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Philippine health department, Qualcomm expand wireless health project

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:22:32 +0800

The Wireless Access for Health (WAH) project initiated by the Philippine Department of Health and Qualcomm for the city of Tarlac, is being expanded for use in the entire province.

APEC Education Ministers: ICT in education key to achieving education goals

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:25 +0800

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Education Ministers acknowledged that enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) use in education will be key to achieving APEC’s education goals and to sustaining economic growth.

New network architecture transforms learning experience at Saint Paul School Macau

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:17:06 +0800

Saint Paul School (Escola São Paulo), a pioneering proponent of immersive learning in Macau, has built a new network infrastructure to enhance the creative and learning processes.

The new converged infrastructure will enable students and parents to access real-time information in a stable and secure environment.

The battle for spectrum: The government as arbiter

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:00:24 +0800

Balancing public and private interest has been the responsibility of governments for ages, or the typical struggle of what is socially good and beneficial versus what is commercially viable. But post-modern battles are hardly the good versus evil types anymore, but an overlapping matrix.

Australia, US forge cyber security alliance

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:32:15 +0800

Australia and the United Sates have forged an alliance to lead in improving global cyber security and develop cyber incident response capabilities, Australia's Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Nicola Roxon said in a statement in the read more

BSA: 63% of computer users in Asia-Pacific admit they pirate software

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:38:03 +0800

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported that 63 percent of computer users in Asia Pacific admit they have acquired pirated software. The commercial value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers rose by 12% to nearly US$21 billion in 2011, the highest loss recorded to date.

Social networking to play a key role in healthcare delivery

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:34:14 +0800

Social networking will play a major role in an emerging healthcare delivery model that also explores the role of mobile technology in supporting collaborative teamwork, a new report from IDC Health Insights said.

Big leap for Singapore government in the cloud

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:06:01 +0800

In Asia, you can count on the Singapore government to lead in IT innovations and e-governance. This time, it is leading the move to the cloud.

SingTel to build private cloud infrastructure project for the Singapore government

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:03 +0800

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has secured two key tenders awarded by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) to deploy a private cloud computing infrastructure for the Singapore government.

Singaporeans find it easy to transact with government

a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9 — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:10:02 +0800

Results of the Accenture Digital Citizen Pulse Survey released recently showed that 8 out of 10 people (81 percent) reported that it is easier to access government services or just about the same with the private sector.