Monthly Archives: April 2011

Credit Managers’ Index April 2011: Credit Community Confronted by Threat of Inflation

In April the manufacturing sector stumbled and exchanged positions with the service sector. In March the manufacturing sector was holding its own and provided the sole piece of good news for the index as a whole.  In March the news … Continue reading

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B2B Online Media Asia: Revenues Come Largely From Sourcing Support Services – Content Sales Are Still Trailing

Business Strategies Group Hong Kong (BSG) (a BIIA co-founder) has just released its latest report on B2B Online Media in Asia. In terms of revenue generating activities there appear to be three major revenue sources: Sourcing support services; advertising and … Continue reading

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B2B Online Media Asia: Sourcing Websites Continue to Dominate

Business Strategies Group Hong Kong (a BIIA co-founder) has just released its latest report on B2B Online Media in Asia. The rankings continue to be dominated by sourcing websites which typically generate revenues by charging suppliers to list their products … Continue reading

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Country Risk Climate: Trends to Keep an Eye On

Greece – another step closer to having to restructure public debt Sweden – higher interest rates for the EU’s fastest-growing economy Turkey – monetary policy remains unorthodox Venezuela – confiscatory oil taxes To read the full story click on the … Continue reading

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China Unveils Guidelines For Online Payment Services

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) published its long-awaited guidelines for e-commerce third-party payment service providers in a bid to regulate a rapidly developing business-to-consumer (B2C) industry that processes about six times as many transactions as world retail giant Wal-Mart … Continue reading

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Data Security in Peril: Sony Online Gaming Network Data Breach

Sony announced that customer data of 70 million of its gaming network had been stolen.  Data elements affected are names, passwords, and e-mail addresses.  It appears to be the largest privacy breach of its kind.  Sony notified its gaming network … Continue reading

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WAND: Managed Metadata, Taxonomy, and Collaboration Features in SharePoint 2010

BIIA member Wand continues to improve its large library of pre-built taxonomies and professional services to help organization get started with a managed metadata initiative such as SharePoint 2010.  It is just like waving a magic taxonomy ‘Wand’ to improve processes … Continue reading

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