Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba.com has published a notice about user identifications on its Chinese website, aiming to promote real-name registration on its website.

Taiwan Foxconn Technology Group has decided to build a new plant in Jundiai, an inland city in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the assembly of Apple's iPad and iPhone products.

VanceInfo Technologies Inc., an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China, has announced that it has acquired a 100% stake in the main operating subsidiary of LW International Holdings Limited.

Microsoft China and the municipal government of Jinan have signed a three-year strategic memorandum of understanding to implement comprehensive cooperation in cloud computing, talent training, outsourcing, and protection of intellectual property, and the technology company will set up a new branch in Jinan.

Hewlett-Packard has announced that it has established a new information service center and the Chinese hub of its Best Shore global outsourcing service center in Suzhou, to provide customized information technology consulting and outsourcing services to its clients in eastern China.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced on its official website that during the first eight months of 2010, China's software business achieved revenue of CNY828.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.8% and the growth rate was 8.8% higher than the same period of 2009.

Chinese online game developer and operator Shanda Games has launched a new outsourcing platform, and it started to accept qualification applications of outsourcing vendors from July 23, 2010.

Taobao.com, the online shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has formally launched its Taobao Partner plan, which has attracted over 20 partners.

Wipro Technologies has just opened its global delivery center in Chengdu to provide business process outsourcing services to its customers in China and around the world.

Approved by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Chongqing has started construction of 12 international data channels with bandwidth of 155 megabytes each to ensure the secure and rapid data transmission for software outsourcing enterprises in the city.

HP has jointly announced with the Suzhou government that the two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a software outsourcing center in the city.

Dell and the government of Dalian's Zhongshan district have jointly announced that the two parties will set up a Dell solution center in the district.

According to the latest statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's software export reached USD4.93 billion in the first four months of 2009, a year-on-year increase of 48.2%.

According to the latest statistics from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the accumulated revenue of China's software businesses reached CNY697.73 billion in the first 11 months of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%.

Foxconn, the Chinese original equipment manufacturer that was embroiled in controversy about working conditions two years ago at its factory that manufacturered Apple iPods, is rumored to be reducing its electronics manufacturing staff without formally declaring the cuts.