Acer looks to Africa for new growth
Kathy Gibson reporting from Amsterdam – Acer, along with most other IT companies, is looking to Africa to fuel substantial growth in the future. Jakob Olsen, vice-president: commercial division at Acer EMEA, believes a phased and disciplined approach to the...Oracle seeks to invest in emerging markets
Mark Davison at Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco – Oracle president, Mark Hurd, revealing that the company had more than $39-billion in cash after its first quarter, hinted that Africa could well be on its radar for future investment. Answering questions at a...Oracle transforming into cloud company
Mark Davison at Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco – Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bunked his keynote today for a climactic America’s Cup, but executive vice-president for product development, Thomas Kurian, ably picked up the ball and made three new cloud announcements he...OpenWorld: not just tech and yachts
Mark Davison at Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco – The America’s Cup and OpenWorld are not the only reasons Oracle is in the headlines this week – local TV news stations have been prominently featuring a lawsuit that a San Francisco strip club has brought against the...