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Is offshoring to blame for job losses?
Insight The recession has brought on an offshoring backlash. But an industry watcher argues other factors are harming U.K. IT careers even more.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Virtualization, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SOA, IT System, economist, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, job loss
Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., software, Information Technology, CTO
Paperless government not yet a S'pore reality
News Singapore's public sector makes strides in pushing online transactions, but consumer comfort with hardcopy documents impedes paper-free vision, says analyst.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Government, Transaction, PKI, Web sites, IRAS Staff, International Data Corp., e-Service, Spokesperson
Logitech Alto keyboard
Reviews The Alto notebook stand is a creative attempt to make using a notebook at a desk more comfortable, but due to a few design issues we can't recommend it for everybody.
Deloitte banking on PIN sharp security
News Staff at Deloitte and Visa will be given new Visa cards, which generate one-time-use passcodes that allow remote access to the company IT system over a virtual private network.
Tags: Security Management, VPNs, Authentication, Security, Fraud, Card, applet, VPNs, phone, e-mail
OSS popularity spurs training demand
News With more companies moving to open source and demanding such expertise, one Singapore polytechnic steps up to include Linux training in its curriculum.
Tags: Linux, Open source, IT training, Certification, Red Hat Inc., Telecommunications, Open-source Software, Training, Singapore, Polytechnic
S'pore goes high on TV
Insight Singapore's Media Development Authority CIO Yeo Chun Cheng discusses hurdles the media regulator had to cross when the country kicked off its high-definition television trials in May 2006.
Tags: TVs, Multimedia, Digital media, Regulations
Thai group to implement cloud computing
News The technology will enable the Charoen Pokphand Group to build ready-to-use IT services for use among its subsidiaries.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Infrastructure/architecture management, Web 2.0, SOA, Cloud Computing, On-demand, BPM, CP Group, Poonlab, software
Crisis backs Philippine BPO, software sectors
News Economic downturn bolsters growth for country's outsourcing and software industries, as market players form regional hubs to vie for U.S. contracts.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Software, Growth strategies and tools, Outsourcing, Philippines, Business Process, BPO, Sorio, financial
Wireless security guide
Insight With wireless security standards yet to settle, it is no surprise IT pros are still baffled by it. Here's our quick and dirty guide on the topic, comprised of the most frequently asked questions from readers.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Security implementation/standards
When IT and healthcare come together
Insight CIO 1-1 SingHealth's Dr. Low Cheng Ooi shares his views on how IT and healthcare are colliding to bring forth the future of medicine for patients and practitioners.
Tags: IT project management, Data Management, Leadership, Technology, EMR, Clinician, globalization, analytics, information technology company, chairman
Hope for IT spending ahead
Insight perspective Just because we're in a recession doesn't mean all IT spending is on hold. Expect some innovative projects and financing over coming months, says consultant.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Investments, Investment, IT-spending, Workforce, financing, Tony Lock, Freeform
IT sharpens Interpharma's edge
Insight Aligning IT to the business strategy has helped Asia's largest pharmaceutical distributor differentiate itself in the industry, says Interpharma's regional CIO John Dickson.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, ROI/TCO, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications
Moving to the forefront of IT
Insight Technology is the bloodline of Hong Kong's immigration department, helping the government manage the information of 6.9 million people more efficiently.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance
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
