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Paperless government not yet a S'pore reality

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.

Wednesday, October 28 2009 04:25 PM

Tags: Web sites, Web services, Government, Transaction, PKI, IRAS Staff, Web sites, International Data Corp., E-health, e-Service


M'sian public sector bolsters OSS adoption

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.

Monday, July 27 2009 08:27 PM

Tags: Open source, Local Government, OpenOffice.org, Open-source Software, public sector agency, public sector, software development, bank, Kuala Lumpur, agency


S'pore govt to further adopt cloud, green IT

S'pore govt to further adopt cloud, green IT

News Stimulus spending will spur their adoption by country's public sector, as nation focuses on ICT as key part of its economic recovery plan, says analyst.

Friday, July 17 2009 06:35 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, Green IT, IT budgeting, Stimulus, IT-spending, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, Cloud computing, public sector


EU begins IPv6 rollout

News First European Union agency has begun offering services over version 6 of the Internet Protocol to drive adoption.

Thursday, October 15 2009 11:03 AM

Tags: IPv6, DNS, IPv4, public sector, European Commission, information security, internal network, security tool, IPv6, European Union


ICT causing UK govt to miss green targets

News A report has pointed to information and communications technology as one cause of the U.K. government's failure to meet its own carbon reduction targets.

Monday, August 10 2009 04:52 AM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Carbon Emission, Information And Communication Technology, computer, sustainable development, Server, public sector, carbon dioxide


S'pore govt agencies hop onboard SOEasy

News Sixty-two public sector agencies in Singapore have begun the transition to a common ICT platform; four have initiated rollout of centralized basic services.

Thursday, September 10 2009 06:19 PM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, Security, Singapore, Microsoft Windows 7, Environment, public sector, Microsoft Windows, health care


Govt app store levels playing field

News Having applications in the cloud can help administrations such as Singapore, resolve infrastructure inadequacies and better utilize resources, says analyst.

Thursday, July 23 2009 08:28 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, Web services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Government, Hewlett-Packard Co., Security, Singapore, public sector agency, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)


US on hunt for 1,000 cybersecurity experts

News US Department of Homeland Security has been given the go-ahead to hire the staff in a push to improve the country's response to cyber incidents.

Tuesday, October 06 2009 10:06 AM

Tags: Data security, PC security, Security, Network security, Cybersecurity Expert, Cybersecurity, network, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Internet Attack, Information Security


Open source movement spreads across Asia

News This ZDNet Asia special report looks at what's moving open source adoption across four Asian economies--Singapore, Malaysia, India and the Philippines.

Thursday, July 23 2009 08:07 PM

Tags: Open source, Business Strategies & Functions, Local Government, E-government, Asia, India, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, public sector


It's down to you to save the world, IT industry

News Brussels calls on tech to cut its own carbon--and help everyone else do the same.

Wednesday, October 14 2009 11:05 AM

Tags: Green IT, Commission, Information Technology, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Video Conferencing, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, public sector, industry


Mahindra Satyam aims to 'win back everybody'

News Now that the reasons alienating company from its customers have gone away, Mahindra Satyam has earned 24 new clients since April, says CEO C.P. Gurnani.

Tuesday, August 11 2009 10:52 AM

Tags: Protocols and platforms, IT outsourcing, Business applications, India, Outsourcing Company, Europe, FIFA, CIO, public sector, CEO


Social networks to augment analytics

News Relational links between people are being applied to refine business analytic findings and reduce rate of false positives, says SAS executive.

Wednesday, August 05 2009 06:43 PM

Tags: Data mining & analysis, Strategic analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAS Institute, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, business analytics, public sector, business intelligence, social networking


Red Hat takes developer efforts to Malaysia

News CEO Jim Whitehurst lauds country's open source deployments in public sector, and launches Red Hat program to drive adoption and innovation.

Wednesday, August 05 2009 02:52 PM

Tags: Open source, Software engineering/development, Red Hat Inc., Open-source Software, Training, Singapore, software company, Malaysia, public sector, ISV


How green credentials are shaping IT contracts

Insight perspective Green IT is not just a buzzword--sustainability is finding its way into contracts throughout the IT industry, says legal expert.

Sunday, September 13 2009 05:36 PM

Tags: Green IT, ISO 14000, Green IT, Information Technology, Branding, Supplier, ISO 14001, Environment, public sector, sustainability


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 ...

Friday, July 03 2009 11:59 AM


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What Y2K can teach us about 2012

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