The US relays more spam than any other nation, with nearly a fifth of all spam passed along in the second quarter of 2007, according to Sophos. The firm scanned all spam messages received in its spam traps, and noted where the e-mail had traveled.
OECD announced the removal of Liberia from its List of Unco-operative Tax Havens, following Liberia’s commitment to implement a programme to improve transparency and establish effective exchange of information in tax matters.
The Russian information and communications technology (ICT) is going from strength to strength on the back of robust economic growth, greater political stability, expanding consumer base, and increasing foreign investments. With the Indian markets slowing, Russia has become a particularly strong contender as a provider of complex engineering IT outsourcing and solutions.
Scores of new alliances are born every day. One of the fastest, least capital-intensive ways for small-to-midsize companies to grow is to connect with a larger, more powerful partner or brand. But there is risk.
The worldwide online population will increase from 1.1 billion users in 2006 to 1.5 billion in 2011, representing 22 percent of the overall worldwide population in that year. Outlined in a new report “Worldwide Online Population Forecast, 2006 to 2011: Emerging Economies Catalyze Future Growth,” Brazil, Russia, India, and China will provide impetus for future growth of the online population.
According to NelsonHall's BPO Index, the last 12 months have demonstrated a steady increase in BPO contract value awarded. The overall outsourcing contract value awarded increased 79% in the past 12 months, which includes a learning services contract between Raytheon and the U.S. Army worth $11.2Bn.
Studies in the USA indicate that the world's electrical consumption is set to rise to 30,000 billion kWh by 2030 from 15.4 billion kWh in 2006. Governments and utilities today need to plan to supply large amounts of electrical energy efficiently, inexpensively and with minimal impact on the environment.
The global SSO market was estimated to be worth U.S. $930 billion in 2006 and is forecasted to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 15 percent (2006-2009) to reach a market size of U.S. $1,430 billion by end-2009.
Funambol, the mobile open source software company announced the availability of an important new white paper detailing the opportunity for mobile operators and service providers to turn mobile email for consumers into significant new revenue.
Canadian online buyers are heavy users of social media, according to a J.C. Williams Group study sponsored by Visa and Yahoo! Canada. The study was conducted in April 2007 among both online and offline buyers in Canada.