Expert Opinions

"Being global but acting local" is a commonly used phrase in the marketing industry. But it has real-world implications and is the subject of many MBA courses, particularly those focused on international business.

If we had to summarize the year in security in a single word, I think it would have to be “explosive.” By looking at the stories in 2011, we can get an idea of what will happen in 2012.

The ability of SMEs to thrive matters because there’s a near universal agreement about their importance in a world seeking to restore financial stability and growth.

Today’s governments are looking at technology to facilitate conversations with citizens for better governance. Governments have realized the importance of actively engaging citizens in a meaningful two-way dialogue to better evaluate existing policies and quicken decision making process.

The Known Source concept is an extremely simple one, which has resonance in a variety of circumstances. It basically prescribes the necessity of obtaining the most trusted, secure and manageable software. If you do not, how can you be sure that nothing harmful or malicious has been introduced to compromise the integrity of the application.

iPad and other media tablets are changing the way information is produced and consumed. Even governments can adopt these devices to improve civil servant productivity.

Massive growth in data traffic has profound implications for network infrastructure. Here are options and long-term strategies for mobile operators facing exponential growth in data traffic. Operators will use a combination of tools to manage this data explosion: acquiring new spectrum, deploying more efficient wireless technologies like LTE, putting smarter Wi-Fi everywhere, adding femtocells, and getting more aggressive about cell splitting.

Being innovative is the driving ambition for many companies. The desire to discover the next ‘big idea’ that will take the world by storm is what keeps the wheels of global enterprise turning. By shifting a business’ IT security to the cloud, managers can be freed to innovate.

What is the common thread across Asia in the 2011 WEF Report? Many countries have a huge opportunity to prepare their policy and infrastructure to leverage technology across the non-tech sectors and verticals. It would be remiss not to start with Singapore which has edged one step closer to the top to land at number two globally.

With the explosion of social media, Singapore organizations are hard-pressed at making sense of all the unstructured data coming in from various channels to aid them in making business decisions. With this explosion of social data, we expect strong growth in social media analytics.