7 November 2008 | News

GIS boosts law enforcement work in New York

The New York City Department of Probation has deployed ESRI’s geographic information system software to manage caseloads, track high-risk probationers, and share information with other law enforcement divisions more efficiently.

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6 November 2008 | Spotlight

Driving value through a business process platform

The challenges facing the public sector today are greater than ever, writes Vivek Puthucode, Industry Principal, Public Sector, Australia/New Zealand, SAP Australia.

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6 November 2008 | Spotlight

Next generation data centres

Pankaj Sharma, vice president, sales and marketing, Asia Pacific and Japan, explains how APC meets the challenges of cooling and powering data centres.

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6 November 2008 | Spotlight

The perpetual collaboration mandate

Globalisation, ecological issues, technological impact and other modern challenges are driving the need for streamlined government collaboration, says Jeffrey Rhoda.

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5 November 2008 | Spotlight

Shaping governments of the future

Leong Peng Kiong talks about pioneering new ways of building, implementing and operating e-government services.

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5 November 2008 | Spotlight

Cutting edge technology is not enough

Alan Chng, Vice President - Business Imaging Solutions Group of Canon Singapore, sheds light on how the company makes service innovation a priority through the GTA.

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5 November 2008 | Spotlight

Releasing the power of information

The Government Technology Awards place the spotlight on areas of innovation in Asia that are exciting to EMC, says Steven Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific & Japan.

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4 November 2008 | News

Bahrain launches e-govt portal

Bahrain has introduced a new e-government gateway as an outcome of a study conducted to cater to the needs of the public through streamlining e-government services procedures.

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3 November 2008 | News

Mobile security solution introduced in Singapore

SingTel, a major carrier in Singapore, has introduced a new product which ensures that confidential data on lost laptops is not compromised.

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3 November 2008 | News

Microsoft unveils cloud computing system

Microsoft has introduced Windows Azure – an operating system that allows developers to build cloud-based applications.

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31 October 2008 | Spotlight

Open Source Makes “Cents” for the Public Sector

Public Sector organisations all have one thing in common – they answer to the taxpayers. Government agencies are always looking for the best way to quickly deliver IT enabled services to their citizens while driving down costs. And they want a flexible subscription model so that if budgets and services are cut back then their costs go down as well. These are just two reasons why more and more Public Sector agencies are turning to Open Source. As guardians of the taxpayers money, Open Source simply makes “cents.”

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31 October 2008 | Spotlight

Toshiba multifunction peripheral provides security to your business

In the recent years, the number of cyber attacks has risen tremendously. These attacks have caused many chief security officers to lose sleep. In view of these attacks, it is of utmost importance to conduct regular updates of virus patches, definitions and Operating Systems security patches. It has now become a daily affair to keep our Anti-Virus, Security software and Operating Systems patches up-to date to prevent any cyber attacks on our Information Systems.

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31 October 2008 | News

Microsoft to help the Gulf develop public technology policy framework

The Dubai School of Government has signed a deal with Microsoft to develop a pioneering technology policy that will aid officials in the Gulf to improve service delivery to the public.

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30 October 2008 | Feature

Integrated Healthcare: The Push for Quality & Productivity

The virtual explosion of costs in the healthcare sector affects all, from private payers to the government, hospitals, individual care providers and patients. But despite rising costs, hospital budgets have remained more or less the same. Today’s healthcare organisations must face growing pressure to optimize clinical and business systems and improve patient satisfaction.

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30 October 2008 | Feature

Managing heterogeneity

Open Source is not a religion; it’s a licensing choice. As government organisations embrace Open Source Software (OSS) on a case-by-case basis, IT environments are going to have to successfully manage solutions that interoperate across the licensing divide. As we find out, pragmatism is already ruling in IT departments around the region.

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23 October 2008 | Feature

Buyers’ guide to: secure printing

We review the latest generation of MFPs to see how government offices can manage sensitive data without sacrificing productivity.

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23 October 2008 | Feature

Network intelligence in a successful SOA implementation

Though it has been around for a while, the concept of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) still conjures an air of mystery. Perhaps it’s the term SOA that sounds intimidating. Simply put, SOA is about achieving a connection among integrated systems to allow different applications to exchange data.

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22 October 2008 | News

Experts believe cloud computing increases risk of data leakage

Cloud computing has been illuminated as being thought to increase and not decrease the risk of data leakage. A recent symposium on the topic of ‘Cloud Computing’ reported a key finding in its post symposium survey: the attendees voted unanimously that cloud computing increases, not decreases the risk of data leakage.

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10 October 2008 | Feature

City Hall and GIS

Mapping technologies are changing the way city and local government operates.

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9 October 2008 | Feature

Making WiMax mission critical

Benhur Mesfin, Director of Business Development & Strategy Wireless Broadband at Motorola Asia Pacific, explains why WiMAX can be operated privately.

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5 October 2008 | News

Reducing IT carbon footprint by 80-90 per cent

‘Carbon Calculator’ and online ‘Server Consolidation Analysis Resource’ released.

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2 October 2008 | News

Malaysia trials videoconferencing in courts

The Malaysian government is considering videoconferencing and other IT-related deployments in courts nationwide, following the successful implementation of a pilot project in Sarawak.

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29 September 2008 | News

Singapore’s Next-Gen broadband network nationwide by 2012

All homes and businesses in Singapore are to be connected to the country’s 1Gbps all-fibre National Broadband Network by 2012. The Singapore Government has selected a consortium to design, build and operate the passive infrastructure, in a move seen as world’s most radical structural separation of fixed telecoms.

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25 September 2008 | News

Healthcare IT ‘specialised’

Small and far away from major markets, New Zealand has traditionally been ‘underserved’ by international healthcare IT vendors, according to Grant McPherson, Regional Director South/South East Asia at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE).

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25 September 2008 | News

New Zealand varsity upgrades backbone

With 22,000 students and 2000 staff on four major sites, Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, needs top grade communications. Efficient access to knowledge resources, administrative systems and educational applications all depend on reliable, high speed data connections throughout the campus.

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25 September 2008 | News

South Korea shares egov insights

Civil servants from Paraguay are visiting South Korea to learn how to establish and run an e-government platform. The visit was organised by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security’s training centre for public employees and the Korea International Cooperation Agency.

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25 September 2008 | Feature

SOA: Enabling next generation govt

We take a look at how the government is using Service-Oriented Architecture to reduce the cost and increase the agility of public sector IT infrastructure.

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23 September 2008 | News

IBM tops security software report

A new report has rated IBM as the leading vendor worldwide in identity and access management security software in 2007.

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22 September 2008 | News

EMC placed as market leader for info infrastructure

Gartner has placed EMC Corporation in the “Leaders” quadrant of the 2008 Magic Quadrant for Storage Professional and Support Services report.

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18 September 2008 | News

R&D centre launched for social software

IBM has launched a centre for social software, which will bring together the top talent at the company who will work with university students and faculty, clients and partners, for the research, development and testing of social software.

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17 September 2008 | Feature

Why WiMax?

The wireless broadband technology has been the ‘next big thing’ for some time. FutureGov assesses when and in what circumstances it will take off and what it means for the public sector. Report: Jianggan Li.

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15 September 2008 | News

US Postal Service reduces costs with transportation scenario analysis

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has realised over US$5 million in annual savings through a strategic transportation management initiative.

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11 September 2008 | News

New web specs to improve interoperability

Previous better known for their competitiveness on the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) space, IBM, EMC and Microsoft have come together to provide customers with a web spec that improves the process. Known as the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS), it enables applications to interoperate with multiple ECM repositories by different vendors.

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5 September 2008 | News

Chinese university deploys campus-wide wireless LAN

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications has deployed a campus-wide wireless LAN (WLAN) to its two campuses, becoming one of the few universities in China to provide complete wireless LAN coverage to every building in addition to the campus’ outdoor spaces.

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3 September 2008 | Deals

Marrying content management and compliance

Records management vendor Fuji Xerox and IT management software vendor CA are partnering in Singapore to provide an integrated Enterprise Content Management and Identity and Access Management solution – and the country’s public sector is squarely in their sights.

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2 September 2008 | News

Google launches web browser

Google is joining the browser war by launching its own application which aims at offering safer and richer web experience.

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1 September 2008 | Deals

CrimsonLogic appoints new manager for Filipino operations

New General Manager to steer CrimsonLogic’s growth in the Philippines.

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1 September 2008 | Deals

Fuji Xerox pushes green IT solutions

Fuji Xerox has just launched a range of multifunction devices – focusing on efficiency, security and crucially, the environment.

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30 August 2008 | Research

Information Management Mistakes Can Wreak Havoc in the Public Sector

Prudent data security management has historically been the sole domain of the Chief Information Officer (CIO); and that is no longer the case. As of June 2008, more than 330 million records were compromised globally.

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29 August 2008 | Feature

The rise and rise of green printing

Amelia Kwok reviews solutions that can help largescale public sector organisations conserve energy, reduce waste, and use other environmentally-friendly features.

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28 August 2008 | Feature

Raising the standard for research and education networks

Dai Davies, General Manager at Europe’s advanced research network DANTE, talks about the challenges of meeting rising user demands and fending off cyber threats.

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26 August 2008 | Research

iPhone—who for?

Chances are that you want one, your colleague wants one – but does your organisation want to give you one?

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25 August 2008 | Spotlight

Accenture appoints new Public Service head

Barcelona-based Accenture veteran to oversee company’s business serving public-sector clients.

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22 August 2008 | News

Chinese ministries push UOF document format

China’s International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Archives Administration have started to promote the Chinese-made Uniform Office Format standard.

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22 August 2008 | News

Toshiba projectors break new ground

With most offices facing space constrain issues, it is useful to know that projectors fitted with Toshiba’s Extreme Short Throw Projection or ESP technology enables any presentation to be held even in the most confined area.

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13 August 2008 | News

India to account for one-fifth of world’s WiMAX subscribers

A recent study puts the number of WiMAX subscribers in India at more than 27.5 million by 2012, around 20 per cent of the global figure.

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12 August 2008 | Deals

China's Rail ministry secures national comms network

China’s Ministry of Railways is protecting its nationwide communications infrastructure, encompassing the Ministry’s headquarters and 18 bureaux.

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11 August 2008 | News

Local government takes the lead in US

Green initiatives are being given a push from the bottom upwards in Arizona. Don Stapley Supervisor of Maricopa County says, “We want counties to be a catalyst for the change in the mindset of Americans.

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7 August 2008 | Feature

WiMax around the world

Jianggan Li rounds up his interviews with the people behind WiMax deployments in France, the Netherlands and the United States.

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7 August 2008 | News

Remote Thai province to deploy WiMAX

WiMAX wireless broadband network will be deployed in Mae Hong Son, a mountainous province in Thailand’s northwest, bordering Myanmar.

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6 August 2008 | Research

UK civil servants want more access to Web 2.0 tools

A new study by Huddle.net - ‘Social Collaboration and Public Sector’ - has indicated that local government workers in the UK are straining at the IT department’s leash to use social internet tools.

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6 August 2008 | News

Mobile computers for clumsy knowledge workers

Motorola has launched a new and improved ruggedised mobile computer, and large government organisations with clumsy remote workers stand to benefit.

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1 August 2008 | Deals

Fourth largest US city signs GIS deal

Houston municipal staff look forward to simplified access to GIS tools and accelerated GIS development across the enterprise.

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1 August 2008 | Interview

Focusing on ends rather than means

A shift to local government delivery, and a rapidly converging IT ecosystem is pressuring the region’s public sector to think strategically rather than tactically about the role of IT, says Microsoft’s point man for public sector, Ralph Young. Interview: James Smith.

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1 August 2008 | News

IBM Research develops tech fix to aid human memory

New software helps people struggling with information overload.

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31 July 2008 | Interview

Modernising Australia's tax service

Jianggan Li speaks with Todd Heather, Acting Chief Information Officer, Australian Taxation Office (ATO), to find out how its modernisation plans are coming along.

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24 September 2007 | News

Best broadband in the world

Japan has the world’s fastest broadband connection

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22 September 2007 | Deals

Indonesia and Singapore to enhance IT sector through collaboration

Indonesia and Singapore will be cooperating in information communications and technology, as stated in an agreement. The move will enable the two countries to engage in media collaboration which will in turn boost the ICT sector.

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20 September 2007 | Deals

High-speed link to US schools

Indian and US universities to partner each other

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12 September 2007 | Feature

Web 2.0 = SOA in the wild

What makes Web 2.0 applications different to the earlier generation of online offerings? In Web 1.0 we were trying to push innovation at users. Now the pressure is the other way – the users are pulling and shaping Web 2.0.

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29 August 2007 | News

Singapore invests in Second Life

The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore has purchased real estate in the virtual world

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29 August 2007 | News

Sri Lanka launches e-Champions

The program was intended to equip 30 CIOs with the skills to drive a successful e-Government

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23 August 2007 | News

Philippines to execute broadband project or lose out

There is an urgency for Philippines to implement broadband project in order to compete with ASEAN neighbors

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20 August 2007 | News

Web access guidelines to aid disabled in Thailand

NECTEC in Thailand has implemented Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as an official guide to web content developers.

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20 August 2007 | News

Business solutions to be deployed at the Abu Dhabi government

The Abu Dhabi System and Information Committee (ADSIC) signed an agreement to deploy Oracle’s business solutions throughout the Abu Dhabi government’s IT infrastructure.

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20 August 2007 | News

New contact centre lab at Singapore’s technical education institute

Students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) are set to hit the ground running as active contributors to the booming industries of hospitality and outsourcing, with newly-acquired practical skills in contact centre technology.

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19 August 2007 | Deals

US $ 93.4 million earmarked for govt projects in Pakistan

Keeping in view the importance of IT in the economic development of the country, the Pakistani government has allocated Rs 5.64 billion (US $ 93.4 million) for 115 IT related development projects for the current fiscal year 2007-08.

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16 August 2007 | News

Australian government considers blogs

The Australian federal government plans to enter the world of blogging. The aim is to promote a more interactive approach to policy development, via an official government website.

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15 August 2007 | News

Myanmar's ICT park to launch soon

Myanmar’s largest ICT park, the Yadanabon Cyber City, located at 67 kilometres east of the second largest city of Mandalay, is nearing completion.

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15 August 2007 | Feature

Fighting dengue fever with GIS

The National Environment Agency (NEA) in Singapore started deploying GIS in 1992 in order to develop a real-time Aedes mosquito control and monitoring system.

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13 August 2007 | News

Hong Kong launches new e-govt portal

A new Government portal “GovHK” (www.gov.hk) was officially launched this month to provide one-stop government online information and services to the public.

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10 August 2007 | News

UK’s MoD to give soldiers electronic health records

£80 million programme to make medical records available on the battlefield.

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9 August 2007 | News

Brunei schools to go mobile

IT project embarked upon by the Ministry of Education will soon make students in Brunei schools connected.

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9 August 2007 | News

Programme helps teachers make better use of ICT in learning

Twenty-eight teachers are expected to graduate from a post-graduate degree programme on integrating information and communications technology (ICT) in education this coming September.

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6 August 2007 | Feature

Chinese university builds and manages a consolidated data centre

Huang Dawu and Song Shibing of Peking University share their experience of constructing and maintaining their data centre. Interview: Jianggan Li.

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1 August 2007 | News

Australian government ICT spending down in 2007

Recently published ICT procurement plans for the 2007-08 financial year by federal government agencies reveals an overall drop in the volume of planned ICT projects on last year, according to a specialist government researcher.

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1 August 2007 | Deals

Singapore shares ICT development experience

Singapore and ITU collaborate on training programme in ICT policy and regulatory frameworks.

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31 July 2007 | Deals

Wi-Fi to boost Hong Kong's status as digital city

Administration envisages substantial cooperation with private sector to boost connectivity and mobility in the former British colony.

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20 July 2007 | News

Cairo approaches South Korea for e-govt advice

Rising connectivity in Egypt spurs discussions of national e-government infrastructure - and they have come knocking on South Korea’s door for advice.

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19 July 2007 | News

Singapore backs consortium of e-govt providers

The Singapore authorities have given their blessing to a consortium of local companies aiming to export ‘made in Singapore’ e-government solutions.

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17 July 2007 | News

Singapore government email, web sites go down

Now you see them, now you don’t - power outage in data centre brings down key government web sites.

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8 July 2007 | News

UNESCO launches ICT-in-Education online community

In July 2007, as part of the new “Knowledge Communities” project, UNESCO Bangkok launched an online ICT-in-Education community: an interactive forum which welcomes educators, teachers, administrators and policy makers and others to share their ideas and opinions on topics relating to the use of ICT in education.

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3 July 2007 | Interview

Citizen safety through police mobility

New South Wales Police has introduced one of the largest deployments of mobile data platforms over an area using a single network.

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12 June 2007 | Interview

Accessing Chinese patient records on the move

Qiao Kai, Chief Technical Officer of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, shares his experience in building and managing workflow using mobile devices.

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3 May 2007 | Spotlight

Transparent, interoperable, secure: the Office Open XML file format

Oliver Bell, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Asia, highlights the importance of choice and compatibility in achieving the maximum benefits through effective XML data representation.

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9 March 2005 | News

Singapore property management agency invests in GIS

JTC Corporation, a government agency that provides tenancy and lease management services to more than 7000 companies in Singapore, has signed a deal for a web-based geographical information system.

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7 March 2005 | News

Singapore unveils US$23.4 million information security masterplan

The Singapore government is investing S$38 million over the next three years to build Singapore’s capabilities in cyber security.

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26 November 2004 | News

Singapore trials biometrics for automated immigration at Changi

World’s first fully-automated check-in and immigration clearance system that uses biometric recognition technology, goes on trial.

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3 August 2004 | Feature

Mobile feedback in the Philippines

In the Philippines up to 150 million text messages are sent each day. By contrast there are only 3.2 million internet users in the country. So when the Civil Service Commission examined creating new channels for citizen feedback, it realised that the wireless channel was the way to go.

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