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Thursday, August 28th, 2014
SingAREN-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX) will boost international collaborations for Singapore’s research and education community.
SingAREN-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX)
Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAREN) has announced the launch of SingAREN-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX), the first 100Gbps community network to be set up in the Southeast Asia region.
“SingAREN is proud to be the first to launch a 100 Gbps research and education network in the region. By increasing the network speed by ten-fold and with our suite of value-added services, SingAREN aims to facilitate collaborations amongst our local research organisations and with their international counterparts,” said A/Prof Francis Lee Bu Sung, President of SingAREN.
With SLIX, Singapore’s Research and Education (R&E) community will gain seamless access to a super high speed network with a hundred times more capacity than before; and enjoy bandwidth fully dedicated to their use.
Built on an optical fibre core comprising dark fibres, SLIX allows resiliency, future capacity upgrade, and technology-proof network connectivity.
The new network also opens up new possibilities as a test-bed, extending database mirroring services, bilateral disaster recovery, high performance computing federation and shared services, high volume peering for content data networks and other value-adding services to the R&E community.
In addition, SLIX will also enable research organisations to test different protocols for interconnections such as the Infiniband; and optical network researchers to carry out their experiments.
SLIX Ring Setup
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Tags:3D Networks, A*STAR, NRF, NUS, SingAREN, SLIX
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Monday, August 11th, 2014
313@somerset is the first mall in Singapore to road test the mobile technology to help connect customers to relevant content and promotions in real-time at participating retailers in the shopping mall.
Screenshots of the Tring 313 mobile app when the user receives a notification, and the promotion on offer.
313@somerset has its eyes set on Beacon-based Indoor Positioning,the latest in retail innovation that enable shoppers to receive hyper-targeted messages, deals and other content based on their proximity to the offering retailer inside the mall.
Staying on the forefront of technology
Following the road tests to gather feedback on the technology, the beacon-based feature may be rolled out within the next 3-6 months.
New iBeacon capabilities expected on the upcoming iOS 8 in September will probably be incorporated into the implementation to make sure the rollout taps in the latest that technology has to offer.
As a forerunner in the adoption of new and emerging technologies, 313@somerset is set to pave the way by being the first commercial outlet in Singapore to test out the potential of Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) Beacons for retailers, including messaging targeted at specific mall and store locations, analytics and potentially payments.
In partnership with technology partner Sprooki, the mall conducted test trials in the form of short experiential tours around the mall and exclusive test groups were invited to take part in the trials.
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Tags:313@somerset, Android, Apps, beacon, Bluetooth, iOS, mobile, positioning, shopping, Singapore, technology
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
StarHub has also partnered with Indosat to promote innovative projects from Indonesia’s entrepreneurship community.
StarHub touts Crowdtivate as the world’s only telco-backed, rewards-based crowdfunding platform. Crowdtivate was beta-launched back in April 2013.
Crowdtivate is now open to the public, with 12 Asia-based projects ranging from creative works and digital technology to assistive technology.
These will seek funding support worldwide in order to bring their entrepreneurial vision to life.
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Tags:crowd, crowd sourcing, Crowdonomic, Crowdtivate, entrepreneurship, funding, Indosat, Kickstarter, Singapore, StarHub, startups
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Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Earlier this month, Palo Alto Networks discovered ten critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer browsers, underlining the importance for businesses to focus on knowing the risk of running vulnerable software.
Check out five core concepts on how to protect your organisation against vulnerabilities.
Sharat Sinha – Vice President, Asia Pacific for Palo Alto Networks – shares his views on how businesses and organisations can protect themselves against malicious attacks and avoid compromises to their network security.
Below are Sinha’s views.
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Tags:Adobe, cybersecurity, IE, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Palo Alto, PDPA, security, Singapore, vulnerabilities
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Friday, July 18th, 2014
NEC Asia Pacific, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the 3000-lumen M302WS (S$1,829), 3300-lumen M332XS (S$1,729) and 3500-lumen M352WS (S$2,049). Available now.
NEC digital solutions adds three new digital models to its M Series short-throw projectors.
The M Short Throw series brings the projector closer to the whiteboard, eliminating shadows and glare so students can focus on learning.
“The M Series has established itself as a formidable projector family over the last three years, and the M300WS, M332XS and M352WS models enhance that reputation. Accommodating standard and widescreen needs, M Short Throw Series projectors deliver bright images to interactive screens and whiteboards from less than 3 feet away,” said Vincent Koh, Vice President of Multimedia Product Platform Unit.
Using the latest DLP technology from Texas Instruments, the M302WS, M332XS and M352WS models deliver high contrast images (10,000:1), are filter free, and have 0.6:1 and 0.48:1 throw ratios, respectively.
The eco-conscious features in the M Short Throw Series include ECO Mode technology, which increases lamp life up to 8000 hours, while lowering power consumption, as well as quick start (3 to 4 seconds) and auto power on via the RGB input connector.
Remote diagnostics enable the user to monitor and make adjustments to the projectors from afar.
The M Series portable projectors also boast the ability to transmit images from computers, tablets and smart phones using DisplayNote and NEC’s own Wireless Image Utility.
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Tags:M300WS, M332XS, M352WS, NEC, projectors
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Parallels launches SmartStart program for any size service provider to deliver the full range of Microsoft cloud solutions.
“SmartStart is an exciting new program that lowers the barrier to entry for service providers to take advantage of cloud services offered by Microsoft. Service providers will now future proof their Microsoft investments by having access to the latest innovations as soon as they become available,” said Birger Steen, chief executive officer, Parallels.
Parallels, a platform provider for cloud service delivery, today announced it is the first company to support the new Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program with Parallels SmartStart for Office 365.
“The Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program will enable a broad set of partners to offer Microsoft cloud services. We are excited Parallels, a leading enabler of Microsoft’s Office 365 syndication program, is committing to support the Microsoft cloud distribution ecosystem,” said Mark Rice, senior director, Operator Channel, Microsoft.
The Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program, announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, expands the opportunity for Microsoft’s channel to resell Microsoft Office 365.
The SmartStart program gets Microsoft-approved partners up and running in less than 80 days.
SmartStart is a low-cost, fixed-price implementation of Parallels Automation that includes user training and certification, reference service plans and a customized storefront.
Parallels Automation is the only proven platform for service providers to sell and deliver differentiated portfolios of hosted and syndicated services with every Office 365 subscription.
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Red Hat’s new Enterprise Operating System is now generally available, and offers a single platform for enterprises to converge their computing across the open hybrid cloud, from bare metal and virtual machines to the cloud.
Red Hat’s latest release of its flagship platform – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 promises dramatic improvements in reliability, performance, and scalability.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the latest major release of the company’s flagship platform.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Since its introduction more than a decade ago, Red Hat Enterprise Linux has become the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform, and it has set industry standards for performance, capacity, and security.
Today, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a leading force in the enterprise datacenter and in the cloud.
More than 90 percent of 2013 Fortune 500 companies, along with organizations in nearly every industry and around the globe, rely on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 not only lays the foundation for the open hybrid cloud and serves enterprise workloads across converged infrastructures, but it also pushes the operating system beyond today’s position as a commodity platform.
Built to meet modern datacenter demands along with next-generation IT requirements, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 powers the spectrum of enterprise IT, from application containers to cloud services.
Bare metal servers, virtual machines, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) are converging to form a robust, powerful datacenter environment to meet constantly changing business needs.
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Tags:Big Data, cloud, enterprise IT, Linux, Open source, Operating System, OS, Red Hat, RHEL7
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) comes into force in Singapore tomorrow (Wednesday, July 2). Sharat Sinha – Vice President, Asia Pacific for Palo Alto Networks – shares his views on what this means for businesses in Singapore and how this relates to cybersecurity.
“Following the Singapore Government’s introduction of its five-year National Cybersecurity Masterplan last year, the introduction of PDPA will work to further strengthen Singapore’s position and reputation as a trusted, world-class hub for business,” says Sinha.
The PDPA (Personal Data Protection Act), which comes into force on Wednesday July 2, aims to safeguard individuals’ personal data against misuse by regulating its management by companies.
Palo Alto Network’s recent 2014 AUTR Report, highlights how threats to enterprise networks may be ‘hiding in plain sight’, gaining access to the networks via commonly used enterprise applications like Drop Box, Skype and Microsoft Exchange, to name a few.
The Act is based on the understanding that individuals have the right to be informed of the purposes for which organisations are collecting, using or disclosing their personal data, giving individuals more control over how their personal data is used.
It recognises both the rights of individuals to protect their personal data, including rights of access and correction, and the needs of organisations to collect, use or disclose personal data for legitimate and reasonable purposes.
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Tags:cybersecurity, Palo Alto, PDPA, security, Singapore
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
The all-flash storage pioneer addresses Tier 1 disk use cases and mission critical environments with new Replication, Snapshot and Policy Management Services.
The comprehensive new FlashArray family lineup promises to put the power and promise of ‘Instant Infrastructure’ within reach of every enterprise.
The company also unveiled expanded the existing FlashArray offering to target SMBs as well as large enterprises, organisations and datacenters.
“To keep pace with rapidly evolving infrastructure requirements, enterprises are now looking for greater scalability, simplicity and efficiency from their storage solutions than ever before,” said Tim Stammers, senior analyst at 451 Research.
The current FA-420 FlashArray has been supplemented with the entry-level FA-405 and high-capacity FA-450 FlashArrays.
The new Purity Operating Environment, Purity 4.0 features FlashRecover, a set of fully integrated, space-efficient replication, snapshot, and policy management services that offer comprehensive protection against disaster and data loss — both locally, and globally.
With these advancements, the Pure Storage FlashArray more fully supports mission critical workloads and Tier 1 storage use cases, eliminating the need for enterprises to continue making investments in legacy storage solutions powered by mechanical disk.
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Tags:Flash, FlashArray, Pure Storage, storage
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Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Singapore has unveiled its A3 mono and colour copiers for the Singapore SMB market.
MultiXpress SCX-8128NX Mono Multi-Function Printer (left) and CLX-9301NA A3 Colour Multi-Function Printer (right).
Samsung has also appointed Docu ConneX as the authorised distributor of Samsung enterprise solution printers and copiers in Singapore.
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Tags:A3, copiers, Docu ConneX, laser, launch, MFP, MultiXpress, printers, Samsung, SMB
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