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What does it take to make a Smart and Connected Community real?

by Francis Lee July 20, 2010 Converged Communications

I’m one of the fortunate few who was given VIP access to get to see what goes on behind the scene in creating a ‘Smart and Connected Community’ or S+CC in short. For those who have yet to visit the Cisco Pavilion, here is a summary of what you can see at the US$45million facility. [...]

I only need 1hour of e-Learning, instead of my previous 1-day classroom course

by Theresa Tan July 12, 2010 Training and Development

Most of us have heard or said “history always repeats itself”, though in fashion (unfortunately) it never repeats exactly the same way – else I’ll own tons of those self-storage boxes where I can stash away all my retail investments to reuse when the fashion repeats itself in after 10 years. While it doesn’t work [...]

There are two types of companies in the world

by Eric Svetcov July 8, 2010 Managed Services

Those that have been breached and those that will be. The reality is that no security solution is foolproof. Even the most technologically advanced solutions with detailed procedural controls can be circumvented by a determined individual or group of individuals. And when that occurs, it is necessary to be prepared to clean-up the breach and [...]

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 [...]

Storage Virtualization – Choosing the right approach

by Francis Lee July 1, 2010 Data Centre Solutions

A friend of mine, who’s a CIO of a media company came to me the other day (at a StarTrek convention), asking me about all the hype he’s been hearing with regards to Storage Virtualization, and how it can help save his company’s money, save power, save space, and short of saving the world, save [...]

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 [...]

Implementing Server Virtualization Frameworks

by Kelvin Chin June 21, 2010 Data Centre Solutions

Last week, I spoke at the Operational Excellence summit on implementing server virtualisation frameworks. An age old topic where it was only in the last 12 months that the market has seen server virtualization move forward towards mainstream adoption. Server virtualization made data centre consolidation a reality, and technology standards, like web services, have been [...]

My Digital City – A user profile

by Nick Boag June 15, 2010 Converged Communications

Imagine a world where all devices are intelligent. Where your fridge can order your groceries, where your power network can tell you when you have exceeded a set amount of consumption, where your car will tell you and your mechanic it needs attention before the oil leak starts lapping at your rear bumper. Imagine a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Virtualisation for pain-free disaster recovery

by Andy Cocks June 3, 2010 Data Centre Solutions

Hear the word disaster-recovery and typical IT teams would let out a collective groan. With virtualisation, it need not be difficult actually. Indeed it could make disaster recovery a cinch. Server consolidation, cost savings and risk mitigation are among the key benefits of virtualised environments. In the wake of global pandemics, natural disasters and the [...]

Non-functional requirements

by Eric Svetcov June 3, 2010 Security

I was going through a few different RFPs (Request for Proposal) and was again struck by the complete lack of non-functional requirements embedded within most RFPs. The descriptions of desired functional requirements are all there in excruciating detail; however, there are no specifications for information security (beyond a statement in one RFP that security is [...]

5 minutes to discover a visual solution for everyone

by Bill Padfield May 22, 2010 Unified Communications

Check out Tandberg’s Business Advantage Calculator to discover in just 5 minutes the financial and environmental benefits video conferencing will bring your company. With team members and clients across the world, communicating ideas easily and making decisions quickly can be problematic and time consuming. Teams either try to communicate using the phone or waste hours [...]

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