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Archives for 2009

NUS Enterprise: An 'incubator without walls'

Thursday, November 12 2009 01:36 PM

Almost everyone has had dreams of owning their own shop, but most of us know also that it takes a fair amount of resources to open a new business, and even more to keep it going.

Needless to say, it requires guts and gumption for someone to decide they're willing to risk potential failure and strike out on their own.

To help startups and aspiring entrepreneurs better equip themselves for the cutthroat business world, the National University of Singapore (NUS) set up a unit to cultivate entrepreneurial spirit and offer incubatory services. NUS Enterprise espouses to be an incubator "without..... Read more ť

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Start-up, Entrepreneur, Start-up Company, entrepreneurship, venture capital, biomedical, Wall, NUS Enterprise, Lily Chan

Accountability missing in ICANN's new autonomy

Thursday, October 22 2009 05:41 PM

Update: After this blog post went up, Paul Levins, ICANN's executive officer and vice president of corporate affairs, gave his response in Talkback. Do take a read.

Before introducing the next guest blogger for Tech Podium, I thought I'd help set the stage a little to explain why this issue is relevant to the underlying infrastructure that supports the World Wide Web today.

I've been closely following the debate over whether the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) should remain under the purview of the U.S. government or be handed over to an international entity.

Established in 1998..... Read more ť

Tags: ICANN, Asia-Pacific, U.S. Government, domain name, TLD, Affirmation of Commitments, DNS, European Union, Internet, accountability

Filling missing social layer in Google Apps

Wednesday, August 26 2009 11:23 AM

We've witnessed the rapid rise of social networks and Web 2.0 applications in recent years, so it's inevitable these tools would eventually make their way into the enterprise realm.

One Singapore startup, Socialwok.com, decided to tap this market opportunity and offer what it calls, an on-demand enterprise social platform. Its CEO and co-founder, Yong Ming Guang, says the company aims to help enterprises tap social messaging tools to better collaborate and communicate across their organization.

Ming and his friends formed Socialwok in May this year, and spent the following month running beta trials with several businesses. The company is scheduled..... Read more ť

Tags: Twitter Inc., Google Apps, Social Media, collaboration, Socialwok, Singapore, marketing, tool, Facebook, Google Inc.

Uncovering the business behind games

Thursday, August 06 2009 05:24 PM

Next month, Singapore will once again play host to the Games Convention Asia (GCA), to be held Sep. 17 to 20 at the Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Now in its third instalment, the conference and exhibition for all things games aims to be a business and networking vehicle for developers, publishers, distributors and manufacturers in the games industry. Last year, the GCA drew over 92,000 visitors.

I asked Jorg Zeissig, managing director of the show's organizer Leipziger Messe International (LMI) Asia, to contribute..... Read more ť

Tags: Intellectual Property, Gamer, Asia, international business, Games Convention Asia, video game, conference, Singapore, video, career

Social attitude key to today's connected world

Friday, July 24 2009 11:25 AM

I'm a huge fan of The Sims games franchise, but I don't consider myself a serious gamer. Fans of Razer, on the other hand, are probably gamers who don't take their art lightly.

Razer manufactures games peripherals, including mice, keyboards and built-for-gamers mouse pads. Its high-end mouse Mamba, sports seven independently programmable buttons, 3.5G laser sensor capable of 5,600 dpi and 1,000MHz polling rate--which, I think, means the mouse is able to relay to the computer 1 million instructions per second.

I've known Razer's Singaporean CEO for several years now, and would describe him as young, brash, highly ambitious and goal-oriented...... Read more ť

Tags: Twitter Inc., Fan, Gamer, Tattoo, Customer, mouse, laser, Razer, marketing, Twitter

Securing a laptop, but no silver bullet

Wednesday, July 08 2009 07:35 PM

I first met Ong Hock Sun a while back to discuss his interest in contributing to the Tech Podium blog. He had just returned from an oversea work stint, and was eager to get back into the local IT industry.

And that he did.

Since we last met, Hock Sun has secured work as an IT consultant with the Youth Olympic Games, which Singapore will be hosting next year.

Over the years, he has accumulated experience as an IT infrastructure consultant in the real estate and..... Read more ť

Tags: Car, Solution, BIOS, backup, consultant, Absolute Software, BIOS company, BIOS password, information technology, blog

Tech sweetens deal for Donut Empire

Thursday, June 25 2009 03:48 PM

Steven Chiew and his brother, Sky, started their business amid the donut craze that hit Singapore some time in 2006-2007.

Their company has now grown to become Singapore's largest donut chain, with 13 outlets across the island-state and plans for regional expansion that includes Malaysia, Dubai, Indonesia and India.

Aptly named Donut Empire, the company bakes egg-free donuts that feature over 34 flavors, including its best-seller Typhoon Oreo, and others like Mocha Madness, Latte Hill and Almond Pit.

I met Steven, who's also the company's executive director, a couple of months back to discuss his interest in blogging for Tech..... Read more ť

Tags: Business, Customer, Web Site, social networking tool, Social Networking, sales, information technology, photograph, blog, tool

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Eileen Yu

Hosted by ZDNet Asia Senior Editor Eileen Yu, Tech Podium features business and IT personalities invited to blog about their personal experience and insights related to their field of expertise and area of interest. These guest bloggers come from various facets of the industry, and include entrepreneurs, technopreneurs, CXOs, IT security professionals and network administrators.