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Dell’s Asia push could slow with exec departures

Dell's Asia push could slow with exec departures SHANGHAI – Dell Inc.'s aggressive expansion in Asia has suffered a setback with the departure of the company's top regional executive to an upstart Chinese rival – its second high level departure in the past two months. A Dell spokeswoman said Steve Felice will take over as sole head of the company's Asian operations, following the departure on Tuesday of long-serving chief William Amelio, who left to take over as chief executive for Lenovo Group Ltd. Dell shares dropped 1 percent on the trading day after the change was announced, counter to a

Lenovo Grabs Another Dell Exec for Asia

Lenovo Grabs Another Dell Exec for Asia Lenovo Group has snagged a fifth Dell executive in two weeks to help run its business in Asia. On Thursday Lenovo appointed Gerry Smith, 43, as senior vice president of its global supply chain, effective immediately. Smith was previously vice president in charge of Dells Singapore design center and its displays unit. He replaces Liu Jun, who ran Lenovos supply chain group for the past year and is taking a years sabbatical, the company said. Smith is the latest in a string of executives whom Lenovo has poached from Dell as it tries to beef up

Asia-Pacific steps up preparedness efforts against bird flu

Asia-Pacific steps up preparedness efforts against bird flu KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - China's financial hub Shanghai on Monday started screening international passengers for bird flu amid global fears that the virus could mutate into a more powerful form. Acknowledging that separation from Asia by thousands of kilometres of sea offers little protection, Australia and New Zealand also took steps to ward off a bird flu disaster. At least 68 people have died from bird flu since it emerged in Asia in 2003 - nearly two-thirds of them in Vietnam, according to the World Health Organization. So far, most human cases

Europe surpasses US in PC shipments

Europe surpasses US in PC shipments The US has been dethroned by Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the world's largest PC market, according to 2005 market data from Gartner. The EMEA region accounted for 72.6 million PC sales last year, compared to 67.2 million in the US, the analyst firm found. The fourth quarter showed particularly strong sales in EMEA, with unit shipments increasing by 17.2 per cent year-over-year as a result of promotional deals on laptop computers. HP held on the lead with a 15.9 per cent market share, but the manufacturer lost some ground to Dell (11.6 per cent)

(BW) Rock Solid Images Announces Asia Pacific Expansion

(BW) Rock Solid Images Announces Asia Pacific Expansion Rock Solid Images today announced the opening of an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to better serve our growing customer base in the Asia Pacific region. Rock Solid Images will provide a full range of consulting services for reservoir characterization; delivering well-based rock-physics and seismic models, seismic data pre-conditioning, inversion for lithology and fluid prediction and seismic facies modeling. In addition to consulting services, Rock Solid Images will provide support for software products such as iMOSS(R) and work with clients in both multi-client and proprietary models to build data-bases of well-based petrophysical and geophysical