China’s Lenovo, the No. 1 PC vendor, said Monday that it’s expanding its research in key emerging markets by building a $100 million R&D center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The facility will provide about 100 jobs and is the first center dedicated to software development for Lenovo’s enterprise product group. The center will focus on enterprise software and high-end servers, storage and cloud technologies. Lenovo says it aims to expand its global
Recent IPO Qiwi (QIWI) will give investors an idea of how the online payments business is doing in Russia when it reports third-quarter results before the open Tuesday. Qiwi is the largest operator of nonbank self-service payment kiosks in Russia. It has an integrated proprietary network that enables payment services across physical, online and mobile channels. The company lists more than 169,000 Qiwi-branded kiosks, and terminals operate across
With customers jumping ship to other smartphones, BlackBerry’s rescue mission could soon become a recovery operation. Pfizer (PFE), one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, recently told its BlackBerry users to switch to an Apple iPhone or Google (GOOG) Android-based handset when their wireless contracts permit an upgrade, Bloomberg reported Thursday . Pfizer is concerned that BlackBerry might not be around in the future or that service could be interrupted, Bloomberg reported. Pfizer employs about 90,000 people, and its BlackBerry deployment is “sizable … huge,” AllThingsD reported . Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Defense, owner of 470,000 BlackBerry (BBRY) handsets, is readying a contingency plan for moving away from the BlackBerry platform, NextGov reported Monday . For now, only BlackBerry devices are approved to operate on the Pentagon’s network. Once a favorite among corporate and government customers because of its secure email system, BlackBerry has seen its market share tumble as Apple ‘s (AAPL) …