IE9 save money for business?

IE9 help large enterprises to save several million dollars in three years, so malware prevention and better, more security features and increase user productivity.

This conclusion was drawn from a study by Forrester. Let's consider the figures from market research firm offer.

9 Internet Explorer has some features more advantages compared to the Vietnamese version of Microsoft's older browsers, such as: speed, customizable interface, support for HTML5, the ability to "sticky" sites on the taskbar case of Windows 7 for quick access.

But IE9 can save money for your business? If so, how much and for how long?

Research firm Forrester, in conjunction with Microsoft, posed these questions to the six companies operating in sectors such as government, financial services and technology to assess the financial impact of the switch IE9 use.

Forrester selected data used to create a business assumed large with a total of 60,000 employees and 50,000 computer users switch browsers IE9 in 40 localities.

The key point in the study by Forrester is IE9 can bring return on invested capital (ROI) over time is extremely impressive. Company Forrester's assumptions can save up to 3.3 million within three years, and even break even after just 15 months.

So this $ 3.3 million from?

First to mention the cost. It is clear that a business wants to move to IE9 not simply inform the entire staff IE9 download and use.

Forrester found that there are four kinds of switching costs to IE9: labor cost performance (summary application, evaluation and testing), training within the enterprise, increase technical assistance first time, and eventually upgrade the software .

Total overall costs for the company after three years of Forrester assumes approximately $ 1,680,960, which is largely technical support for end users inexperienced.

Labor costs consume $ 131,300 of the company's internal training and cost $ 19,500. When the software upgrade, a number of applications in the enterprise will not be compatible with IE9 and so will have to upgrade to new versions, but Forrester does not calculate these expenses for specific organization without any of the interviewed reported such a situation. After 15 months of payments stop and the company even had to balance the cost of investing IE9. And that's when IE9 started to bring profits back to the enterprise.

Forrester calculated, after many interviews with six companies, malware prevention and safety information to improve play an important role in the cost of IE9.

"Most of the respondents believe that Internet Explorer 9 will reduce the number of attacks by malware that their organizations have to deal regularly," vice president of Forrester Research and author Bob Cormier wrote.

"Malware entering enterprise networks via all paths, from email, instant message, to the applications installed by users themselves. The organizations participating in the interview that the news staff , technical support staff, and users will be less prone to malware threats when using Internet Explorer IE8 or 9 compared to the older version. "

Forrester estimates that companies assume their will save $ 5,029,959 over three years for the cost of anti-malware and other IT grants, technical assistance and for the user.

Less expenses $ 1,680,960, after three years of business to save USD 3.3 million net.

In addition, there are a number of benefits not included in IE9 bring savings, such as increased user productivity through the processing site, response time, and refresh the screen faster. In addition, the ability to web pages to the task bar also access business applications easier and faster.

Support for HTML5 also been reported to reduce the cost of writing new applications for developers.

With experience, you believe that IE9 will save money for your company in a long time?

Bill Gates sold Microsoft shares

From early in 2011, founder of Microsoft and is one of the world's richest man Bill Gates was the second time the company's shares "offspring" money for charity.

Bill Gates has sold 5 million shares of Microsoft. The sale completed from today 07/27/2011 for $ 27.59 (~ 563,061 VND) per share, a total of USD 138 million, according to the Guardian, citing documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission guess America .

Well managed companies in 2008 and resigned from chief executives, but Bill Gates has served as Chairman of the Board and participate in determining the development strategy of Microsoft (which is not related to the and control the daily work). According to the Guardian, Bill Gates needs money to continue funding for the Bill and Melinda Gates (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), a non-commercial organization that he was one of the founders in 1994.

The Fund previously announced that 42 million were sent to a septic toilet program for the university, no sewerage system and power supply. The system will be used in countries with poor sanitary conditions. In May 1 / 2010, at the Davos forum, Gates announced that in 10 years, will spend 10 billion fund for the development of new vaccines for children in third world countries.

The father of the computer revolution continues to sell shares of Microsoft to get the money to charity.

From the time of the founding organizations of the Gates has invested $ 14.5 billion in global health system and more than $ 3 billion in economic development - a global society. The Fund is working in over 100 countries. In total the entire amount you have invested all this time had reached 24.8 billion USD.

In May 2 / 2011, Gates has sold nearly 10 million shares of Microsoft for $ 28 USD / per share. Total for one year, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, has sold more than 90 million shares of Microsoft. Although it has sold so much, Gates is still the largest individual shareholder with more than 550 million Microsoft shares, representing 7% of the total number of shares of Microsoft. According to Forbes, who own the "father of the computer revolution" is equal to 56 billion USD. The money made him the richest man in the world after the first two television giants Carlos Slim of Mexico.

The founders and leaders of the company rarely sold shares of his company. 10/2010 In May, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has sold nearly 50 million shares to 1.3 billion USD. In May 1 / 2010, Google founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin have announced their intention to sell 5 million shares of Google within five years. Although leaders often explain waste considering that "investment money" on something, but the commentators did not think so. Many people think that's a bad sign for the company.

The fierce race to win smartphone patent

Ba "in the" technology as Apple, Google and Microsoft are aggressively participating in the war on patents in order to divide the smartphone market.

All three men "giants" mentioned above need or desire more patents on the smartphone more, just have to attack to defend against opponents. Without them, their equipment is easily claim for copyright infringement, or worse, may be asked to stop using the invention.

Samsung is paying royalties to Google on every device using Android.

Attacks of "fever" began to be triggered by the auction more than 6,000 patents from the company Nortel bankruptcy. Representatives from Google were offering $ 900 million USD. But until final approval, Apple, Microsoft, together with Ericsson, RIM and other companies have purchased all the patents for the unexpected high cost: $ 4.5 billion.

Since then, interdigital, an owner of intellectual property for the many available wireless devices, also conducted what they sell. Interdigital have a license from Nortel and a half more before, although its market value just less than $ 3 billion when converted to cash. In addition, 75-year-old billionaire Carl Icahn has put pressure on companies Motorola Mobility to sell their patents. Currently, Motorola has more than 17,000 patents, mostly for wireless devices.

Recently, Google also bought more than 1,000 patents from IBM, including many areas of technology for various purposes to exploit their vulnerabilities.

The calculation of the value of rapid change. The patent as above, including everything from copyright symbol (icon) of the application to the address book, is painted a very accurate about the future of the smartphone market is growing very fast quickly.

Of course, aggressively bought the patent rights to the two main advantages: one is the new owner will pay less royalties for the competitors, two that they can protect themselves from the case copyright infringement lawsuits.But even more, which is also porn ring battle for the competition.

Microsoft is asking for Samsung to pay 15 USD per device using its Android operating system. With the millions of phones manufactured each month, of course, cash is very significant.

On the other hand, the amount of royalties may reduce the attractiveness to consumers. An iPhone, taking advantage of negligent copyright issues, may have lower production costs, or have more features than its rival.More precisely, rather than earn a small royalty payments from customers, Apple could pocket the profits to 10 times higher than through the sale of iPhone, and more profits from the sale of advertising, music , and other applications.

It can be considered to understand the invention as boost customer-oriented smartphone, even setting up the structure for this market over a period of decades. It's worth hundreds of billions of dollars. What Apple is doing with iPhone as an example.

This explains why Google is encroaching further into the steal the intellectual property of Motorola or interdigital; or why Microsoft and Apple could spend heavily to keep the patent from the fall into the hands of their opponents .

Until this point, all three "giants" the technology combined have spent more than $ 160 million to keep his balance.

Shaping a future in the smartphone market, how the final answer lies largely in the hands of giants like Google, Microsoft and Apple. They go, sure, the future value of the patent will be in there.

The computer assembly calling for Russia

The Russian computer assembly "K-Systems" has the status of all bear markets have too many incentives for foreign suppliers. K-Systems require state support by increasing import duty computer units.

The assembly of personal computers K-Systems/Irbis Russian company has sent an official request to the Ministry of Economic Development requested the Russian Federation increased the tax on computer equipment and units - currently in 0%. The main objective of this requirement is to "encourage the development of computer manufacturers in the country (Russia) and to encourage foreign suppliers to deploy computer maker in Russia", written with the record.

Need to know that the market share of the computer assembly in Russia Russia now continue to decline. Foreign manufacturers are increasing their market shares. According to the Gartner quarter 4 / 2010, growth of large foreign suppliers average 60% - 70%.

Meanwhile, the supply of the largest suppliers of Russia is Depo Computers quarter 4 / 2010 over the same period last year has been reduced and the vendor's market share is falling from 4% to 2.5%. Supplier Kraftway also lost market share while Akvarius and K-Systems is increasing a little.

Russian Ministry of Economic Development said that the proposal CNews.ru of K-Systems is under review and may be made at a conference here of the Committee on Tariff and non tariff. Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development said previously, the Ministry has not received a formal request similar.

As the head of K-Systems as Edward Voronetsky, subject to tariffs of the computer units of foreign imports into Russia were he mentioned several times. However, the current situation was absurd when the tariffs for the details that do not apply for your tax units, and this forced him to ask for help Ministry of Economic Development.

K-Systems Leader Edward Voronetsky trying to save "the computer assembly" Russia.

"The computer manufacturer in Russia so far survived despite foreign manufacturers try to beat them. For example, a foreign manufacturer who once publicly declared," will be buried " computer assembly industry, "Russia. I feel as if the Russian state is helping them in this, "Leadership for K-Systems.

The increase in taxes on equipment and computer technology is beneficial to the Russian economy and encourage domestic production, Voronetsky said. He compared the situation to do business with the computer field produces TV and automobile. "Tax applied them to 15% and 80% of TV sales in Russia is produced in Russia. The situation is similar to automobile, when Russia imposed on imported cars, the domestic suppliers of production, "said lead K-Systems. A 15% tax rate applied to the computer such imported units would be considerable support for the assembly in the country and encourage foreign manufacturers producing in Russia, Voronetsky said.

In the opinion of the first vice president Renat Kraftway Iusupov Company, the tariffs on imported foreign computer units is an initiative brought two advantages for basic personal computer market of Russia. "First, it encourages providers to open foreign computer manufacturer in Russia, and the second is the import computers from abroad will be more transparent," said Iusupov. Iusupov explained that, in the case of tariffs, the manufacturers have to pay customs for the list of devices stored in the machine. This amount will be determined depending on kinds of products. That makes the computer input units in the Russian hard-earned profits.

According to company president Sergei Eskin Depo Computers, present, difficult to apply the tax to a personal computer and technical equipment units for existing problems related to the current legal system can not meet ."For example, what is" Russian manufacturers ", the degree of localization of how production should. Moreover, the initiative could also not be adopted by the pressing issue of Russia joining the WTO ".

Director in charge of Acer personal computers in Russia Vyacheslav Nazarov said that the situation in Russia focused on international suppliers, manufacturers in the country instead of continuing to seek market share "has lose all ", then look for new market niches, developing new solutions. "The efficiency of the assembly of the computer system from the old structures as well as the future of the local assembly was back on the past. The solutions proposed by international companies provide are always Technology more timely, and have long, is always more economical solutions, "said Vyacheslav Nazarov.

Nazarov said, the exit of the majority of Russia's domestic policy is not in the tax and customs that are in the head! "I like the Russian computer industry to develop and produce special products instead of continuing to do the work of 5, 10, 15 years ago," Mr. Nazarov said.

According to Gartner, in 2010, major computer vendors in Russia is Acer, which sold 2.3 million units. Acer's market share company in Russia reached 20.9%. After Asus Acer is the market share of 13.6%, HP (10.45%), Samsung (9.6% and Lenovo (7.7%). In the Russian machine manufacturer in the top 10 suppliers computers in this country only Depo Computers (2.6%) and K-Systems/Irbis (2.4%). In array desktop PCs, HP top 5 in Russia, Depo Computers, K-Systems / Irbis, Kraftway and Acer. In the mobile computing market segment in Russia, Acer in the lead, followed in turn is Asus, Samsung, HP and Lenovo.

Synthesis believe world: The battle against hackers

Last month, several issues related to information security takes place in the world, but the focus is the group of hackers to cause a lot of attention to public opinion.

In addition, lawsuits, trading between the "giants" is the chorus and Google + always mentioned on every page for social networking services though this has not been widely publicized.

Rather than "hackers"
because the word "hackers" are not portrayed all these groups what causes the so-called cybercrime. Names such as Anonymous, 4chan, LulzRaft, LulzSec ... just like a professional criminal groups. When they strike an object successfully, then, are publicly claimed responsibility for that attack. Even the group of hackers that like to challenge all the agencies investigating the attack are in the system of CIA, FBI after large companies like Citigroup, Sony, PBS, Infragard, Fox.com .. . are prone island.

LulzSec group of hackers announced "retirement" after a few months to storm.

Attention is LulzSec group (short for Lulz Security, including "Lulz" rewriting of the word "laugh", laughed at) when in two months ago, this group has done a lot of "war" on many different areas such as disclosure of internal documents of the AT & T, data theft of NATO and the offline game, network attacks PSN Sony's publicity database ATM in England, attacked the site Parliament U.S., CIA web page ... The U.S. FBI investigation agencies are actively tracking this crime that they are just "disruptive kids". Notably, after the many attacks on the network, at the end of June last, LulzSec announced "retirement." Meanwhile, the group Anonymous (translated roughly as "anonymous") to attack a host than the destination.The group has also been the Turkish government arrested 32 objects alleged to have attacked the website of the country's government in mid-June this year. The group also publicly attacked the website of the Spanish police for several hours. And yet, earlier in July, Anonymous continuing attacks on police eight sites in Arizona to protest the U.S. anti-immigration laws of this state. The group released a list of account of the 1200 U.S. police. Apple also in the "blacklist" of Anonymous revealing 27 of the Apple user account. In addition, a web page of the Australian election was also Anonymous attack, leaving more than 53,000 accounts, including account management. However, in the case of Sony, Anonymous deny they are involved. Anonymous works can be seen very deliberate with other criminal groups. Most recently, Page DefenseNews message, containing information on security and defense around the globe, for the U.S. military, also attacked public. Meanwhile, a group of British hackers have shut down the networks and contact information web page of al-Qaeda to stop posting messages and video. Chinese police have arrested 36 suspects allegedly fraudulent $ 6.6 million online service on e-commerce website Alibaba.com and certain other transactions. Alibaba.com makes case to compensate the customers to 1.94 million, causing serious damage to reputation (this service is reduced to 70% of buyers each month). Meanwhile, the security company Kaspersky Lab have discovered a "super-malware" called TDL-4 is trying to form an underground network has infected 4.5 million computers, but writers have not been "activated". Malware is like a time bomb, aimed at commercial applications, and experts say it stems from Eastern Europe. From the WikiLeaks published secret documents of governments and government view is that WikiLeaks thorn in the eyes of criminals, many groups expressed support for this site and the attacks on the government to focus more on more. However, importantly, more alarming is the lax safety information on a large scale even the system of the "giants" such as Sony, Apple ...

Social networks, the sale ...

emerging in early July was the fact Google recently launched Google social networking service +; ago Google had Buzz and Orkut, but the two were unsuccessful. Can see how much "intellectual property" on Google's social network were put both on Google + with the aim of encouraging others to use Facebook. Although not yet publicly available but the first few days of use, the trial group were highly competitive with Google + Facebook is up to 750 million users. 

Anonymous attacks are deliberate and often close to the government.

Last month, Nortel Networks market stir technologywhen the company sold an auction of patents and their applications for large technology companies, including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Google, Microsoft, RIM and Sony. Packages that include Nortel made ​​more than 6000 patents and applications for wireless technology, 4G, data networking, optical, voice, Internet, service providers, semiconductor ... worth 4.5 billion USD. In May, Nortel filed for bankruptcy and has been approved by the court. In April, Google was offering $ 900 million, but Nortel has declined. Besides Google, there are a few companies such as Ericsson was negotiating Nortel's CDMA unit for $ 1 billion, Avaya cost less than $ 1 billion for array networks.Along with the sale of Nortel services, Nokia is also selling the part message to the company software development Synchronica Mobile (UK) for $ 25 million in cash. One other note that Nokia has decided to outsourcing (outsourcing) Symbian platform which they develop their long-standing company Accenture. It can be seen clearly that the pressure to compete with Symbian and Android iOS market is so big in the operating system for mobile devices. Nokia also have an alliance with Microsoft to strengthen their position in this market and maybe the upcoming phone from Nokia will be moving from Symbian to Windows Mobile. Meanwhile, the acquisition of Pentax Ricoh is to strengthen product array lens reflex cameras (D-SLR) for about $ 124 million.The Microsoft unified "online marketplace" in the game for Windows with Xbox.com Marketplace.