Systems Integrator
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OpenNet appoints OSS/BSS SI
News Singapore's next-generation broadband network consortium picks systems integrator for its operations support systems/ business support systems.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Alcatel, Fiber, BSS, Fiber Network, Lucent Technologies Inc., systems integrator, network company
Downturn dampens Asia's services outlook
News Analyst IDC lowers 2009 growth rate for consulting and systems integrator market, but notes sector will enjoy 11 percent compound annual growth rate through to 2012.
Tags: Services, Consulting, Region, IT Services, India, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Japan, Environment, CIO
S'pore SOE contenders await tender results
News Singapore's Ministry of Education has yet to announce results of pre-qualification tender, even as scheduled deadline looms. Ministry is evaluating four proposals.
Tags: Local Government, Standards, Infrastructure/architecture management, SingTel, Tender, Messaging, consortium, public sector, network, desktop
Short stay for 3D Networks CEO Avakian
News 3D Networks has lost its chief executive Nick Avakian less than a year after he came on board.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Mobile platforms/communications, Hitachi Ltd., Nortel Networks Corp., EMC Corp., 3D, CEO, LinkedIn, communications company
IBM, CSC win UK ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrollment systems, including online passport applications.
Tags: Biometrics, Business applications, IBM Corp., Home Secretary, Booth, Database, ID Card, Passport, U.K., bank
S'pore SaaS incubator adds three partners
News Singapore Computer Systems, GigaSpaces and Haley have joined AxSaaS, Singapore's first SaaS incubation center, a week after the facility's launch.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Start-up, software company, phone, software, network, managing director, vice president
Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Olympics
News International Olympic Committee officials voice confidence in the organization of this year's Games, as China continues to gear up for the global sporting event.
Tags: Green IT, Business applications, Software engineering/development, Atos, Xinhua News Agency, International Olympic Committee, China, Beijing, information technology, Olympic Games
More enterprise users demand search
News Singapore's workers are demanding enterprise search tools similar to what they are used to on the Web, says local systems integrator, NCS.
Tags: Search, Software, Enterprise Search, Search Appliance, Infrastructure Management, Singapore, systems integrator, natural language, Search, Web
Survey: Cloud computing hits big time
News Half of Global 2000 companies surveyed have already adopted the infrastructure, or will do so within next 12 months, according to AppLabs.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web Conferencing, Survey, software testing, Cloud computing, webinar, managed services, systems integrator, business case, Benefit
Uncertainty over cloud strengthens SIs
News Lack of policies and regulations governing cloud computing strengthens value proposition of systems integrators, says Datacraft executive.
Tags: Cloud, ITIL, Information Security, Cloud Computing, PaaS, managed services, software-as-a-service, systems integrator, business case
Firms to wring business outcomes in outsourcing
News Companies in Asia will focus more on business outcomes when picking service providers this year, but be open to greater contract flexibility, says analyst.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Business, Outsourcing, Business Outcome, Information And Communication Technology, Sales, Environment, Frost & Sullivan, unified communications
TCS swallows Citi's BPO unit for US$505M
News Indian outsourcer will take over Citigroup Global Services Limited (CGSL), which will continue providing business processing services to Citi under a separate deal worth US$2.5 billion over nine and a half years.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Citigroup Inc., BPO, Silicon.com, financial, financial service, revenue, application development
Companies consider extended support for XP
News update With mainstream support for Windows XP ending next year, more companies may opt to pay for extended support that will last till 2014, over migrating to Vista.
Tags: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Support, SMB, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Vista, volume-license, software, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server
Red Hat takes JBoss further into the cloud
News Launch of JBoss' latest enterprise application platform advances both Red Hat's cloud strategy and its commitment to Java.
Tags: Cloud computing, Linux, Java, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., Consulting, Cloud computing, CEO, programming model
APAC firms pass on remote admin via phones
News Businesses in Asia have yet to warm to using mobile phones to perform systems administration tasks remotely, according to industry observers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Infrastructure/architecture management, Network administration/implementation, Wipro Technologies, GUI, Infrastructure Management, Asia, Administrator
