Companies want a single, accurate version of the truth about their customers, sales and revenues. Assembling a lot of mismatched jigsaw puzzle pieces into some semblance of a coherent whole is increasingly unacceptable.
An alliance between Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Chinese Linux developer Red Flag Software Co. Ltd. established last month should lead to co-operation between the two companies on technology development and marketing of Red Flag Linux to companies in China and around the world.
Exult Inc., a provider of human resources (HR) business process outsourcing (BPO) services, will increase the headcount at its BPO subsidiary in India to over 500 by the end of next year, from the current 70, according to an executive of the company. The Irvine, California, company also outsources technology development for its in-house requirement to two Indian software companies.
Intel Corp. has announced plans to pump in another 4 billion pesos or 5 billion pesos US$78.3 million to $97.8 million) into its manufacturing plant in Cavite, the Philippines, to ramp up production of Pentium 4 processors using 0.13 micron technology.