CHINA DAILY MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 businesscompanies 17 TECH TALK

TECH BYTES Companies should watch digits out for Internet threats 73 percent The market share of Apple Inc’s iPad tablets in the Chinese market in the second quarter of the year, according to More data on domestic research company Analysys International. Apple’s sales increased about 20 percent quarter-on- the cloud and quarter, while Chinese company Lenovo Group’s market share was 8.38 percent. Korean brand Samsung had about 3.6 percent of the market, ranking fourth. An analyst at increased use of the research fi rm said that the new iPad’s launch boosted Apple sales. Meanwhile, China Unicom, the country’s big- mobile devices gest third-generation network carrier, said recently that it will introduce Samsung’s P3100 tablet to compete against may spell trouble, Apple’s products. experts say

By SHEN JINGTING 1.67 [email protected] billion dollars Chinese companies should The estimated size of the IT security market in China this be more cautious with web year, which increased 13.4 percent year-on-year, said threats and cybercrime, as US-based research company IDC. The company’s analyst Wang Pei said that since an increasing number of employ- more of their data is being ees are bringing their mobile Internet devices, such as placed on the cloud and an smartphones and tablet PCs, to work, there may be some increasing number of mobile security issues for employers to deal with, so it’s urgent for devices are being used in the companies to set up security plans. workplace, INTERNET researchers said. Web security problems have disrupted global voices business operations from time to time. On average, a new cyber threat emerges every second, HE JINGHUA / FOR CHINA DAILY The main business revenues for and every five minutes there Web security problems have disrupted the world’s business operations from time to time. Though China hasn’t reported devastating China’s telecommunication industry could be a hacking case, said Eva hacking cases so far, it doesn’t mean the nation is immune to cybercrime. Chen, chief executive offi cer of jumped 9.2 percent year-on-year to Japan-based security company tion of about 8.7 million of its accounted for 27 percent of the working in China’s banking new challenges to companies, reach 517.53 billion yuan ($82.15 bil- Trend Micro Inc. subscribers. The figure was world’s smartphone shipments industry have started to use and security soft ware compa- lion) from January to June this year.” “More than 90 percent of the more than half of KT’s total ser- during the period, according iPads to process tasks. For nies should follow the situation CHINA’S TOP INDUSTRY REGULATOR, THE MINISTRY world’s companies have hidden vice subscription membership to a report released by research example, to make presentations closely. OF INDUSTRY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WAS malicious soft ware in their com- of 16 million. fi rm Canalys. to clients,” Liu said. “The tasks are likely to be ‘‘ QUOTED AS SAYING BY XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. THE puters,” said Chen at a Beijing Th ough China hasn’t reported However, with more personal more demanding and com- NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUBSCRIBING TO THIRD-GEN- security forum in early August. such devastating hacking cases Mobile threats devices connected to the compa- plicated. It’s not enough to try ERATION MOBILE PHONE SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY INCREASED 47.33 MILLION IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF Th e threats have already resulted so far, it does not mean that the Smartphones are now an inte- nies’ internal networks, security to protect a castle by simply THE YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY’S DATA. BY THE in a series of information hack- nation is immune to cybercrime. gral part of people’s daily lives in concerns arise. building a moat around it now,” END OF JUNE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 3G SUBSCRIBERS ing cases among renowned com- Liu Zhengping, senior China. More white-collar work- “Hackers have targeted those Chen said. REACHED 176 MILLION. panies, she pointed out. manager of the marketing ers are bringing their mobile hundreds of thousands of Few Chinese companies have In April last year, hackers department at Trend Micro, devices to their workplaces and mobile applications. If personal the awareness to protect them- attacked Sony’s PlayStation said Chinese companies also accessing internal networks. devices play a role in the work- selves at the moment. Some foreign brands’ after-sale Network services. The secu- face severe security challeng- Th e number of Chinese peo- place, then enterprise data is at “Th e market still needs edu- rity breach may have compro- es, especially as the country ple accessing the Internet via risk,” said Chen. cation. However, in the near clauses are seriously damaging mised personal information, catches up with global trends mobile devices increased to a future, it will see explosive consumer’s legal rights, including including credit card data, and introduces new technolo- record high of 388 million at Cloud data risks growth,” said Xiang Ligang, a Apple Inc.” for its 70 million users. Sony gies and devices. the end of June, according to In addition, more Chinese Beijing-based industry expert. CHINA CONSUMERS’ ASSOCIATION SAID IN A RECENT estimated a $171 million loss China surpassed the United a report by the China Internet companies are adopting cloud- Trend Micro previously said STATEMENT. THE CONSUMER ASSOCIATION HAS from the attack. States last year to become the Network Information Center. computing technology nowa- it would invest 80 percent of BLAMED APPLE FOR UNFAIR CLAUSES IN POST-SALE The most recent case hap- world’s biggest smartphone Out of a total number of 538 days because of its effi ciency in its resources to research and ‘‘ SERVICES, WHICH STATE THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE TO pened with South Korea’s No market. More than 42 million million Chinese Web users in resource allocation. develop cloud-security prod- AGREE THAT APPLE REPAIRERS UTILIZE USED OR RE- 2 wireless service provider KT smartphones were shipped to the fi rst half of the year, about “Data centers have become ucts. The company estimated CONDITIONED PARTS TO REPLACE DAMAGED PARTS ON IPHONES OR IPADS. THE COMPANY’S IPAD PRODUCTS Corp. KT said in July that two Chinese retailers in the second 31 percent access the Internet in virtualized, and will eventually that the annual growth rate of LEAD THE COUNTRY’S TABLET PC MARKET WITH A 73 computer programmers had quarter, an increase of 199 per- their offi ces. be on the cloud,” Chen added. revenue from China could be PERCENT MARKET SHARE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF hacked the personal informa- cent year-on-year. Th e country “I noticed that many people She said the move would create 10 percent this year. THIS YEAR. Logitech eyes enterprise market, looking for new growth drivers

By GAO YUAN Guerrino De Luca, Logitech’s their gadgets for Apple Inc’s However, Logitech also has [email protected] chairman and chief executive products, Logitech spent most to move fast to keep its edge in offi cer, admitted that the com- of its time introducing its new- the B2C sector, the company’s Swiss hardware accessories pany is facing a tough time. Th e ly created B2B division. major profi t driver. maker Logitech International most optimistic words that De “We surely have high expec- Th e challenges are obvious in SA is eyeing China’s enterprise Luca used at the quarterly con- tations for the new division the B2C sector as an increasing market to boost sales amid the ference call were “we are in the because of the large demand in number of accessories makers global economic recession. middle of our turnaround”. China,” said Liu. are pouring into the market. “We are looking for fresh Business-to-consumer Th e growth in the Chinese Hundreds, if not thousands, of growth drivers after years of technology companies, such market remains robust com- local and overseas gadget and operation in the as Nokia and Logitech, have pared to other markets. The accessories makers are entering GADGETS consumer mar- suff ered losses due to sluggish country will likely become the competition. ket,” said Quin demand. Logitech’s second-largest “The boundaries among Liu, chief executive offi cer of “Headquarters expect Logi- market this year, surpassing the diff erent sectors in the IT Logitech China. tech China to contribute more Germany, with most of the industry are not as clear as they Logitech urgently needs its to revenue,” Liu said. revenues generated in the con- were fi ve years ago,” Liu said. business-to-business arm in And because the nation’s sumer market. Old sectors — such as mobile China — a new division that B2C market is already packed phones and PCs — have been was launched this month — to with rivals, the company hopes merged into one big industry generate profi t, and the direc- that China’s B2B sector is the driven by innovation. tors have set a high bar for the market that will drive the turn- Th e integration forced acces- division. around. sories companies to produce “We estimate that sales in The total annual sales of more types of gadgets that the business market could be China’s enterprise market are could cover the entire prod- at least 25 percent of our total expected to hit 2 billion yuan uct spectrum of the world’s revenue three years from now,” ($314 million) in the next top cell phone, tablet and Liu said. three years, which is expected PC makers, said Liu. The move came after to generate large demand for Logitech posted lower-than- the company, according to expected results last month, Eric Kintz, general manager of PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY caused by slowing demand in Logitech for Business. The Logitech G5 Laser the consumer market. Logitech China’s B2B sector Mouse has a highly versatile weight- On July 25, Logitech said will not generate more reve- tuning system, global sales for the fi rst quarter nue than the better-established enabling gamers of fi scal year 2013, which start- B2C sector, but the company is to customize ed in April, were $469 million, not trying to hide its ambition the weight and down 2 percent year-on-year. in the emerging sector. balance of the Th e net loss for the fi rst quarter At this month’s MacWorld mouse according was $52 million compared to Asian conference, as all the to individual $30 million in the fi rst quarter other accessories makers were preference, resulting of the previous fi scal year. trying their best to show off in superior control.