Open Source Business Software & Government Wireless Infrastructure in Asia

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Hong Kong enterprises will spend $106.4 million on virtualization infrastructure software in 2012, up 14.9 percent over 2011.1, a Gartner forecast showed.
Worldwide data center hardware spending is projected to reach $98.9 billion in 2011, up 12.7 percent from 2010 spending of $87.8 billion, according to research firm Gartner Inc. It is also is forecast to total $106.4 billion in 2012, and surpass $126.2 billion in 2015.
A recent poll conducted by Symantec Corp. showed that most small businesses aren't taking the most basic steps to secure and protect their virtual environments.

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Symantec recently unveiled its Mobile Security Assessment Suite, which evaluate enterprises' mobile security postures and provides recommendations for the secure deployment of mobile devices and applications.
Australia has announced an $8-million trial of an in-home telemonitoring technology that will enable chronically ill veterans to have their health monitored by health professionals without leaving their home.
The National Police Agency (NPA) in Taiwan has implemented a new M-Police Operation System, which uses a number of advanced mobile technology solutions, to enhance crime detection capabilities and improve its criminal apprehension rates.

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The newly formed Asia Cloud Alliance vowed to resolve issues surrounding cloud computing to lower barrier to adoption and meet industry-specific needs.
In a new report, IDC Government Insights said that a new type of government cloud services, labeled "regional cloud hubs," will significantly change the way state and local governments procure online computing services.
Huawei has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a corporate member to help promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing.

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Brocade has recently delivered its 100th two-port blade to renowned European particle physics laboratory CERN, one of the world’s largest centers for scientific studies, as a critical component to accelerate its research.
F5 Networks is expanding its presence in Asia, looking to tap opportunities in the area of web security, fast applications delivery and disaster recovery.
Significant savings can be realized by consolidating resources through the use of a single network infrastructure. This white paper offers recommendations for a Unified Connect infrastructure.

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Tasmania, the first state in Australia to roll-out the National Broadband Network, has announced new developments that supports the continued growth in its ICT sector.
The global healthcare BPO market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.4 percent from 2011 to 2016, according to market research and consulting company Markets and Markets.
Malaysia’s leading data center operator, AIMS Asia Group (AIMS), has been selected as the outsourcing hub for Taiwan’s Acer Inc. to consolidate its business applications serving its Asia-Pacific operations.

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State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo must provide access to applications and data for approximately 5,000 students, 300 faculty, and 700 support staff — all with only 4.5 IT staff members. NetApp Metro Cluster and VMWare solutions provided cost-effective business continuity and DR solution.
Japan's NTT Data Corporation has selected Sybase's event processing technology and analytics platform to provide real-time analysis of bridge sensors.
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has signed up for IBM’s Customer Advisor Accelerator solution to reduce account opening processing time by at least 50 percent.

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HP has announced recently it will contribute the webOS software to the open source community.
Make free and open source software a priority, a university professor urged Philippine government executives at a forum held in Manila recently to mark the 40th anniversary of the National Computer Center.
A year of significant growth in the number of open source projects established to develop healthcare applications was led by practice management and electronic records management projects, according to an analysis by Black Duck Software, global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software.

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Alcatel-Lucent is set to launch the first 4G LTE wireless network in Saudi Arabia, which will bring subscribers true broadband services to their mobile devices.
A new platform for connecting wireless medical devices to cloud-based data centers for easy retrieval, storage or transferring of biometric information is gaining attention from mobile device manufacturers and healthcare organizations.
Thailand kicked off its free WiFi project with the installation of 20,000 free public WiFi hotspots in Bangkok just before the New Year.

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State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo must provide access to applications and data for approximately 5,000 students, 300 faculty, and 700 support staff — all with only 4.5 IT staff members. NetApp Metro Cluster and VMWare solutions provided cost-effective business continuity and DR solution.
While academicians explore the pedagogical uses of social media, educational institutions are finding creative ways to put social media to use outside the classroom.

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