Despite flat PC sales worldwide, the Asia Pacific region is experiencing strong growth, according to IDC.
Microsoft has partnered with Digital China, the nation's leading software vendor and systems integrator, to develop .NET-based enterprise and e-government packages for the Chinese market.
Microsoft's reported US$3.6m contract win in Beijing has not been met with universal approval in China, where concerns over software from outside are growing.
Lenovo's chairman says his company switched chief executives, not strategies, but analysts say an executive swap that brings in a Dell executive could spell problems for both companies.
Dell has begun to sell servers running a version of Linux Red Flag Software as part of its efforts to expand in China.
Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.
Stephen Ward, general manager of IBM's Personal Systems Group, will lead the way as the new Lenovo sets its sights outside China.
Regional outsourcing, stronger government leadership and vendor consolidation are among the trends likely to dominate Australia's tech industry in 2003, a leading analysis company claims.
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Taiwanese contract manufacturer Quanta made more notebooks than any other PC maker worldwide last year, as the trend for technology companies to outsource work continued.
A new device from Intel could speed the dream of the networked home, where PC-stored digital photos would be viewed on a TV, and MP3 music tracks could be beamed to a stereo.
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