Quality Control
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New DHL center to boost delivery
News Logistics company opens its fifth and largest facility in Singapore, in anticipation of a surge in shipment volumes in the Asia-Pacific region.
Oce makes Singapore its Asian 'control tower'
News The document management vendor has opened an R&D center in the country to supervise its manufacturing in Asia.
Tags: Peripherals
Oracle honeymoon over for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards
Techguide U.K. Oracle User Group finds nervous satisfaction among users of PeopleSoft and JD Edwards software, nearly two years on from the Oracle acquisition.
SpinVox hits back at data-protection criticism
News Voice-to-text conversion firm says it uses overseas call centers for transcription, saying human intervention is used only to help its automated systems learn.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security, Philippines, Training, British Broadcasting Corp., Microsoft Office, data protection, call-center, quality control
USB devices spreading viruses
News Defense Department suspends use of USB drives as experts warn of USB-related virus outbreaks.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security, Device, USB Flash Drive, Storage, USB, removable storage, Computer, virus, CERT
Ten things you should know about working with an offshore team
Techguide Every project has challenges, and having part of your team offshore only amplifies them. Knowing what to expect in offshorings can help avoid misunderstandings and keep the project on track.
Tags: Services, IT project management, Project management, India, Offshore Team, India IT Job Market, phone, Programming, Offshore, knowledge
Ensure IT project approval with this quality plan template
Techguide Many IT projects fall short of client expectations because the project manager did not think ahead about how to manage quality on the project.
Tags: Quality, IT project management, Project management, Tool, project manager, QA, information technology, quality control, Project management, IT project management
Apple increasing iPhone 3G production
News A boost in production to 800,000 units a week could help Apple offset iPhone 3G demand, if it can avoid introducing quality-control issues along with the increase.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, 3G (Third Generation), Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Sales, AT&T Corp., 3G, TechCrunch, Apple iPhone
Tech helps improve Thai healthcare monitoring
News Thanks to the "Smart Health" project, initiated by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec), Thailand will be a healthier land of smiles.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Database management, Databases, Data centers, Risk Management, Thailand, Tool, Service, expert system, collective intelligence
Find errors as early as possible in your project
Techguide Keep your projects in check by preventing as many errors as possible using sound processes.
Tags: IT Management, IT project management, Quality
IBM shifts desktop quality control to Japan
News IBM will move its desktop PC quality control operations from North Carolina to Japan, joining the notebook inspection center there, reports Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun .
Should a tech sabotage a project to preserve the IT department's reputation?
Insight A support tech is asked to damage the reputation of another employee to preserve the status of the IT department. If you were the support tech, what would you do?
Sony appoints safety head after battery scare
News Makoto Kogure is in the product safety hot seat at Sony, following Dell and Apple's battery recalls last month.
Tags: Components, Notebooks and tablets, Executive recruiting
Apple: Calling all iPhone engineers
News Company is looking to hire software and hardware techies to beef up features of its mobile phone.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Software engineering/development
Verizon gaffe lets customer details slip
News Spreadsheet with limited data on more than 5,000 wireless subscribers in the United States was accidentally e-mailed to other customers.
Tags: Data security, Security
