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UN IIST shifts focus
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» MACAU : In 1991, with the the return of Macau to mainland China in 1997 looming, the Portuguese and Chinese governments agreed to set up an international project and hosted the United Nations University there. Over the years the International Institute for Software Technology has turned out many academics who have gone back and helped develop their home countries.
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.
The pitfalls that need to be addressed
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» If all sectors of society of the future are to be online, Thailand will need leadership who can set the tone and put in motion the strong regulation needed so that back haul and spectrum re-allocation, the gold-rush of the 21st century can be done in an efficient and fair way. Professor Rohan Samarajiva, CEO of think-tank LIRNEAsia, was in Bangkok and set out the questions and pitfalls that Thailand needs to address going forward.
All good things must come to an end
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» I got my first computer, an Apple II when I was around 5 years old. It was a simple machine, 48KB of RAM (or was it later upgraded to 48KB?), Integer basic (Applesoft Basic came later), cassette tape to store programs and used a TV as a monitor.
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.
Challenges ahead for telco firms
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010
» The new Frequency Allocation Act has failed to keep up with technology according to an NTC commissioner while all the major telcos agree that concession conversion is needed for a level playing field and to prepare the industry for imminent AFTA and WTO trade liberalisation.
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.
Kaspersky to build up Asean market
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» Kaspersky has announced its plans to take on the lucrative corporate malware protection market here in Asia through sheer technical excellence and promises to do everything, up to and including flying out researchers to investigate problems on-site to help solve the growing problems of targeted attacks that corporations have to face.
Island proving an IT hotbed
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» Phuket is a hotspot for software development. One of the pioneers has been developing software there from the days of dial-up modem to today's hyper-connected social media millennials.