CA closes another subsidiary

After the closure of it’s Philippine subsidiary, CA Inc. reportedly is closing down its office in Indonesia.  Reports from reliable sources indicated that more CA offices in Asia Pacific will be shutdown as well as part of CA’s worldwide restructuring.

CA, Inc. also recently announced it has entered into a $1 billion, five-year unsecured revolving credit facility that will expire August 2012. The new facility replaces an existing $1 billion four-year facility executed in 2004 that was due to expire in December 2008.

SAP Philippines Launches GRC solutions

SAP Philippines announces the availability of their SAP Solutions for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to the Philippine market.

SAP solutions for GRC promote business viability by unifying corporate strategy, control initiatives, opportunity discovery, and loss mitigation across the extended enterprise. Managing GRC across the extended enterprise allows processes and strategies to be evaluated within the company and extended to partners, suppliers, and customers – truly representing the reach of the enterprise.

The solution ensures companies comply with all customs and security regulations, as well as helps to standardize and streamline trade processes across the enterprise.

Apple Unveils iPod Touch

Apple introduced the new iPod touch featuring Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch user interface that enables users to find and enjoy all of their music, videos and more on its gorgeous widescreen display with just the touch of a finger. First introduced on iPhone, the multi-touch interface uses pioneering new software to present the perfect user interface for each application.

The iPod touch is an unbelievable 8 mm thin, and is priced starting at just $299.  Apple also announces a new iPod classic and an all new iPod nano.

HP Launches Gamers PC

Hewlett Packard in conjunction with VoodooPC has unveiled the HP Blackbird 002 – a desktop that delivers the look, versatility and performance gamers and high-end PC enthusiasts dream of.

The HP Blackbird 002 boasts an aluminum chassis and a cast-aluminum foot and features patented, full system liquid-cooling that HP says will keep it running cool in even the most heated head-to-head gaming scenarios.

NEC Develops World’s First Multi-Frequency, Multi-Protocol RFID Reader/Writer

NEC Corporation has developed the world’s first(1) multi-RFID reader/writer (a device that can both read and write tag data) supporting three major RFID (IC) tag frequencies (13.56MHz, UHF band and 2.45GHz), as well as the world’s most used protocols(2). To further miniaturize and reduce the cost of the multi-reader/writer, NEC plans to commercialize dedicated LSI in fiscal 2008.

NEC will continue to draw on its collective know-how to develop dedicated LSI that will bring about a more compact and low-cost reader/writer. This will enable the device to be embedded into general consumer terminals, such as PCs, mobile phones and game machines, as well as stationary terminals at retail stores and facilities.

Intel Unveils Quad-Core Products for High-End, Multi-Processor Servers

Intel Corporation has unveiled the industry’s first quad-core processors specifically designed for multi-processor (MP) servers running applications requiring uncompromised performance, reliability and scalability. Such applications are typically run in virtualized environments for server consolidation and database uses, enterprise resource planning and business intelligence.

The six new Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series processors can deliver more than twice the performance and more than three times the performance per watt over the company’s previous generation dual-core products.