With a 13.5% global share, the Chinese PC maker Lenovo became the world's second largest PC maker for the first time, exceeding Dell, according to the PC shipment report for the third quarter of 2011 released by the market research firm Gartner.

Chinese server provider Sugon has announced its cloud computing strategy and displayed several cloud computing products, including a cloud basic system named Cloudbase; a cloud computing operating system named Cloudview; a cloud storage system named ParaStor; and a cloud security management center named Cloudfirm.

Chinese PC and electronics company Lenovo has announced that to further expand its market share, it plans to launch tablet computer products in India before the end of 2011.

Chinese computing platform and information technology application solutions provider Inspur has launched the first cloud data center operating system named "Sea of Clouds OS".

Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has announced plans to acquire a 37% stake in Medion AG, a PC company in Germany, for EUR231 million.

Lenovo Group and Hong Kong-headquartered Nikoyo have signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing to implement marketing and sales cooperation.

The international PC maker Dell, who is on its way of transferring to a services and solutions provider, has announced plans to build two new data centers in China within one year.

China Telecom Beijing branch has announced the launch of a new Internet Data Center service platform with 3G applications to realize sending of contents, including IDC operating statistics, video monitoring information, and server security information to mobile phones of corporate users.

Chinese anti-virus service provider Rising has announced the launch of its generically-named Cloud Security Center, which is reported to be the largest of its kind in Asia.

According to the executives of Lenovo Group, China's leading PC maker, the will shut one of its Indian manufacturing facilities to improve production efficiency.

According to statistics released by the market research firm IDC, the PC shipment volume in Taiwan was 688,300 in the fourth quarter of 2008, a decrease of 9.1% compared with the previous quarter.

At the China Game Industry Annual Conference 2008, a report on China's game industry for 2008 was released with information that the actual sales within China's online game industry in 2008 was CNY18.38 billion, a year-on-year increase of 76.6%.

The market research company IDC has published a white paper about China's e-commerce industry, and it states the trade volume of China's e-commerce increased by about 20% in the year 2008, forming a big contrast with the macroeconomic downturn.

Established by Dalian Municipal Government, Dalian Software Park Japan has been opened in Tokyo, marking the birth of China's first overseas software park.

A new report from IDC states worldwide PC shipments struggled to meet expectations in the third quarter of 2008, with companies like China's Lenovo struggling as spending slowed.