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Jan-Feb 2010

IT Investments

The Singapore tech report

According to specialised business analyst firm Business Monitor International (BMI), the Singapore IT market is expected to go on providing investment opportunities, the current “difficult” economic climate notwithstanding. BMI also projects steady growth in the domestic IT market, from the US$4.8 billion in 2008 to US$6.9 billion in 2013. So where are all the IT investments going? We ask leading figures in the information and communication technologies (ICT) community where they expect to see the billions of investments going, and where their respective businesses are headed. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: IT Spending

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IT Investments

The Singapore tech report

According to specialised business analyst firm Business Monitor International (BMI), the Singapore IT market is expected to go on providing investment opportunities, the current “difficult” economic climate notwithstanding. BMI also projects steady growth in the domestic IT market, from the US$4.8 billion in 2008 to US$6.9 billion in 2013. So where are all the IT investments going? We ask leading figures in the information and communication technologies (ICT) community where they expect to see the billions of investments going, and where their respective businesses are headed. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: IT Spending

IT Spending

The box

Spending on IT hardware should still have risen from the US$2.1 billion in 2008 to about US$2.2 billion for 2009. However, as we turn into 2010, UK-based market analyst BMI (Business Monitor International) believes, “rising unemployment and credit tightening” will have started to rein in the spending on hardware, moving forward. How will the hardware business turn out? One senior executive from the server and personal computer giant Lenovo tells us. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: IT Spending

Trends

The code

Market analyst BMI sees the IT market focus moving from hardware to services and solutions in the five-year period, 2008-2013. Enterprises seeking to make more of their existing investments in hardware—running perhaps more, better and faster software on it—should be driving the growth of the software segment, which was 16 per cent of the domestic IT market in 2008, to 18 per cent by 2013. What is the state of the software business in this country? Top regional executives from two dedicated software vendors give us an idea of how things are going for them and their business. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: Software

Connectivity

Moving beyond basic carriage services

The SingTel group’s top information executive shares insights on the nature of his business and tells us what to expect from the regional communications powerhouse in 2010. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: Leadership & Management

Connectivity

The wire

The ongoing US$750 million project to build a national broadband network for homes, businesses and government institutions across the country and subsequent connectivity infrastructure initiatives should deliver 300 per cent growth in broadband penetration for the period 2008-2013. What does this all mean for the enterprise knowledge worker, the IT exec, the tech vendor, the service and infrastructure provider? And what of the mobility solutions of the past, present and future? By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: Network Management

Services

The hand

IT services accounted for 40 per cent (US$1.9 billion) of the domestic IT market in 2008 and should show an 8 per cent compound annual growth rate 2008 through 2013. What about the figures for 2009 and 2010? Where does almost half of the IT spend in this country go? We ask the outsourcers, their customers, and the technologists in the game of business process outsourcing, business continuity and disaster recovery services...Here are some responses. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: IT services

Security

The jagah

Were we safer in 2009 than we were before? What risks and threats await us in 2010? Where are the technologies that can secure our information and our businesses moving forward? Which models of enterprise IT best suit our needs in the 21st Century? Computerworld Singapore asked the experts and providers of the tools and ideas that help organisations today face the serious reality of doing business in the brave and promising, but cold and dangerous new world. By Computerworld Singapore Staff Tags: Security

Executive

For the blue collar companies

What do SMEs need in a technology provider? Enterprise-grade solutions made for them, not watered down enterprise solutions sold to them. Not too long ago Computerworld Singapore spoke to the founders and top executives of KACE, a maker of specialised business software for small and medium enterprises: CEO Rob Meinhardt and CTO Marty Kacin. And they explained their company’s raison d’etre. By F.Y Teng Tags: Executive Moves

Executive

If it ain’t broke…

The CEO of one of the world’s leading sources for pre-owned and refurbished networking equipment, tells us how much he expects his company’s business in Asia to grow, despite the poor economic conditions. By F.Y Teng Tags: Executive Moves

Logging Off

Yin-yang and sonic boom

We had a down year in 2009. Which way do you think 2010 can go ? By F.Y Teng Tags: Teng Fang Yih

 

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