Singapore Polytechnic
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Web 2.0 must serve business purpose
News update Social networking and collaboration tools should be adopted not for technology's sake, but to support business directives, says Singapore Poly CIO.
Tags: Web 2.0, Generation Y, IBM Corp., Asia-Pacific, Tool, Singapore, Singapore Polytechnic, Polytechnic, Portal, social networking
OSS popularity spurs training demand
News With more companies moving to open source and demanding such expertise, one Singapore polytechnic steps up to include Linux training in its curriculum.
Tags: Linux, Open source, IT training, Certification, Red Hat Inc., Telecommunications, Open-source Software, Training, Singapore, Polytechnic
Singapore, overseas universities may team on Wi-Fi roaming
News Local undergraduates on exchange programs may soon enjoy Wi-Fi roaming at overseas universities if a plan by the National University of Singapore (NUS) takes off.
Students hope to test 3G e-learning
News A group of students at a Singapore polytechnic hope to test the use of high-speed data mobile phones to remotely attend classes.
S'pore polytechnic to offer Linux training
News To give students a head-start in open-source software, Singapore Polytechnic will be including SuSE Linux as part of its IT curriculum.
Tags: IT training, Open source
Swipe a thumb to pay for purchases
News Singapore's e-payment infrastructure provider NETS, names a biometrics payment system devised by four Singapore Polytechnic students, as the winning invention in its NETS Innovator Series 2005 contest.
Tags: Biometrics, Banking
Red Hat taps Singapore schools for mindshare
News The open source vendor unveils four partner programs to encourage Red Hat competency in Singapore, three of those targeted at tertiary institutions there.
Tags: Open source, Linux
Corporate brands look to young developers
News To provide services that are relevant to market conditions, some companies are looking beyond their in-house IT units to get fresh new ideas.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile, Asia, Yahoo! Inc., Singapore, Developer, operating system, bank, mobile application
Technopreneurial spirit key to creating value
News Singapore sees need to cultivate technopreneurship among students as global IT industry remains relatively resilient despite economic climate, say educators.
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, e-mail, knowledge, entrepreneur, industry, information technology, entrepreneurial
Asia's demand for IT security staff to grow
News Education sector must keep pace with increasing demand from businesses looking to hire security specialists, urges teaching staff.
Tags: PC security, Business security, Security Management, Recruiting
Sun: Shaping Java developers into leaders
News Sun Microsystems and the Singapore government have launched an initiative to groom Java programmers in the island-state for leadership roles.
S'pore: Biometrics to secure daily purchases?
News Not until security and privacy issues are addressed, says NETS, the republic's electronic payments provider.
Tags: Biometrics, Banking
S'pore Poly courses to go online
News Singapore Polytechnic will be opening its advanced diploma course to students in Hong Kong and Shanghai next year via the Internet, with more courses slated to go online.
IBM partners S'pore institutions to skill students
News Its Academic Initiative will help train some 3,500 students in more than 40 technologies, including J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) and Linux.
Tags: IT training
Joint effort needed to plug security shortfall
News Organizations, government and IT security vendors each have a role to play to overcome the shortage of security professionals in Asia, say industry observers.
Tags: Security, India, Training, Information Security, software, job, security technology, China, information technology, talent
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