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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.

  • TECH

    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.

  • TECH

    QAD offers laser focus

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011

    » Enterprise software maker QAD offers ERP (enterprise resource planning) with a difference. Rather than being able to everything like the competition, it focuses only on a few industries and does so with a laser focus.

  • TECH

    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.

  • TECH

    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.

  • TECH

    A virtual nightmare for traditional outsourcers

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011

    » Asia was a bit slow adopting virtualisation, but is now leading the push to cloud computing. However, the road to transformation is a long one with many questions that need to be asked.

  • TECH

    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.

  • TECH

    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.

  • TECH

    Ericsson sets out smart pipe plan

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011

    » Ericsson has set out a plan to help mobile operators return to profitability and evolve into a smart pipe, while the longer term focus is now on LTE and 50 billion connected devices by 2020.

  • TECH

    Lenovo aims for 10% of Thai market

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010

    » Lenovo will boost its brand image in 2011 and be visible in everything from large screen TVs in the living room, pads and slates to phones and says it aims to be number one in personal computing in the next five years.

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