly net profit tumbled 62 percent from a year earlier as demand for its televisions, computers and other digital products stumbled.

Backup provider delivers best-of-breed ‘survival kit’ to support evolving IT landscape
As organizations continue to embrace IT-as-a-service models, EMC is delivering an easily consumable approach to architecting trusted data protection infrastructures for service-based environments.

New software suites transform how IT teams manage, visualize, analyze and optimize IT Infrastructure
Designed to solve the significant and critical infrastructure management challenges that arise in dynamic cloud and software-defined IT environments.

Dell buys cloud software firm Enstratius
The announcement comes with Dell seeking to go private in a buyout plan led by company founder Michael Dell.

Improving your online business through a digital marketing masterplan
Identifying the essentials for digital marketing helped aspects of their online businesses need improvement.

Why SaaS makes sense
Industry, analysts, and media have produced a steady stream of information designed to define exactly what cloud computing actually is and quantify and clarify the advantages it offers to businesses.

IBM, Lenovo call off server deal talks: report
Talks between the two companies were halted after disagreement over the valuation of a business that sells servers used to power corporate datacenters.

Sun Cellular expands Good Choices for users with Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra
Mobile phone operator Sun Cellular continues to provide more Good Choices to its users as it introduces the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra, the thinnest smartphone in the market to date.
































