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Drawing the Line on spying on internet chat users
News, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 23/09/2013
» Thai police claim that the popular instant messaging app Line is secretly helping them to gain access to chat logs. Naver, its creator, has denied helping them and said it had not received any requests from the Thai police. Both statements are very right, and yet are very, very wrong.
Recruiter shares his thoughts
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» Peter Fischbach was a serial entrepreneur and computer contractor in New York before he came to Thailand in the '80s. His first job was for a purchase order system for the United Nations in BASIC in DOS. Soon after settling down, he found out there were no IT recruitment and placement companies so instead of continuing as a programmer, he set up ISM recruitment and now lays claims to one of the largest if not the largest database of Thai IT professionals. He shared his experience on the Thai IT scene over two decades with Database.
Peppercan takes on the world
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» A small Thai multinational is taking on the world with its small, caring ERP (enterprise resource planning) called Peppercan, written in ruby on rails and delivered through the web by a software as a service model.
HP launches ALM
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» HP has announced its Application Lifecycle Management 11 tool that for the first time extends the focus from just software development to lifecycle of the business process right from idea in the boardroom to retirement of the system.
Categorising the world's websites
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» Blue Coat has launched a new traffic-shaping appliance aimed at giving IT departments visibility as to what is personal, what is business and what is the grey area in between, now that everything from games to social networks to corporate enterprise applications are accessed via Internet browsers over the HTTP protocol.
Experience, as well as content, is key in electronic publishing
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 25/08/2010
» Electronic publishing is as radical a change as when broadcasting graduated from radio to television. Adobe is now talking to operations and C-level executives rather than the artists about how it can help make businesses run better, while through embedded business intelligence as well as how the Flash and Air platforms have evolved to make for a better reader experience in a world where content and experience, not just content, is now king.
Enthusiasts discuss all things Android
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 18/08/2010
» Duocore.tv and Blognone recently hosted an Android Talk event where enthusiasts were invited to come and talk about how they loved their Android phones.
A new vision for networking
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 28/07/2010
» The explosion in the demands on data centres means that businesses can no longer continue building out data centres as usual and the industry has reached a critical point where a new network topology will usher in greatly enhanced network performance as well as new opportunities to develop software on the new network fabric, according to Juniper, a leader in the networking space.
Seven years of frustration
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 19/05/2010
» Seven years. That is how long I have been writing for the Bangkok Post. I almost did not make it to this milestone, but somehow I managed. I could go on about how disillusioned I am with the Thai IT scene, the government, the Ministry of Truth and the Knights of Truffle and Cake, but why bother? When I started in 2003, we were on the cusp of digital inclusion; of bridging the digital divide and of a new era in 3G communications. Fast forward to 2010 we are still, erm, nowhere.
Not quite a God Phone, but I couldn't be happier with the Nexus One
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010
» Google Nexus One. What does it mean? How good is it? Is it really the God Phone that many have been talking about? Or is it a failed experiment given its dismal sales compared not only to the iPhone, but even its fellow Android by Motorola.