Olympic Games
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S'pore YOG to support multimedia services
News SingTel is official "multimedia services partner" for Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, but details are sketchy regarding which services will be activated.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Mobile platforms/communications, GPS, SingTel, Singapore, 3D, social networking, Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications
3G touted to drive China's mobile uptake
News Country's Ministry of Industry and Information expects 3G to drive new mobile subscriptions, despite other reports projecting slow initial adoption.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Network infrastructure, 3G (Third Generation), China Mobile Ltd., China Unicom, phone, 3G, China Telecom, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA
Atos Origin snags Youth Olympics IT deal
News The IT services vendor will work with the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games to define IT requirements, and build two key systems for the inaugural event.
Tags: IT project management, IT outsourcing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Business applications, Atos, IT Services, Singapore, IT services company, operational planning, London
IT gets set for 2012 Olympics
News Atos Origin reveals its roadmap for getting technology in place to handle the races, spectators and communications for London Games.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Atos, Supplier, Wikipedia, network, Mobile platforms/communications, game
Could this be the most critical budget for India?
Blogs For business journalists in India, budget time is excitement time. It's like sports journos covering the Olympics. As a ...
Sourcing for Olympic results
Blogs With the Olympics in full swing, there is an interesting parallel between Olympic performance and business performance. ...
Support for Youth Olympics stays 'strong'
News Despite current downturn, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee is optimistic it will reach its sponsorship target of US$33.5 million.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Atos, Spokesperson, Singapore, memorandum of understanding, IT services company, Youth Olympic Games, SYOGOC, Lenovo Group Ltd.
Winter Olympics tech on track
News A year before the 2010 Winter Olympics are set to start in Vancouver, the technological backbone is nearly ready.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Infrastructure/architecture management, Atos, Winter Olympics, Computer, London Games, Silicon.com, Vancouver, workforce management, information technology
Olympics IT gets lean, mean and green
News To control costs during the worst recession, the London 2012 Olympic Games will adopt green tech.
Tags: Green IT, Atos, Virtualization, IT Services, consortium, Olympics IT, Hardware, broadcaster, information technology, Olympic Games
Report: China to require censorship software
News Government to require all PCs sold in China to be shipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Regulations, Blogger, Microsoft Windows Live, International Olympic Committee, Flickr, China, Internet, Web Site
Youth Olympics virtual world to debut early 2010
News First-ever Olympic virtual world will be built by ST Electronics, and may be extended to education and e-government after the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Tags: Web sites, E-government, Singapore, earnings per share, entertainment, CEO, virtual world, financial, team, Web sites
Siemens onboard for high-speed trains in China
News Japan and European countries like France have had them for decades. But now the race to build high-speed trains seems to have taken off in two of the leading world economies.
Tags: Hardware, Train, Siemens AG, Shanghai, Chinese Ministry Of Railway, Japan, China, Adobe PDF, U.S., Olympic Games
IT firms make play for sporting events
News Vendors are tapping on major sporting events in Singapore, as chance for them to showcase their technology, reward customers and win potential business.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Barclays Plc., Starhub, Event, Spokesperson, Singapore, Lenovo Group Ltd., information technology company, brand
APAC contact centers eye UC, hosted services
News Contact center applications spend in region will grow slightly in 2009, with part of expenditure going to unified communications and hosted services, finds new report.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Customer support, Services, Contact Center, Outsourcing, IP, Asia-Pacific, TCP/IP, research analyst, Frost & Sullivan
China: Unstoppable threat dragon of Asia
News Despite fewer botnets and phishing Web sites, the country is still tops in the Asia-Pacific region for malicious activity and threats, finds new Symantec report.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security, Region, Asia, Bot, systems engineering, Attack
