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Report: China IT spend remains strong
News Country will invest US$51 billion on IT in 2009, with strong government and green spending, says analyst. Business process outsourcing, however, will take a hit.
Tags: IT budgeting, Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Green IT, Telecommunications, Hong Kong, financial system, BPO, financial, network
IT to the rescue
Insight International SOS' CTO Todd Schofield shares how real-time information access has helped the organization provide better medical assistance, even in the most remote locations.
Tags: IT Management
A touch of healthcare and technology
Insight Dr. Colin Quek, CIO of Raffles Medical Group, discusses why the social component of healthcare can make IT spending more complex in this industry.
Tags: IT budgeting, Project management, IT budgeting, Project management
The Web is still learning, but it can teach, too
News The kickoff keynote for this year's Web 2.0 Expo wasn't too surprising: the world has a ton of problems and the tech industry has a lot to offer.
Tags: web2.0, Twitter, Conference, Tim O'Reilly, Tech Industry, financial system, collective intelligence, Show Floor, web2.0, financial
IBM: Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019
News Leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cat's cortex. Human brain could be just a decade away.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Brain, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Computing, Computer, DARPA, financial system, financial
Green technologies to watch
News The pace of change surrounding technology in clean energy and efficiency has not been this fast in years.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Technology, Storage, Innovation, Yergin, Renewable Energy, electric vehicle, lithium-ion, financial
Australian financial sector says no problem
News Australia's financial system appears to have successfully made it through the Y2K transition.
City firms warned on disaster recovery plans
Techguide How risky is it for financial institutions to have their backup sites in London?
SAP signs US$30 million IRS deal
News SAP said Tuesday that it has won a three-year software contract with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that, if fully realized, could generate US$30 million in revenues for the business-applications maker.
Shaping up for compliance
Insight Get ready to shape up your IT systems while complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Uphill task awaits new Telekom chief
News Dr. Md. Khir Abdul Rahman, former deputy chief executive officer/general manager of Malaysian Electronic Payment System Sdn Bhd (MEPS) has taken over the helm of steering Telekom Malaysia forward beginning May 1.
Use an IT audit to justify additional resources
Insight While IT managers often regard auditors with fear, auditors can actually become your ally. Part of their job is to point out weaknesses of IT departments, which can help emphasize your needs to decision-makers.
Use an IT audit to justify additional resources
Insight With increasing pressure to reduce costs, most government IT operations are lucky to keep their budgets at operational levels. Given this situation, how can you get additional funds to bolster your department's security?
Follow this model for effective IT cost management
Insight To achieve effective cost management, you must understand cost structure and analyze the costs involved.
ebXML: The e-choreography of business collaboration
Insight I am now officially old enough to witness technology recycle itself. The first two years of my career were spent as a business analyst for an EDI standards committee for the railroad industry. The railroads never got enough participation from each other and progress was slow. However, exchanging EDI messages to track a customer shipment would have added business value. Rather than a customer having to phone every railway to track his shipment, he could receive EDI messages informing him of his shipment’s location throughout the trip plan.
