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The 2010 World Cup in South Africa promises worldwide coverage like never before, with the BBC Sport website offering live video streaming of all matches. The success of the iPlayer and YouTube has led to an assumption on the part of users that the quality will be good to the desktop.

Most organizations would agree that their most valuable IT assets reside within applications and databases. Most would probably also agree that these are areas that have the weakest levels of security, making them the prime target for malicious insiders. This is a difficult problem to address, but it's not impossible.

I first heard of the concept of smart cities following a briefing by IBM around the topic of the smarter planet. But where do you start? Is it with hard assets or is it with the people? IBM's Mark Cleverley answers some of my questions with responses that beg morequestions.

As a business grows in complexity, so too is the need for more custom-applications. The Independent Software Vendor industry has grown to meet the need for specific business processes. An upscale private hospital, the HKSH is recognized for offering high quality hospital services and comfortable accommodation for patients. To maintain these standards, the hospital uses information technology extensively throughout its operations.

But the universal protection of confidential information from unauthorized access remains illusive. There have been numerous cases of data breaches both in the private and public sector, with some of the mishaps occurring through the carelessness of individuals.

IT security breaches in recent years have highlighted the fact that compliance with certain legislation and regulations does not necessarily equate to being secure.

The enhancements to Immigration systems allowed three million Singapore citizens to make use of their passports for automated immigration clearance.

Hong Kong's economy pushed up patient demand while a global move for better healthcare is driving adoption of e-health and new standards.

Public sectors across the region saw the crisis as a time to fast track deployments. TNS report concludes that large scale digitization projects are still hot in developing countries such as India and China. Smart grid projects on the rise.

Improved analytics gave University clear insight into daily operations and real-time capability to respond to rapid changes in system demand.