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Is Green off the agenda?

by Merle Singer October 15, 2010 Datacraft News

It’s a constant question thrown at me – is Green off the radar screen, has it gone away? The truth is somewhat different from my vantage point.  There certainly isn’t the hype or the chatter that started a couple of years ago and of course the debacle in Copenhagen in December really set the regulatory [...]

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Wake up call

by Eric Svetcov October 4, 2010 Datacraft News

Hello, computer. The age of malware that creates physical destruction has arrived. The world has changed in the last few months – it has become a little scarier and a lot more dangerous. This isn’t because some new dictator has declared war on everything; it is because we have just seen the weaponization of malware [...]

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Datacraft, are we ready?

by Catherine Tan September 30, 2010 Datacraft News

Unplanned events can have a devastating effect on businesses. Crises such as fire, damage to office premise, and IT system failure could all make it difficult or even impossible to carry out our normal day-to-day activities. With good planning, however, steps can be taken to minimize the potential impact of a disaster. Ideally, it should prevent [...]

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Starting With the End in Mind

by Nick Boag September 20, 2010 Datacraft News

I believe the children are our future … Whitney Houston sang Greatest Love of All and in that, she professed that the children would be our future. With a little poetic licence, we can take that one phrase and make it as relevant today as it was when it was released in 1986. Each day, [...]

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Closing in on IT service excellence

by Lisa Goh August 31, 2010 Datacraft News

To tell you the truth, I’m quite excited to be blogging about this now. It is only several days to go till our live webcast about IT service excellence! I’m filled to the brim with anticipation because this is a topic that I’m really passionate about. This webcast is to share a couple of cool [...]

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The Impact of Video Conferencing on Healthcare

by Nagi Kasinadhuni August 24, 2010 Converged Communications

Adapted from an interview with Nagi Kasinadhuni (General Manager, Converged Communications and Customer Interactive Solutions, Datacraft Asia Pte Ltd) that originally appeared in E-Gov Asia. Telemedicine requires the utmost performance since the information that is being exchanged can literally spell the difference between life and death. It is therefore imperative that we uplift our standards [...]

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The Very Best of Times

by Melvin.Lim August 13, 2010 Datacraft News

It was with some trepidation that I joined Datacraft Asia on the 6th of August 2007. I had had some experience with the company in my role managing the Theater Program Office in Cisco where I was responsible for rolling out the Global Service Alliance. And to be brutally candid, the prevailing view of Datacraft [...]

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The making of a Great Brand: The Rising Star 1995 – 1997

by Esther Quah August 10, 2010 Datacraft News

I have been managing the Datacraft Asia brand for 15 years now and I am extremely proud of the brand we have built over the years. The Datacraft brand has undergone several transitions since I first joined the company in 1995. It’s time for another transition but this time round, it’ll be a complete makeover [...]

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Expo – Getting from 0 to 9.5

by Tng Szu Lin July 27, 2010 Converged Communications

Since school days to agency days and finally to the client side, I have encountered countless challenging projects and events which I had been able to overcome, somehow. Once, I even survived a human stampede while giving away free T-shirts at a mega regional event. Each time I’m convinced that nothing could be worse, something [...]

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Interview with a Master

by Kathrina Molera July 22, 2010 Datacraft News

Just recently, one of our colleagues in Datacraft Asia, Dino Flores, became the first Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM) in Singapore for Office Communications Server (OCS). He went through a three-week rigorous training in Redmond, USA (Microsoft Headquarters) and is now one of just nine people in Asia with this prestigious certification. Of course, I would [...]

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The Datacraft Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) – Where Talent Meets Technology

by Kathrina Molera July 4, 2010 Datacraft News

The Datacraft Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is a partnership program between Datacraft Asia and De La Salle University – Manila, in which selected talents are molded to become Microsoft consultants.  Each year, a selected number of graduate students are thoroughly interviewed and screened. From this group of skilled individuals, 12 interns are selected to undergo rigorous [...]

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The making of a Video Case Study – Ascendas China

by Tng Szu Lin June 29, 2010 Converged Communications

To the holy grail of arguably the most effective sales tool in the world, I produced my very first, professional video case study… and I was lucky. Very lucky. Tannia, whom I recruited to assist me on Shanghai Expo, happens to be an ex-Ascendas staff. Through her connections, we got in touch with the people at [...]

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My experience at Expo 2010 Shanghai

by Nick Boag June 11, 2010 Datacraft News

A sprawling oasis that can take you to over 240 countries in a  single day, awaits the un-initiated in the centre of Shanghai.  Current estimated population of 70 million. The theme – A Better City, A Better Life.  I am of course referring to World Expo 2010 held this year in Shanghai China from May [...]

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When Giants of Video Communications Collaborate

by Andy Cocks June 8, 2010 Converged Communications

April brought big news – Cisco acquired Tandberg, a well-known global leader in video communications, especially personal video conferencing. What could have been competition, is now family. For Datacraft, this is great news as it strengthens Cisco’s position in video collaboration technologies and TelePresence. Watch this Cisco+Tandberg demo delivered by Marthin De Beer, senior vice [...]

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