Netbooks
Today's netbooks are a hard sell for CIOs
Netbooks have hit a nerve.By John Brandon | 28 May 2009
Editor's Pick
By John Brandon | 28 May 2009
Leadership
She calls the shots
Fortune magazine has listed her as one of the world’s most powerful women in business. Fiona Carruthers meets the boss of Singapore telco SingTel.By Fiona Carruthers | 04 Jun 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Radical change = Better customer service
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority challenged its long-held practices to better serve its customers, thus winning the CIO Awards 2009.By Jack Loo | 14 Apr 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Building the future through integration
Launched in 2007, the Group IT of Singapore-headquartered Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is transforming the global container shipping, terminals and logistics company's IT environment through a strategic REMODEL programme. Once completed, the company is confident that the programme will fill the technological gaps that are essential to gaining a competitive advantage in many areas.By Zafar Anjum | 14 Apr 2009
Leadership & Management
IT Management
Soft skills are sexy
10 soft skills techies need -- and five ways to get themBy Jennifer Kavur | 03 Jul 2009
IT Management
Five ways to make your company a best place
So how does a company beat the competition?By Adam Lawrence | 16 Jun 2009
IT Management
Seven tips for keeping IT employees upbeat
Strong staff morale is critical to ensuring that productivity and retention levels remain high.By Dave Willmer | 16 Jun 2009
Disaster Recovery
WHO declares Swine flu a pandemic. Now what?
For emergency planners, there are both physical and cyber security challenges to think about regarding swine flu and other potential pandemic viruses.By Bill Brenner | 12 Jun 2009
IT Budgets
Four in 10 CIOs slashed budgets in first quarter, Gartner reports
Forty-two percent of CIOs suffered budget decreases in the first quarter of 2009By Jon Brodkin | 09 Jun 2009
Leadership & Management
Inside the world of Tech CEO succession planning
SAP's methodical and transparent process for its top spot stands in stark contrast to that of its chief competitor Oracle.By Thomas Wailgum | 04 Jun 2009
Technology
Green IT
Green IT to be an antidote for CIOs
Data centre virtualisation likely to be key solution for space shortageBy Jack Loo | 02 Jul 2009
Social Networking
Twitter plays key role in DoS attacks in Iran
Social networking tools make it easier to mobilize cyber-attacksBy Jaikumar Vijayan | 22 Jun 2009
Software
Stamp paid
Technology and accounts payable handling in AsiaBy Computerworld Singapore | 18 Jun 2009
Netbooks
Today's netbooks are a hard sell for CIOs
Netbooks have hit a nerve.By John Brandon | 28 May 2009
Blackberry
BlackBerry gets native Gmail, Google Contacts and Calendar
Ever wished you could get "push" Gmail on your BlackBerry smartphone?By Al Sacco | 05 May 2009
Blackberry
RIM to bind BlackBerry to Cisco phones
The companies have integrated their software so they can be used interchangeablyBy Stephen Lawson | 05 May 2009
Profiles
Leadership
She calls the shots
Fortune magazine has listed her as one of the world’s most powerful women in business. Fiona Carruthers meets the boss of Singapore telco SingTel.By Fiona Carruthers | 04 Jun 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Building the future through integration
Launched in 2007, the Group IT of Singapore-headquartered Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is transforming the global container shipping, terminals and logistics company's IT environment through a strategic REMODEL programme. Once completed, the company is confident that the programme will fill the technological gaps that are essential to gaining a competitive advantage in many areas.By Zafar Anjum | 14 Apr 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Bringing maps to life
Creative implementation of GIS technology helped Singapore’s Land Transport Authority benefit all manner of users, including the general public.By Melissa Chua | 14 Apr 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Radical change = Better customer service
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority challenged its long-held practices to better serve its customers, thus winning the CIO Awards 2009.By Jack Loo | 14 Apr 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Escalade: A premium taxi service
Testimony to the success of the IT approach of Singapore taxi organisation ComfortDelGro is the record high of 20 million taxi bookings they handled in the past year. Their new US$36.8 million integrated taxi management system (ITMS) has won them a prestigious CIO 2009 award.By Ross O. Storey | 14 Apr 2009
Cover Story: The Chosen Five 2009
Things go better with ROAM
One of the benefits of being the world’s biggest and most well known beverage company, is the wealth of innovative ideas available from multiple offices and operations across the globe. Hence, an IT implementation in Peru sparked an award-winning system in Indonesia.By Ross O. Storey | 14 Apr 2009
Case Studies
Case Study: Mahindra Finance
Into the villages
Better management and control of the network at Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services has improved Business productivity. Jack Loo reports how this has dramatically helped the company's expansion.By Jack Loo | 21 Jul 2008
Healthcare
Thai hospital goes wireless to contain outbreaks
By eliminating cables, digitizing documents and tagging patients the hospital leaves fewer places for bugs to hide.By Dan Nystedt | 22 Apr 2009
Case Study: Lien Foundation
Changing hearts
IT implementation is not just about technology but also about winning over peopleBy Jack Loo | 19 Mar 2009
Case Study: Bank of China International
Managing Chinese wealth
Asian banks such as the Bank of China International are very reactive to the market, unlike foreign banks.By Carol Ko | 19 Mar 2009
Case Study: TRW Automotive
Beneath the bonnet
How bits and pieces of an automobile parts manufacturer’s operations can be optimised in the data centre.By Melissa Chua | 19 Mar 2009
Case Study: Ministry of Education Singapore
Organising I.T. for better education
A focused effort to maximise efficiency, in planning and using IT resources, won Singapore’s Ministry of Education a prestigious MIS Asia IT Excellence award for 2008.By Jack Loo | 19 Feb 2009
Feature
Techworld Asia
New keys to your confidential databases
Infrastructure and network security is fine, but what about your enterprise applications?By Ross O. Storey | 19 May 2009
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Video - Editor's Pick
Asian Startups Series
Interview with Thorben Linneberg, CEO and Founder of OrSiSo
Thorben Linneberg talks about the genesis and functionalities of OrSiSo, an award-winning next-generation social networking tool that brings a rich browsing experience direct to desktops and mobiles.By Zafar Anjum | 03 Jul 2009
Report
SAP and Planet Finance join hands for Project Ghana
Léo Apotheker, chief executive officer (CEO) of SAP AG and Sébastien Duquet, CEO of PlaNet Finance discuss their joint field initiative. It involves the shea nut value chain in Northern Ghana. The project identifies how microfinance, education and technology can help improve the incomes and living conditions of women who pick and process the nuts into shea butter.By FBM Asia | 23 Jun 2009
Podcast - Editor's Pick
James Young of CommScope Enterprise Solutions on advancing technology changing human society
Some 70 senior IT executives attended a Computerworld Philippines 'Develop a Smarter Data Centre' seminar in Manila on 18 June 2009 where James Young, Technical Director, Asia Pacific, CommScope Enterprise Solutions Division, explained that advancing technology was predictably changing human society.By Ross O. Storey | 23 Jun 2009
Soundbite
More data breaches expected in Asia Pacific & Japan: Symantec
Symantec Asia Pacific & Japan VP Sales & Engineering, Vic Mankotia, forecasts on the region's security market in the the coming months.By AvantiKumar | 22 Jun 2009
Featured Whitepapers
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Data Center Cabling Consideration
Siemons-DC Cabling Consideration Point to Point vs Structured cabling
The old adage that history repeats itself is very true. If we don’t learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. Many data centers today are victims of historical point-to-point cabling practices.
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TIBCO - Master Data Management
Harmonized Approach to Master Data Management
An MDM solution enables enterprises to align their master data assets across multiple systems and departments and with trading partners. Find out the right MDM approaches and the ROI associated with it.
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Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer delivers:- Data Centre capacity optimisation
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IT Nation 2009
IT Nation 2009: Cool & Calm
Resilience and determination, cautious confidence and commitment. Through this exclusive annual research, senior IT executives in the Asia Pacific have shown they are keeping calm, cool and focused, despite the world’s economic angst. Peter Hind has the details.
Source: MIS Asia
23 Feb 2009
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