Geekonomics

• 14Sep

  RealVNC showcases VNC Viewer Plus at Intel Developer Forum 2010

  Enterprise Tech, PC, Press Release, Security, news No Comments

  Another announcement at Intel Developer Forum 2010. This geek is not really into KVM but this looks interesting allowing you to watch a full PC boot sequence remotely.

  September 13^th 2010: At Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, RealVNC will be demonstrating VNC Viewer Plus connecting directly to the KVM remote control functionality embedded in the 2010 Intel^®Core™ vPro™ processor family. This unique solution enables IT teams to benefit from additional cost-saving manageability functions such as remote reboot, remote power on/off and IDE redirection.

  With VNC Viewer Plus connected to a VNC Server embedded in the hardware, IT departments can diagnose more complex issues remotely such as OS failures and boot problems. Users can watch a full PC boot sequence, manipulate BIOS settings and re-install an operating system, reducing the need for desk-side visits and any downtime.

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• 26Aug

  Parallels APAC Summit to Explore Cloud Services Growth in Asia

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  Speaker Line-up and Key Topics Confirmed Ahead of Asia’s Largest Public Cloud Services Event

  Singapore – 25th August, 2010 – Parallels, the global leader in Cloud enablement software will bring together some of the biggest names in the Cloud services industry to discuss the future and profitability of the cloud computing in Asia at the Parallels APAC Summit on 24^th – 26^th September.

  Speakers at the Summit include executives from Microsoft, Go Daddy, VeriSign and Open Xchange who will address critical issues surrounding the adoption of public Cloud services in the region, including security, bandwidth costs, service availability and reliability, vendor viability and maturity.

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• 03Aug

  HTC Touch2™ (non-camera) – A Touch of Communication Perfection for National Servicemen & Government Personnel

  Enterprise Tech, Press Release, Security, Singapore Tech, mobile, news No Comments

  Convergence is not always good, especially if you are working in secured environments like military and financial institutions where cameras are often not allowed. This geek heard of someone who literally put a nail through his phone’s camera in order to convince the guard to let him through with his phone. So here’s another option, at least one company’s making an effort for this niche segment of the market.

  

   

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• 03Aug

  Office for Mac 2011 Hitting Store Shelves This October

  Enterprise Tech, PC, Press Release, Singapore Tech, mac, news 2 Comments

  One of the reasons this geek gave up using his Powerbook G4 was due to the Office experience on the Mac being inconsistent with my experience on Office for Windows. Hopefully that will change with Office for Mac 2011. More information in the press release below (Qualifying new purchases of Office 2008 will include a full upgrade to Office 2011):

  SINGAPORE, August 3, 2010 — Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, the next version of the leading productivity suite for the Mac, will be available in more than 100 countries around the world at the end of October. The suite will come in two editions to purchase at retail — Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 and Office for Mac Home and Business 2011. For better alignment across platforms, the Office 2011 pricing and edition options map closer with Office for the Windows operating system. In addition, starting today, if customers purchase Office 2008 for Mac, they will be able to upgrade to Office 2011 when it is available at no additional cost through the Microsoft Office for Mac Technology Guarantee Program.

  “We develop Office for Mac to give you the tools to create great looking and compatible documents – with options to pick the right edition for your Mac needs,” said Katherine Teu, Regional Marketing Manager, Southeast-Asia, Microsoft Hardware. “More than ever before, Office 2011 brings the familiar productivity tools and features of Microsoft Office to a suite of applications that work great on the Mac.”

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• 22Jul

  Small businesses embrace Cloud services to grow their business?

  Developers, Enterprise Tech, Internet, Press Release, SaaS, news No Comments

  This geek has not been following cloud computing news for a while and I’m not familiar with offerings from this company Parallels, who seem to be doing quite well. But I know some of you have keen interest in this space so you can find out more from the press release below:

  Seven new commercially licensed APS applications, from collaboration to small business mobility, help Service Providers increase revenue and customer retention.

  Singapore, 22 July 2010 – Cloud enablement leader, Parallels, has responded to the demands of small businesses by adding seven Cloud services to the Application Packaging Standard (APS) catalog.

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• 22Jul

  HP Celebrates Singapore’s SME I.T. Heroes with HP Total Care Challenge 2010

  Enterprise Tech, Press Release, Singapore Tech, news, tech jobs No Comments

  So, you’ve always thought of yourself as an IT "hero” at work or know of one? Here’s your chance to put some glitz and glamour into that boring IT deskjob. Details in the press release:

  A first of its kind for SMEs, I.T. HERO 2010 aims to shed light on the significant role played by IT managers in Singapore

  SINGAPORE, 21 July 2010 – HP today announced the launch of the HP Total Care Challenge 2010: I.T. HERO 2010 – a nation-wide campaign to discover and celebrate IT talent amongst small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore, and draw awareness to the critical role they play in helping SMEs leverage technology to realize business potential.

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• 30Apr

  AMAZON WEB SERVICES LAUNCHES ASIA PACIFIC REGION FOR ITS CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM

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  Cloud pioneer now offers its suite of web services from new Singapore datacenters to serve customers desiring an Asia Pacific presence

  SEATTLE—April 29, 2010—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., today announced the launch of its first Asia Pacific Region.  Asia Pacific-based businesses or global businesses with customers based in Asia can now leverage the AWS suite of infrastructure web services to build their businesses and run their applications in the cloud.  Prior to today, the AWS platform has been available from datacenters in the U.S. and Europe.  The first AWS Asia Pacific Region (located in Singapore) is now open and any business or software developer can sign up and get started today at http://aws.amazon.com.

  Before AWS launched in 2006, businesses would take on the massive capital investment of building their own infrastructure or contract with a vendor for a fixed amount of datacenter capacity that they might or might not use.  This choice meant either paying for wasted capacity or having to worry that the amount of capacity they forecasted was insufficient to keep pace with their growth.  Businesses spent time and money managing their own datacenter or a co-location facility, which meant time not spent on growing their actual business or differentiating their offering for customers.  When it launched in 2006, AWS offered

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• 29Apr

  Symantec to Offer Partners New Opportunities for Growth/Symantec Announces 2010 Asia Pacific and Japan Partner Award Winners

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  Symantec Corp announced its channel strategy and vision at the inaugural Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) Symantec Partner Engage 2010 Conference in Sanya, China. This announcement includes planned enhancements to the Symantec Partner Program which focuses on helping partners differentiate their business, maximise sales opportunities and accelerate profitability. Under the enhanced program which will go into effect at the end of 2010, Symantec will put an increased focus on driving partner competence in key solutions areas and providing partners with more resources, tools, incentives and sales support.

  During the conference, Symantec also announced the recipients of its 2010 APJ Partner Awards. The Symantec Partner Awards recognise channel partners that have demonstrated innovative delivery of services and solutions to customers during the past year as well as acknowledge their dedication and commitment. The award winners are selected on criteria such as overall performance in revenue, deal registration, technical and marketing investments, customer service excellence and certification.

  The winners included Singapore firm Imperium Solutions Pte Ltd, which clinched the Symantec Partner Innovation Award.

  Full details in the Press Release after the break:

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• 26Jan

  SINGAPORE START UP LAUNCHES THE WORLD’S 1ST SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPWARE FOR ENTERPRISES

  Enterprise, Enterprise Tech, Internet, Press Release, Singapore Tech, Social Media, World, Youth Culture, news, tech jobs No Comments

  This geek saw the product demo for myself and was pretty impressed so I agreed to be listed as one of the talents/consultants on the site since it’s non-exclusive anyways. Not sure about the World’s 1st claim but they’ve already filed the patent it seems. Check out the worldwide release of Pepperconn’s “Social Media Groupware for Enterprises”:

  

  - A major breakthrough in Enterprise Social Media Software with patent filed

  - Groupware lowers entry barriers for SME owners and marketers to self-manage their own social media or digital campaigns (programs)

  - Creates a new ecosystem of online talents and opportunities to monetize one’s talents

  Singapore, 25 January 2010 – pepperconn LLP today launched the pepperconn Groupware, a collaborative software for enterprises to manage content and talents in social media programs where the goal is to engage customers, solicit feedback and generate marketing buzz on the internet.   Such programs leverage on one or more social network (eg. Facebook and Twitter), the company’s blog and corporate website to aggregate user-generated content and grow its base of readers.

  Typically, an agency will be appointed to manage such programs and to source for bloggers and talents – an option that is usually frustrating for both corporate clients and agencies due to a lack of real-time visibility, measurements of success, project management inefficiencies and it is costly for SMEs and marketers with tighter budgets

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  Tags: Enterprise, pepperconn, social media groupware

• 27May

  HP Announces the Mini 110!

  Asia Tech, Citizen Journalism, Enterprise Tech, Gaming, Geek Travels, Internet, PC, Social Media, Thoughts, cnet, gadgets, geeked, green tech, mainstream media, mobile, news, toys No Comments

  So this geek is in Beijing now witnessing the launch of a flurry of new HP products like the HP Pavilion MS200 All-in-one PC, HP Pavilion DV2 Entertainment Notebook, HP Probook S-series, HP Mini 110, HP DV2 notebooks (refreshed with AMD Dual-cores), HP Skyroom, Thin clients, and the Z series workstations.

  I’ll be doing a series of posts on this on CNET Asia and you can follow my live tweets here while I try to live update my CNET Asia blog now with more information on the HP Mini 110.

  

  Tags: Beijing, HP DV2, HP Mini 110, HP Pavilion DV2 Entertainment Notebook, HP Pavilion MS200 All-in-one PC, HP Probook S-series, HP Skyroom, HP Thin clients, HP Touch the Future Now, HP Z series workstations

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