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M'sian public sector bolsters OSS adoption
News Open source momentum gets boost from Malaysia's government-led initiative that sees 71.1 percent of public sector agencies deploy open source software.
Tags: Open source, Local Government, OpenOffice.org, Open-source Software, public sector agency, public sector, software development, bank, Kuala Lumpur, agency
OSS attacks will grow with adoption
News Although open source software is harder to attack, hackers will increasingly target it as it gets more popular amongst users, says security expert.
Tags: PC security, Security Management, Open source, Malware, Security, Open-source Software, Web Browser, Vulnerability, Attack, Mozilla Firefox
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, operating system
Open source challenges students to think
News Access to source code of open source software facilitates hands-on lessons so students can get practical development experience, say the technology's exponents.
Tags: Open source, IT training, Personal development, Red Hat Inc., Open-source Software, Philippines, Singapore, Academy, device driver, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Open source evangelists lock horns with Nasscom
News India's open source community is miffed over Nasscom's proposal for e-government projects to support multiple standards, instead of single patent-free standards.
Tags: Local Government, Regulations, Open source, Standards, E-government, Red Hat Inc., India, F/OSS, Standards, phone
OpenNet appoints OSS/BSS SI
News Singapore's next-generation broadband network consortium picks systems integrator for its operations support systems/ business support systems.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Alcatel, Fiber, BSS, Fiber Network, Lucent Technologies Inc., systems integrator, network company
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent to manage S'pore NBN
News update Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent will run Singapore national broadband network's "active infrastructure" by its operating company, Nucleus Connect.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Optical networking, Alcatel, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Fiber, BSS, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Smaller APAC telcos innovate to compete
News Tier two and three mobile operators in Asia-Pacific bank on innovative services to grow, says market player, who adds Singapore telcos can do more.
Tags: Customer support, Convergys Corp., Operator, Hutchison, BSS, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Indonesia, billing, average revenue per user
Telcos could do more with biz intelligence
News Telecoms operators in the region are not doing enough with business analytics, and could take a leaf from the retail industry, says Frost & Sullivan analyst.
Tags: Support, Data mining & analysis, Operator, Telecommunications, BSS, Asia-Pacific, business analytics, billing system, competitive strategy, Frost & Sullivan
Regulation needed to 'free' NBN operators
News Singapore needs open access platform for its next-generation broadband network, so operators can offer innovative services to customers.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2009, Regulation, BSS, QoS, OSS, service provider, e-Service, network company, Infocomm Development Authority, CommunicAsia 2009
Google taps student developers for OSS
News The search giant kicks off fifth year of its Summer of Code project, hoping to build on its successes in Singapore last year with more contributions this year.
Tags: Open source, Fedora Project, KDE, Google Inc., GNOME, Singapore, Developer, Environment, Linux desktop, Linux
S'pore to host region's largest OSS conference
News Country will play host next year to the largest open source software conference yet to be held in Southeast Asia, says event organizer.
Tags: Open source, Software, Security, Conference, India, Novell Inc., public sector, system administrator, revenue, Linux
Open source needs successful champions
News Open source industry needs profitable proponents to illustrate success, attract funding and encourage participation, says Red Hat CEO.
Tags: Open source, Linux server OS, Open Source, Google Inc., Asia, Red Hat Inc., U.S., revenue, ISV, open-source company
Open source, features to drive smartphone market
News Symbian remains dominant mobile OS but market share will dip, with emergence of competing open source platforms Android and Maemo, predicts In-Stat.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Applications and tools, Nokia Corp., Open Source, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, Smart Phone, mobile, handset
Gartner: 85 percent of firms use open source
News The analyst house warns that, although take-up of open source software is widespread, most companies do not have formal procurement or governance policies in place for such software.
Tags: Open source, Analyst reports, Software, Open-source Software, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Gartner Inc., intellectual property, barrier
