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<a href="http://www.zdnet.com.cn/">ZDNet China</a> is run by Ken Gao, Editor-in-Chief of ZDNet China and his editing group, whose members have an average of 10-year-plus working experience in this field.It aims both at providing a China's perspective for the International IT events and offering an international perspective to Chinese IT companies. Found in 1997, ZDNet China is one of the earliest IT websites in China. Currently, ZDNET China covers a range of topics, including technique and application of cloud computing, innovative internet business modes, management and strategies of multi-national companies, and neotechnology such as low-carbon and new energy.

ICANN values Chinese market, yet admits the difficulty to extend new domain name

Rod Beckstrom, president and CEO of ICANN, visited China this week.

December 11, 2011 by Zhang Dan in Networking

Lenovo founder eyes new business: agriculture

Legend Holdings isn't the only Chinese IT company to step into the field of agriculture: One web portal is putting its money into pig-rearing, while an e-commerce giant invests in growing rice to sell online.

December 11, 2011 by Zhang Xiaonan in China

Cloud Computing Changes the Way CIOs Work

Will cloud computing, a topic frequently referred to in all kinds of conferences, be applied by CIOs in their corporations soon? Will cloud computing affect CIOs in a good or bad way?

November 29, 2011 by Ding Huiru in Virtualization

UC VS QQ: Another Netscape-Microsoft style war?

In September 1997, Microsoft's brave launch of a new-generation Internet Explorer 4.0 dragged by then browser tycoon Netscape-which had boasted 2/3 of market share-into war. Eventually, Netscape met its doom's day and Internet Explorer survived as the winner.

November 23, 2011 by Zhang Dan in Microsoft

Asian-Pacific enterprises to lead global IT investment growth and universalize cloud computing

Last month, a group of global IT players and investigators gathered in Singapore to discuss PC maker HP's cloud strategies in the Asia-Pacific Region.

November 18, 2011 by Zhao xiaomin in China

Chinese imitators of Groupon facing lean times

China’s group-buying websites, struggling to turn profits, have reduced their staffs and branches to curtail costs.

October 26, 2011 by Zhang Dan in Banking

Lenovo is now No.2 PC maker; Dell says it doesn't care

Lenovo becomes the No.2 PC firm in global market share. Dell, which used to be No. 2, says it doesn’t care -- because it's a solution provider rather than a pure PC firm.

October 12, 2011 by Ken Gao in Hardware

China spending on R&D is on sharp rise, but not enough

While the United States and Japan remain the most significant powers in the global IT R&D investment, China spending on R&D is rising sharply.

October 10, 2011 by Jiang Xianghui in Enterprise Software

Google claims revenue growth in China despite relatively low market share

Google China vice president John Liu said that Google China revenues are steadily growing quarter on quarter. Google has never really left the Chinese market.

September 30, 2011 by Zhang Dan in Google

China B2C online retailers: Making money is not an option

How could a niche player have edged its way onto the top place in less than four years, leaving behind the two forerunners and online B2C giants--Dangdang and Joyo, both with a ten-year claim on the turf? The answer is low price.

September 29, 2011 by Zhang Dan in Enterprise Software