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S'pore SMBs see disaster recovery plans as luxury
News Local small and midsize firms diligent in data backup but still need to do more to safeguard business and customer data, survey finds.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Security, Business, Disaster Recovery, H1N1 flu, Survey, Disaster Recovery Planning, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Indonesia
S'pore employees want 'ethical' companies
News Some 66 percent of Singapore employees consider company's ethical conduct very important factor in deciding where to work, new study reveals.
Tags: Employee communications, Recruiting, Generation Y, Employee, Worker, Generation X, Survey, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore
S'pore says NBN will stay competitive
News Tight regulation will ensure players on Singapore's next-generation broadband network will strive to be competitive, assures local telecoms regulator.
Tags: Video, Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Starhub, Next-generation Broadband Network, Nucleus Connect, OpCo, SingTel, CEO, network
APCN2 cable cut cripples connections
News update Cut in Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 undersea cable cripples connection speeds in Asia-Pacific region Wednesday, hitting Singapore and the Philippines.
Tags: Twitter, SingTel, Philippines, cable network, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cable, network, Taiwan
S'pore turns to eco-vehicles, faces obstacles
News Government taskforce aims to introduce electric vehicles next year, but industry watchers voice concerns about consumer mindset and suggest alternative solutions.
Tags: Green IT, R&D, Vehicle, Road Tax, Renault, Compressed Natural Gas, Taskforce, Green IT, Singapore, electric vehicle
Singapore blazes into e-discovery of evidence
Blogs The Singapore courts operate the dispute resolution mechanism by the application of the Rules of Court, as well as vario...
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
M'sian operator to offer WiMax services in S'pore
News Malaysia's Packet One signs deal that, if approved, will allow company to assume WiMax license to operate facilities and offer wireless broadband access in Singapore.
Tags: WiMax, Personal broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, mobile, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Singapore, Malaysia, FTTH
S'pore offers certification for social marketing
News Singapore company provides training and certification course designed to teach companies how to use social media sites as marketing platforms.
Tags: Marketing, Internet, Certification, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Asia, Social Media, Tool, Singapore, Small And Medium Business
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...
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent to manage S'pore NBN
News update Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent will run Singapore national broadband network's "active infrastructure" by its operating company, Nucleus Connect.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Optical networking, Alcatel, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Fiber, BSS, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, Lucent Technologies Inc.
S'pore govt, Razer unveil games R&D lab
News New US$21 million initiative aims to mentor local game startups and allow them to learn from, and exchange ideas with global game powerhouses.
Tags: Games, Game players, Digital media, Software, Gamer, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, game company, Microsoft Xbox, Digital media
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.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Government, Transaction, PKI, IRAS Staff, Web sites, International Data Corp., E-health, e-Service
Canon may follow Xerox's BPO plunge
News Singapore execs say Canon "open" to strengthening partnerships and acquisitions, following rival Xerox's buy of U.S. business process outsourcing firm.
Tags: Services, Components, Customer support, Xerox Corp., partnership, Canon Inc., Singapore, Business Process, BPO, Environment
S'pore firms lag in online protection
News update Fewer popular Web domain owners in Singapore authenticate e-mail or have strong protection for Web surfing compared to global sites, new scorecard shows.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Web browsers, Web sites, Security, E-business, E-mail Authentication, SSL, Web sites
