Companies focus on building hyperscale data centers Earlier in this series, we discussed Salesforce (CRM) opening a data center in Japan (EWJ) to cater to its expanding customer base in the Asia-Pacific region. Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), Alphabet (GOOG), Salesforce, and other cloud providers are competing in adding new data center facilities. According to […]
Asia-Pacific region grew the most Earlier in this series, we discussed Salesforce’s (CRM) fiscal 3Q17 earnings, which not only beat analysts’ expectations but also its own guidance. Its better-than-expected 3Q17 results boosted Salesforce’s stock, which has gone through some ups and downs in the last year. In fiscal 3Q17, Salesforce’s revenue grew in all geographies. Salesforce […]
In terms of fundamentals, the emerging markets (VWO) in Asia (FAX) continue to look solid, particularly in nations like India (IFN) (EPI) and Indonesia (IF).
China’s slowdown will remain a concern for the foreseeable future. That’s a problem for those Asian economies, such as commodities exporters Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Chinese yuan devaluation took global markets by surprise and increased speculations about the pronounced nature of the slowdown in the Chinese economy.
With the addition of new features in its Norton Security Suite in September 2015, Symantec has showed that it has no intention of discontinuing Norton Antivirus.
The growth of the ASEAN member nations has been extraordinary, to say the least. The GDP for the region expanded at a whopping 313% between 2001 and 2013.
