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Indian states take flight with SWANs
News Country's US$713 million State Wide Area Networks initiative to interconnect 29 states and six union territories is now in full swing.
Tags: Local Government, State Government, LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., E-government, Goa, Phone, UTStarcom Inc.
M'sian public sector bolsters OSS adoption
News Open source momentum gets boost from Malaysia's government-led initiative that sees 71.1 percent of public sector agencies deploy open source software.
Tags: Open source, Local Government, OpenOffice.org, Open-source Software, public sector agency, public sector, software development, bank, Kuala Lumpur, agency
Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
UK police slash paperwork with mobiles
News From next week, law enforcers in the United Kingdom will use handheld devices to enter data during street searches, which can help cut each process from 20 minutes to 60 seconds.
Tags: Employee communications, State Government, Politics, Mobile, Home Secretary, Officer, Mobile Device, handheld computer, State Government, CIO
Obama may be able to keep his BlackBerry after all
News There's been plenty of speculation about whether U.S. President Obama will be able to hang on to his beloved BlackBerry, a fixture of the presidential campaign. One report says yes, he can.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Federal Government, State Government, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, President-elect, State Government, National Security Agency
New national cyber adviser to report to Obama
News Obama administration releases homeland security agenda that includes plans to create a national cyber adviser position to report directly to the U.S. president.
Tags: Defense/military, Federal Government, State Government, Network infrastructure, IT training, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Arizona, Governor, State Government
Auditor slams Aust state govt IT security
News Western Australia's Auditor General Colin Murphy examined the IT systems of 65 agencies in the state, and was not impressed with their security.
Tags: Data security, Security, IT Security, Information Security, Password, computer, network, audit, information technology, monitor
Perak, first M'sian state to go wireless
Blogs The northern Malaysian state of Perak will soon become the state with the widest wireless broadband Internet service cov...
Malaysia to set up high-tech hub
News update Government will establish a self-contained high-tech township in the state of Johor to attract more IT companies.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Business development/management, Government
Short take: Penang govt moots mobile Internet unit
News The state government of Penang intends to convert a minibus into a mobile Internet unit to enable students in rural areas to surf the Internet.
Short Take: Australia mulls cybercrime sentence
News Computer hackers, vandals and fraudsters could face up to 10 years in jail under a cybercrime law introduced in the New South Wales Parliament.
More M'sian states gearing for ICT-readiness
Blogs It seems to be the trend for normally backwater states to announce that they are going to be ICT-ready. Look at two r...
M'sian state to get broadband boost
News Selangor state government awards 25 million ringgit (US$7.3 million) contract to connect 345 offices and related agencies with new broadband infrastructure.
Tags: Business broadband, State Government
Australia: NSW ambulances race online
News The NSW government is trailing two projects which will electronically link ambulance officers with hospitals and enable people to request emergency services over the Internet.
Infosys builds massive Indian campus
News The Indian IT vendor has begun work on the first phase of a US$294 million campus in Hyderabad, which will employ 25,000 people.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Investments, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Campus, IT Services, India, Hyderabad, Outsourcing Company, Silicon.com
