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Avaya shifts focus to Asean with new communications solution
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010
» MACAU: Avaya, the company once known for its telephone exchanges and call centres, is now re-focusing from selling IP phone hardware to selling communications solutions such as its new Flare executive video-conferencing userinterface.
Future shock: We got it wrong
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» I must have spend much of my childhood wondering about the future. As a child of the '70s, I grew up seeing a bleak, post-apocalyptic vision. Whether it was in the aftermath of a war with the USSR or just a meteor shower leaving humanity blind and eaten by man-eating plants (as in Day of the Triffids) or brainwashed and put into bubble-skinned suits (The Prisoner), the future was scary, yet intriguing, and something to be held in awe.
VMWare takes cloud to new level
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 08/12/2010
» Virtual servers are now being deployed faster than physical servers and move to cloud will mean that systems management will need to change to cater for thousands or hundreds of thousands of virtual machines in a typical data centre. VMWare, leaders in the virtualisation space, want a seat at your board table to be part of this sea change that is revolutionising the enterprise IT space.
Jabra expands in wireless market
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/12/2010
» Jabra might be known for its stylish consumer Bluetooth headsets but in fact 75 percent of its revenue comes from its enterprise solutions. Pick up the phone to a call centre, and chances are the operator is using a Jabra headset. Go into a modern open-plan office, and chances are the executives walking around are also using long-range Jabra wireless headsets to keep in touch. Ralph Ede, Managing Director for Jabra in South Asia, explained the other three quarters of his business.
Open Source has won precisely because we no longer notice it
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/11/2010
» Open source has won. Oh, how time flies. When I started writing in Database in May 2003, my first column was about how the ICT Ministry had got the budget PC programme all wrong. ICT Minister Surapong had announced his great success at negotiating the inclusion of Windows XP and Office XP at just 1,500 baht, a 90 percent discount. He saw it as success. I saw it as capitulation.
Brocade mulling move into IP networking space
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» BALI, INDONESIA : Brocade, ruler of the SAN (storage area network) in the data centre is looking to move into the IP networking space to bring data-centre class resiliency, security and performance to the greater Internet as the explosion of connectivity continues.
Expert emphasises independence
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 10/11/2010
» Speaking at a seminar entitled Leadership and the Independent Regulator at Thammasat University, Professor Mark Jamison, Director of the Public Utility Research Centre at the University of Florida, explained why the world needs independent regulators and what independence means when it comes to regulators such as our own National Telecommunications Commission.
Windows (finally) attempts to cash in on tablet demand
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 03/11/2010
» Windows 7 has just celebrated its first-year anniversary but why, oh why, has the market not been inundated with Windows 7 tablets yet?
Taggo simplifies card system
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 10/03/2010
» Money-off coupons and loyalty programmes have been around forever, but despite many efforts, they have not been well integrated into the digital age with modern social media ideas clashing with antiquated back-office point of sale systems. One company believes it has found the magic ingredient that has eluded system integrators until now.