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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23 October 2008 | Feature

Medics on the move: enterprise mobility in Asia's hospitals

Jianggan Li speaks to those who are on the forefront of providing best tools to clinicians at the bedside

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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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16 October 2008 | News

Standards & interoperability priority for Health IT execs

A new survey on using HIT systems to support care management interventions highlights the need for many HIT applications to offer more functionality, standardisation and interoperability to optimise clinical and financial outcomes for patients.

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10 October 2008 | Feature

Grey govt - Asia's public sector learns to cope with an ageing population

Asia is ageing. We look at the impact an ageing population has on government service delivery and its efforts to retain talent and knowledge as a large percentage of workers reach retirement age.

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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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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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23 September 2008 | Feature

Home alone: Govt gets serious about remote working

In the past decade, working from home, otherwise known as telecommuting, has been drawing attention globally in both the private and public sectors.

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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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11 September 2008 | Research

Poverty rate in Asia to be halved by 2015

The region is on track to halve the poverty rate by 2015 and achieve the number one target of the Millennium Development Goals, largely due to progress made in East Asia, particularly China, according to the United Nations’ latest report.

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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

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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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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29 August 2008 | Research

Having everyone equipped with PCs has green flaws

Across the globe, the number of personal computers in use has exceeded one billion and the figures will double by 2014. This development will account for PCs dumped into landfills without consideration for its toxic content, says Meike Escherich, Principal Research Analyst at Gartner.

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3 August 2008 | Feature

IT recycling

As awareness about toxic e-waste grows, more of the region’s government agencies are promoting the message of re-use and recycle.

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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 | Feature

Why e-government isn’t working

E-government needs to go niche if it is to remain relevant and it needs to be relevant if it is to succeed online. James Smith thinks aloud.

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3 February 2008 | Interview

Leading the way in healthcare IT

Alan Payne, Chief Information Officer of health solutions provider Healthe, explains how IT is transforming Australia’s largest private hospital network.

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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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29 August 2007 | News

Villages in Myanmar get connected

Myanmar government plans to wire villages

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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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25 August 2007 | Feature

Campus networks in Asia

Students today learn in a connected, information-rich world that exists outside the campus and IT is upgrading to mee the new expectations.

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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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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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