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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.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, Security, Singapore, Microsoft Windows 7, Environment, public sector, Microsoft Windows, health care
Build governance into e-govt, experts urge
News Governments need to factor governance and collaboration into their e-government frameworks, not focus on IT and its application, said speakers at Singapore event.
Tags: IT Governance, Web services, Web 2.0, Government, E-government, Conference, e-Service, middle management, Singapore, CIO
Singapore looks to export e-government
News The country's ICT regulator and promoter establishes a new body focused on applying its public sector infocomm expertise elsewhere in the world.
Tags: Government, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Business, E-government, Asia, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Infowave
Joost bows to YouTube, gives up consumer video
News It's the first bust for Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the duo that gave us Skype and Kazaa. Joost is dropping consumer service to focus on video platforms.
Tags: Business plans, Content management, Web services, Skype Technologies S.A., Telecommunications, Video, P2P, Cable, Kazaa, YouTube Inc.
UK makes its broadband splash
News U.K. government lays out its vision for digital future of Britain over coming years, covering topics such as broadband access, security, ICT literacy and copyright enforcement.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Taxes, Universal Service, Public Service, U.K., liberalization, mobile network, fiber, Business broadband
UK govt proposes disconnecting file-sharers
News Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's department for business, innovation and skills.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Spokesperson, Accommodation, P2P, Internet Connection, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider, Internet
IT and back office feel the UK Treasury knife
News The U.K. government aims to shear US$10.5 billion from its annual IT and back office costs through shared services and outsourcing.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Steria, Back-office, Government, CIO, public sector, U.K., information technology, health care
Social networks 'could replace' public services
News Social networks could complement, and in some cases replace, services provided by government, says analyst house Gartner.
Tags: Government, Web 2.0, Government Service, Gartner Inc., public sector, social networking, London, Silicon.com, cost reduction, network
The MM chip has arrived
Blogs Malaysia has launched the world's smallest microchip with radio technology. Dubbed the Malaysia Microchip (MM) and me...
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
China sets up Windows, Linux labs
Insight Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have separately reached agreements with the Chinese government to offer equipment and support to help cultivate the country's software industry.
Don't pursue maximum efficiency at all costs
Insight Organisations need to be less focused on efficiency so they can respond to change and embrace innovation, argued project management guru Tom DeMarco.
Google plugs phishing hole
News Code that lets organizations put search tool on their own pages could have given a toehold to scammers.
Tags: Security
Intel invests in Australian WiMax
News Chipmaker says it will pump US$27.9 million into an Australian wireless broadband carrier to bring the technology to more cities.
Tags: WiMax, Investments
China sets up Windows, Linux labs
News Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft separately reach agreements with the government to offer equipment and support to help cultivate the country's software industry.
