Sars
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S'pore facility delves into plastic electronics
News Japanese materials firm Nitto Denko sets up research site in Singapore; pumps US$6.6 million to develop integrated organic electronics with three partners.
Tags: R&D, Investments, Components, Nanyang Technological University, Electronics, polymer, Singapore, Institute Of Materials Research, data storage, partnership
Beep! Stay away from these buildings
News A mobile operator in Hong Kong has launched a location-based service that sends a message alert when subsscribers are near buildings where a deadly flu virus has struck.
SARS moves the tech world
News From the Florida to Beijing, the SARS virus is having a deep impact on the tech world.
Sample influenza business continuity plan
Blogs My colleague and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng and I started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IA...
The day tech saved me
Blogs A few months ago, I accepted an invitation from my car manufacturer to attend a driver orientation program. During that ...
Getting tested for H1N1 flu in Singapore
Blogs A colleague of mine returned to Singapore on Wednesday, May 27 from Boston, USA, where he'd spent the week between May 1...
Medical supplies for a pandemic
Blogs What supplies should you acquire to prepare your office for an epidemic of mutated avian influenza? The same supplies...
Tags: Business security, Business Strategies & Functions, Business planning
Companies plan for possible swine flu pandemic
News There's no telling how bad the swine flu outbreak will be, but experts say companies should be preparing for the worst.
Tags: Crisis communications, Database management, Employee, Mobile, Plan, Sprint Communications, Gartner Inc., Crisis communications, network, health care
After SARS, Taiwan's e-business gets a boost
News The recent SARS crisis in Taiwan forced companies to use the Internet for business transactions and post-crisis, usage has remained higher.
New SARS case confirmed in S'pore
News update Singapore health officials have said that the second test on a 27-year-old laboratory technician suspected of having the deadly pneumonialike disease has come back positive, according to news agency AP.
AP PC sales show SARS rebound: IDC
News The SARS virus did not hurt PC sales in Asia-Pacific as much as some had feared, according to a report from IT market research firm IDC.
SARS shrinks CeBIT Asia 2003
News Fewer exhibitors will take part in this year’s CeBIT Asia, China’s annual information and telecommunications trade show.
Taiwan: Full house expected for Computex
News Early signs indicate that Computex Taipei 2003 in September will draw record crowds, much to the relief of organizers who had postponed the June show due to the SARS scare.
SARS to damp IT spending
News Singapore's IT market slumped by 7.8 percent in 2002 and any rebound this year will be curtailed by the SARS scare, says market researcher International Data Corp (IDC).
Motorola sinks US$90 million in China R&D
News Communications equipment maker Motorola said it will invest US$90 million to set up a new research company in Beijing, SARS or no SARS.
