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M'sia mandates local software use for govt
News Malaysian government agencies urged to use local applications, in move that can boost country's software market but send wrong signal to foreign players.
Tags: Local Government, Software engineering/development, R&D, Content management, Twitter Inc., Najib, Microsoft Corp., software, Information And Communication Technology, digital content
When supercomputing benchmarks fail to add up
Insight perspective Using benchmarks to choose a supercomputer is more complex than just picking the fastest system, says high-performance computing expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, Benchmarking, IT budgeting, Procurement, Consulting, Jones, performance, HotSpot, benchmarking, IT budgeting
S'pore to spend US$1.2B on infocomm projects
News update Government will call for tenders for more than 392 new projects during its current financial year, says regulator Infocomm Development Authority.
Tags: Government, Business, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Portal, Procurement, CIO, payment, CEO
UK health system gets 100,000 locked-down USB storage devices
News After a series of data breaches that has caused embarassment and worse for the public sector, the National Health System has ordered 100,000 secure USB memory devices.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, procurement leader, Storage, USB, West Suffolk Hospital National Health System Trust, password protection, Procurement, public sector, Hospital
UK minister: NHS must take tech risks
News Even though there is a recession, National Health System practices should embrace technology to make efficiencies, according to a junior minister at the U.K Department of Health.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Technology, cost savings, Innovation, Europe, Messaging, Procurement, London, leadership
Govts urged to help SMEs through downturn
News APEC SME seminar recommends governments reserve part of their ICT procurement budgets toward enabling smaller businesses to ride out economic crisis.
Tags: Government, Funding, Innovation, Business, Small And Medium Enterprise, Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Malaysia, Intellectual Property Right
Dell cuts 1,900 Irish jobs in production switch
News The company has announced restructuring that will see the loss of 1,900 jobs at the company's manufacturing facility in Limerick.
Tags: Desktops, Global strategic management, EMEA, Manufacturing, Procurement, Middle East, job, supply chain, Africa, Dell Computer Corp.
CFOs want clearer view of travel costs
News Syncing IT travel tools and expense systems will help financial chiefs better manage profitability, and save up to 15 percent in corporate spend, says Amadeus exec.
Tags: Cost control, Software integration, HR policies and procedures, Strategic management tools, CFO, Survey, cost savings, Tool, Procurement, Strategic management tools
Philippine Senate approves e-polls budget
News Once formally approved by President Gloria Arroyo, US$231.7 million will be set aside to support country's first fully-automated elections in 2010.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Election, Supplier, Philippines, Procurement, U.S. Senate, violence, chairman, U.S. Congress
Mixed reactions to Malaysia's ICT stimulus
News Government's US$16.2 billion "mini-budget" won't be sufficient to shield vendors from effects of recession, says country's national IT association Pikom.
Tags: Government, IT budgeting, Stimulus, Stimulus Plan, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Malaysia, Procurement, Wong, ePerolehan System
Sara Lee, IBM sign outsourcing deal
News Stretching seven years, contract will see IBM's Philippine delivery center as one of the locations tasked to support finance and accounting services for Sara Lee.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Sara Lee Corp., IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Business Process, Back-office, SCM, Procurement, supply chain
HK, S'pore step up 'green' in govt contracts
News The Hong Kong government "would in general" not buy non-eco-friendly IT products, while Singapore has "practical" green provisions in projects such as SOEasy.
Tags: Green IT, IT outsourcing, Government, Green IT, Atos, Outsourcing Company, Hong Kong, Spokesperson, Procurement, Environment
What to do if your supercomputing supplier fails
Insight perspective High-performance computing providers often live on the edge--technologically and financially. But if your supplier fails, it need not be a disaster, says expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, Financial, Risk Management, Supplier, Backup, Risk, QoS, Procurement, Consulting, Jones
Supercomputing budgets face financial storm
Insight perspective Rising budgets for high-performance computing projects are about to meet the chills of recession head on, and the consequences could harm benefits HPC can offer, says industry watcher.
Tags: Supercomputing, Procurement, Consulting, Jones, supercomputer, financial, shareholder, industry, agency, business case
Jockeying starts for Philippine automated polls
News Country's main elections body and poll machine vendors rush ahead of Philippines' first nationwide computerized elections in May 2010.
Tags: Politics, E-voting, Technology, Richard Gordon, Philippines, Spokesperson, Procurement, E-voting, chairman, leader
