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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.
Loxley sees FTTx as the future
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/12/2010
» ToT's 3G network this week celebrates its first anniversary, yet the network today remains fundamentally identical to the one that was commercially launched on Dec 3, 2009. Roll-out has not been as expected and this has caused number two 3G mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Loxley to rethink its business plan. Suroj Lamsam, Executive-Vice President for Loxley PCL in charge of its 3G MVNO programme, explains what happened and his hopes for the future.
CA nominates new president
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/12/2010
» CA has appointed Lionel Lim as its new President for Asia-Pacific. The company is looking at being the vendor-neutral management platform to help guide IT departments across the region as they look towards implementing virtualisation and cloud computing.
Symantec boosts authentication
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» After 27 years of providing security for end points, Symantec has launched a new logo and acquired a number of companies that together will provide the trust, strong identity and encryption it needs to protect a world where servers are virtualised and are somewhere in the cloud outside of the company's data centre and where CIOs need to be responsible for data that flows readily to their employee's personal smart phones.
The converging conference
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 27/10/2010
» Avaya has taken the consumer web and launched a portfolio of business-centric services which will soon give corporations a level of versatility and ease of use that have long evaded corporate users - until now.
Cisco report highlights security woes
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/09/2010
» Cisco has launched its 2010 mid-year security report, which has shown a sea change in how businesses use IT resources with borderless networks, while IT departments struggle to provide security while coping with users using their personal phones to access corporate IT resources and cloud computing, which processes data outside the corporate data centre.
Censorship versus security
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 18/08/2010
» Freedom of speech, abuse of power by the government, and the new norms of a democratic society empowered by the Internet were all topics discussed by a wide variety of speakers at a seminar on the third anniversary of the Computer Misuse Act, often known as the Cybercrime law, hosted by the Thai Netizen Network, Media 4 Democracy and the Southeast Asia Press Alliance.
Technology to boost public safety
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 02/06/2010
» SINGAPORE : Motorola is taking public safety solutions to a new level with the launch of the industry's first Tetra 2 in-car radio with high-speed TEDS data along with far-ranging improvements to its command and control and intelligence systems that help support mission-critical operations in policing, fire, oil and gas through to transportation, airport, seaport and other industries.
The best of both worlds
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/03/2010
» I must admit that the BlackBerry and I had a shaky start. I did not fully understand it much other than an extension of the corporate data centre when I first encountered it and since then, things have gone downhill with it becoming a symbol of the elite that made me feel queasy. The last straw was the launch of the Bold 9700 complete with pictures of socialites (RIM calls them opinion leaders who people aspire to, or something similarly politically correct) and their BlackBerry pouches in glass boxes for us to marvel at.
Big Brother is watching - and waiting to break down your doors
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/02/2010
» What do the GT200 magic wand and the Internet Sniffer project have in common? Both are an assault on privacy and allow the state to pick on anyone at will.