Smart City Survey Results: Governments Need to Be Smarter About Keeping Cities Safe Keith Roscarel, Director Smart Spaces and Video Intelligence – Asia Pacific, Hitachi Vantara A recent Safe Cities survey offers a revealing snapshot into the plans and progress…
Minister Yaacob Ibrahim Announces Frontier Technology Focus Areas for Digital Economy
Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, made key announcements on frontier technology focus areas to support Singapore’s digital transformation this morning at Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) 2017, Asia’s largest infocomm and media conference. 1) 5G mobile network and…
Gemalto and Veridos Strengthen Citizen Identity Security with eID Cards for Macao SAR Government
Gemalto and Veridos Strengthen Citizen Identity Security with eID Cards for Macao SAR Government MACAU, May 10, 2017 – (ACN Newswire) – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is partnering with Veridos, a German company specializing…
Empowering Government Organizations with Blockchain
Empowering Government Organizations with Blockchain By: Zelda Anthony, Head of Blockchain ASEAN Blockchain needs no introduction these days. What started out as the basis of cryptocurrency is now disrupting the way dozens of industries are operating with its capability to…
NEC provides cyber-defense training for government agencies in Malaysia to enhance effectiveness in tackling cyber-attacks
NEC provides cyber-defense training for government agencies in Malaysia to enhance effectiveness in tackling cyber-attacks Tokyo, Japan – March 7, 2017 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that it has provided government agencies in Malaysia with hands-on cyber-defense training. More than…
NEC to Play a Lead Role in the Digital Transformation of Western Australian Government
NEC to Play a Lead Role in the Digital Transformation of Western Australian Government TOKYO, Jan 23, 2017 – (JCN Newswire) – The Western Australian (WA) Government has selected NEC as one of three suppliers to lead GovNext-ICT, a whole-of-government…
Fujitsu Conducts ICT Training for Myanmar Government Employees to Strengthen the Country’s ICT Capability
Fujitsu Conducts ICT Training for Myanmar Government Employees to Strengthen the Country’s ICT Capability TOKYO, Jan 17, 2017 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced that it is conducting training for employees from across all 22 departments of Myanmar’s government in order…
Why are foreign governments apparently after my details?
Why are foreign governments apparently after my details? Digital Shadows The news that Yahoo had lost over half a billion of its users personal details in a prolonged data breach some time ago has left many people wondering why…
25 things that are better because of Linux (and open source)
25 things that are better because of Linux (and open source) By John Terrill, Corporate Communications, Red Hat Twenty-five years ago today via a short Usenet post, Linus Torvalds shared the first iteration of a free, hobby operating system that…
Public and Private Sector Collaboration Key To Growing Application Economy In Asia Pacific & Japan: CA Technologies Study
Public and Private Sector Collaboration Key To Growing Application Economy In Asia Pacific & Japan: CA Technologies Study However, governments in Asia Pacific & Japan identified lack of tech talent and training as top barriers to digital transformation and adapting…
Singapore to Explore Next-Generation Digital Government Services with Conversations as a Platform Proof-of-Concept
Singapore to Explore Next-Generation Digital Government Services with Conversations as a Platform Proof-of-Concept SINGAPORE, 12 July 2016 – Singapore is partnering with Microsoft on its “Conversations as a Platform” to explore opportunities in co-creating next-generation digital government services for a Smart Nation.…
Leading NZ health organizations welcome government acceptance of Microsoft Trusted Public Cloud services for health sector providers
Leading NZ health organizations welcome government acceptance of Microsoft Trusted Public Cloud services for health sector providers NZHIT, Orion Health and Ryman Healthcare affirm benefits of Microsoft Cloud services for NZ Leading New Zealand health organizations have today welcomed the…
5 data security questions that smart city planners need to ask today
5 data security questions that smart city planners need to ask today By Daniel Ng, Senior Director, APAC, Cloudera Big data and analytics are taking center stage in many smart city projects all over the world. A smart city, after…
IBM set to change the technology scene in Singapore with the launch of The Watson Center at Marina Bay
Today, IBM opened The Watson Center at Marina Bay. The Watson Center is an incubator that is designed to bring ideas, people and organizations together to co-create business solutions with IBM’s cognitive, blockchain and design capabilities. The opening was graced…
CA Technologies Delivers Real-Time Analytics to Help Streamline Identity and Access Governance
CA Technologies Delivers Real-Time Analytics to Help Streamline Identity and Access Governance New release of CA Identity Suite Enhances Operational Efficiencies, Simplifies the End-User Experience and Speeds Deployment for Added Business Value SINGAPORE, May 13, 2016 — CA Technologies (NASDAQ:…