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The smart city revolution
Published on 31/01/2024
» Advanced technologies with secure connectivity and intelligent capabilities, coupled with enhanced collaboration fostered among policymakers, community stakeholders, and technology vendors, will empower smart cities, address digital inclusion challenges, and promote increased gender equality, according to the technology giant Huawei. This holistic approach aims to effectively tackle Thailand's pain points of the digital economy, the digital divide, and the ongoing shortage of skilled cybersecurity talents, contributing to a more inclusive and technologically advanced future in line with Huawei's mission to "unleash digital for a better future".
Firms get on board with sustainability drive
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/08/2023
» The trend of sustainability and use of large language models (LLM) and the Internet of Things (IoT) will drive demand for cloud computing services, according to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Huawei commits to bridging the digital divide, connecting to the digital world
Published on 25/11/2022
» Huawei has signed a global commitment to join the International Telecommunication Union's Partner2Connect digital alliance, which will bring connectivity to about 120 million people in remote areas in more than 80 countries by 2025.
The smart city
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/02/2016
» Aside from being a tourist attraction, Phuket has also been recognised as a smart city, home to a digital industry and an international research and innovation centre.
A flood of ideas
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 21/11/2012
» Crisis can always be turned into opportunity. Saying this, Thailand has experienced no greater crisis in recent times than last year's flood. Grave as the damage was, it did inspire and motivate a group of second year students from King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) to develop Flood Finder, a mobile application that helps users report flood conditions and stay informed of water levels.
Energy-starved Pakistan eyes solar power
AFP, Published on 27/03/2012
» From mosques, to homes and streets, Pakistanis are increasingly seeing the light and realising that year-round sun may be a cheap if partial answer to an enormous energy crisis.
Friends in high places
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 06/12/2011
» Almost half the country has faced the worst inundation in recent history, and while most affected areas are now dry, some victims may continue to suffer after the flood. Help, however, is at hand in the form of Friends of NSTDA (FoN), a new group aiming to speed up the recovery of flood victims.
Central America launches its 'Google' of weather
AFP, Published on 22/07/2011
» Officials launched a database Thursday they dubbed the "Google of Central American weather," designed to predict natural disasters as the region grapples with devastating consequences blamed on climate change.
Thai at the top of IBM
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/12/2010
» A Thai woman who was the first Asean IBM employee to fill the role of Client Advocacy Executive in the company's New York headquarters is championing the company's drive into the bloc, which has a population of 600 million people.
Taking lessons from the floods
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/11/2010
» The recent floods that devastated several parts of Thailand have shown that even the most powerful Internet geographic information systems (GIS) and high-performance open-source computing are of little use if there is a lack of understanding of how to apply such technology to crisis management.