Mahindra Satyam RoW overtakes Europe
Findings from its net profit for fourth quarter report.
Singapore's Land Transport Authority wins global award
It wins a Geospatial World Excellence Award for its innovative use of geospatial technology in the planning, development and management of land transport in Singapore.
Gartner analysts on the ‘Nexus of Forces’
In Singapore, some Gartner analysts did some crystal ball gazing to share with CIOs their insights on the biggest forces impacting businesses today.
Microsoft and partners aim to boost Singapore SMEs
Microsoft and its partners are launching a series of initiatives, including a SME IT Makeover contest and upgrade promotions for Singapore SMEs to modernise their IT infrastructure.
Dell revamps its Exclusive Store in Singapore
The new design matches Dell’s global retail brand identity guidelines.
HP Slate to be available in Singapore from 6 June
The Android tablet will retail at S$249 but consumers can pre-order online at a promotional price of S$199.
Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'
Yahoo will now have to figure out how to grow Tumblr revenue without alienating its user base
Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China
Two of the deaths occured at the Foxconn campus in Zhengzhou.
40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says
The upcoming product would be Samsung's first Android tablet to use an Intel chip, known as Clover Trail+
New MacBook Air in the wind
Apple appears to be readying itself for a brand spanking new MacBook Air. It's driven down supplies of the current stock at its major US retailers, according to a report.
Yahoo revamps Flickr and offers a terabyte of free storage
Full-quality image uploads and a photo-rich interface are at the heart of the updated service.
At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight
Further opening the company's services to developers was a focus at the show.
Schneider Electric custom-builds solution for SMB market
Energy-saver solution solves common problems such as space constraints and cost.
SingTel Optus reveals plans for superfast 4G
SingTel Optus plans to extend 4G to 70 per cent of the population by mid-2014 to rival Telstra.
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BLOG: Channel partners are embracing the cloud in a big way – but still need help
Channel partners are bullish about their growth prospects.
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BLOG: Huawei’s enterprise channel strategy is making progress
I was encouraged to see that Huawei had a proper track session on its channel strategy during its 10th Global analyst summit in Shenzhen.
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BLOG: Should companies allow employees to use cloud-hosted file sync/share solutions? Yes, with precautions.
Yes: Employees are doing what's best for the company
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BLOG: Too many chiefs? Do public organizations need Chief Data Officers?
Having had several related discussions this past week while in Washington DC, it is obvious that the question of how to use and manage the growing wealth of data, and incorporate it into an existing information governance organization and infrastructure (however mature or not), is top of mind in the public sector as well.
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BLOG: BYOT sophistication is currently low in china, but changes are underway
Media and IT professionals are buzzing about BYOD thanks to the increasing adoption of personal mobile devices being used for work in China.
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Westpac tracks customer browsing for big data
Westpac is set to start using the internet browsing history of its customers to help sell them new banking products such as home loans and credit cards.
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Barracuda triples free cloud storage to 15GB
Free global cloud storage solution called Copy was created to meet the high demands of today's mobile users, says Barracuda's Malaysia-based regional manager.
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Siemens steps into data centre space
Its new data centre management offering marks a milestone for the company.
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Nanoscribe 3D-prints microscopic objects using freakin' laser beams
As cool as it is to be able to replicate just about any object you want using a 3D printer, the things you create can still look really rough, because the printers are not high-resolution. That is, the layers of plastic it lays down are not thin enough--think of it a little like the jaggies on a low-resolution computer screen.
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TechHive's Wireless Week: Testing America's networks
Our Internet experience has become irreversibly mobile, and the stakes couldn't be higher. It's not unusual for a family to pay $2000 a year in wireless-service bills alone. For anyone living in the United States, in fact, the cost of moving 1MB of data over a cellular network is among the highest in the developed world.
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DiGi plans to reward Malaysian netizens
Malaysian telco launches WWWOW 2013 awards with endorsement from the country's regulator MCMC.
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Career Watch: The growth of consulting
OnForce CEO Peter Cannone says the use of IT contractors is expanding and will continue to do so.
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City Circle mobile coverage a 15 year project
Optus says the project that brought mobile phone coverage into Sydney's train tunnels was 15 years in the making.
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Storms test Red Cross' Tornado app
Can apps equal TV and radio in letting you know about threats? Reviews are mixed.
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How to sync an Android phone to your Mac
Syncing an iPhone to a Mac is simple. Syncing an Android phone may not be quite as easy, but it isn't hard. Here's how to do it.
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Govt asks industry for help to stem security breaches
Privacy and security breaches lead Department of Internal Affairs to set up special-purpose security panel.
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Improve performance with a hard drive upgrade
Alloystory asked the Laptops forum about speeding up a PC by replacing the hard drive with something faster.
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