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DAP polls: If not the butler you can always blame software

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DAP blames polls fiasco on pc errors If so, why did a human ought to quit? IF for nothing else, a lot of my former colleagues at Microsoft Malaysia say they may in no way forget about me for how I managed to transform the quite-polished and expert office surroundings there into a typical newsroom in my two or so years at the business enterprise.   All could be peaceful and quiet whilst a string of Chinese curses might unexpectedly erupt, and my workplace-mates might nod and snort at each other, announcing, “Ah, Asohan is having another PowerPoint second.”   Hi. My name is Asohan. I am PowerPoint-challenged.   Yes, I admit it's miles a powerful and very beneficial piece of software which millions and millions of human beings all around the international use and not using a greater notion than they might Word. I am just no longer one in all them.   I hated making ready displays, and I hated doing them on PowerPoint, despite the fact that via my purple haze of rage, I ought to s...

Week in Review: University R&D not aligned to national interests

Publishing studies seen as more vital than spawning disruptive startups eleventh Malaysia Plan needs to create stronger alignment, market focus R&D I REALLY appreciated my cofounder, A. Asohan’s -component collection on TechCare Innovation Sdn Bhd. It is one of the rare stories we've got introduced you where academia research meets marketplace desires. TechCare is also one of the few robotics corporations which have come to our attention.   When we have been making plans Digital News Asia (DNA), we felt that there would be a whole lot of exciting tales we should bring readers on academia-non-public area collaborations, however that has now not been the case.   And, in case you read among the strains, the TechCare story highlights a key reason for this: Universities have more self-hobby in pushing their researchers to get their research and development (R&D) published in respectable journals than in spawning the following day’s disruptive organizations.   Dr Yeong Chee...

Cloud: Vendors not doing enough for their channels

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Channels hampered by using direct opposition, lack of modern answers, overly complicated packages and proprietary vendor technology Only 11% of respondents presently appearance to their vendors for modern finance answers and 19% for marketing funding RECENT research from Brocade shows that many channel groups are being impeded in their efforts to transport toward cloud-based totally expert offerings due to a lack of flexibility and capability by using their vendors.   The study found out that in addition to direct opposition, channel organization’s expert offerings targets are being limited through a loss of modern vendor answers, overly complicated packages and proprietary seller technologies, Brocade stated in a declaration.   Based on a survey of over 500 channel corporations international, the file found out that nearly 1/2 of respondents expect expert offerings to end up their principal revenue generator by way of 2020. Yet, for almost all of respondents, expert offerings mo...

Security as a business enabler not a bottleneck

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Time for safety to be notion of as an enabler and a commercial enterprise differentiator Customers need safety, but they don’t want protection to be the bottleneck FOR many companies, security is set restricting access to, and putting up partitions around, touchy records and systems. But for carriers in the identity management area, supplying the proper form of get admission to to the right type of records to the proper human beings honestly opens up commercial enterprise possibilities – for example, the visiting salesman who can get stock records from his corporate network quickly to seal a deal. “It is time for safety to be notion of as an enabler and a business differentiator,” says Kenneth Hee, Asia Pacific director of Business Development Enterprise Security at Oracle Corp, touting this as the design philosophy at the back of Oracle Identity Management 11g Release 2, the brand new iteration of the Oracle Identity Management platform first delivered in 2009. Hee became speaking to ...

Obama’s re-election not bad for Philippines

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‘Outsourcing commercial enterprise offerings to the Philippines helps make US agencies greater aggressive and profitable’ In 2011, the Philippines’ IT-BPO enterprise generated more than US$11bil in sales and hired nearly 640,000 THE Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s re-election amid speculation that his victory may additionally resurrect talks on the passage of anti-outsourcing rules inside the US Senate. “We congratulate President Barack Obama (%) on his reelection. While there has been hypothesis that anti-outsourcing legislation may be revisited, the Philippine IT-BPO enterprise will maintain to support america economy and American corporations to help ensure they're the various maximum aggressive in the global whilst releasing up sources to create more jobs inside the United States,” said BPAP president and CEO Benedict Hernandez. According to Hernandez, “Outsourcing commercial enterprise services to the Ph...

Maxis kicks off ‘It’s not OK to be OK’ company transformation

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Re-energising brand identity to mirror greater colourful manner of working Says has set excessive bar to improve network, merchandise, guidelines and approaches MAXIS Bhd, many of the telcos lately fined through enterprise regulator the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for dropped calls and having published a four.nine% decline in net income for 2013, has released a new business enterprise philosophy and emblem identification.   This flow indicates simply how extreme the business enterprise is ready transforming itself into a consumer-centric organization, Maxis stated in a statement.   ‘It’s Not OK to be OK’ could be the new attitude driving standards of transport and manner of operating, both internally and externally, it said.   In addition to the release of the brand new philosophy, Maxis has additionally introduced refreshed visible identities for its Maxis and Hotlink brands.   ‘It’s Not OK to be OK’ is now not a slogan however an mind-set … It is a...

Banks should be banking on APIs and apps not applications

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Banking industry has lost its manner, says studies director Apps, now not packages, permit a brand new style of engagement with clients CURRENT application portfolios are stopping banks from making the transformation they want to re-interact with customers and stakeholders, in accordance to investigate organization Gartner.   Gartner stated that apps, not packages, allow a brand new fashion of engagement with customers — one that is centered on presenting desires-primarily based and context-conscious services.   “The banking industry has lost its way, each inside the services it affords to clients and its destiny profitability to stockholders,” stated Kristin Moyer, research director at Gartner.   “Banks need to convert each their delivery fashions and architectures to stay profitable and relevant within the monetary offerings’ value chain. Applications are preventing transformation within the banking enterprise because they are inflexible and reactive.”   Gartner stated banks ne...

Hackademy not just another 'hit-and-run' hackathon

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Besides prizes, winning team will also be incubated through Gush Ventures Gush company shape no longer finalised, can be formally released year-quit   GUSH Ventures, the task arm of social media advertising startup GushCloud Pte Ltd, believes it has the proper ingredients to make its hackathon a success and no longer have it turn it into one of these “hit-and-run” hackathons.   “With maximum hackathons, now not simply in Malaysia but everywhere in the global, the celebration ends as quickly as the winner is announced. You participate, you win the prize, and that’s it. There’s no observe-thru,” said Gush Ventures commercial enterprise director Cedric Tzeuton.   Its hackathon, dubbed Hackademy, will take area in Kuala Lumpur from May 24-25. Over 24 hours, a few 300 members in about 60 teams will paintings to expand sensible web and cellular programs which are each socially relevant and commercially feasible, Gush Ventures declared.   The winning groups might be entitled to prizes ...

Windows re-imagined Microsoft not quite

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Most radical layout of the OS considering that 1995 suggests Microsoft is extreme about catching up No news yet on the neighborhood availability of its own devices, the Surface and Surface Pro MICROSOFT Corp has released the Windows eight running device, its big guess to regain its relevance in what is becoming a put up-PC international, however gave no indication of when its Surface pill laptop would roll out in Malaysia or the relaxation of the location.   “We aren't making any announcement yet at the availability here,” Microsoft Malaysia Ananth Lazarus told Digital News Asia (DNA) on the sidelines of the neighborhood release of Windows eight on the Plaza Low Yat in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 29.   The US tech massive rolled out the USA$499 Surface tablet walking on the ARM processor ultimate week in Australia, Canada, China (which include Hong Kong), France, Germany, the United Kingdom and america. Company assets indicated that even markets like Puerto Rico gets the device earli...

Generous Maxis dividends may not be sustainable: Analysts

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Company reports declining sales and EBIDTA, however internet proifts up a notch Future dividends likely to be connected to loose cash-flow ranges as opposed to constant payments MALAYSIA'S Maxis Bhd, which has been generously profitable its shareholders, might also pay out fewer dividends after its modern monetary year, analysts are warning. Some analysts have even decreased their dividend forecast on Maxis via over 20%. The cellular operator has been returning annual dividends of forty sen a proportion, or RM3 billion, to shareholders in view that 2010. Such payouts have been consistent despite the fact that its annual income have been within the range of RM1.7-2.five billion or RM23.five-33.7 sen a percentage.  [RM1 = US$0.31]   During a briefing with analysts on May 7, Maxis' management, led by way of chief govt officer Morten Lundal (p.c) , reiterated that the agency is committed to its 40sen dividend consistent with percentage steering this economic 12 months. Howeve...

To BYOD or not to BYOD

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By 2014, 54% of businesses in Malaysia could be the usage of or plan to use BYOD tasks There are compelling motives why companies have to remember embracing BYOD THE days of agencies mandating what devices personnel can use are over. Today’s digital natives are stressful that their groups permit them to carry their personal gadgets, inclusive of smartphones, capsules and laptops, to the workplace. Born and bred inside the Internet generation, they keep in mind access from any device and to any facts or app, as their proper and not a privilege. The consumerization of IT is an unstoppable trend, and would, in due route, be contemplated as a concern for personnel while seeking employment. >Organizations would need to embody these new realities if you want to entice talent, that is instrumental in infusing innovation into an organisation. Beyond virtual natives, a latest take a look at via IDC revealed that the pinnacle two groups riding assist for non-standard devices are VPs/ ad...

Ookla results not representative of Net speeds: MCMC

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‘Echoes’ minister’s scepticism of benchmarking Notes different reports that provide extraordinary consequences THE Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has forged doubt on on-line records published with the aid of Ookla, a company that specialises in broadband checking out and community diagnostics, which placed Malaysia’s broadband speeds as lagging behind its Asean neighbours along with Cambodia and Vietnam.   In a assertion, MCMC stated it “echoed” Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek’s scepticism approximately the Ookla outcomes.   According to commercial enterprise weekly The Edge ’s on line version, the minister had said that whilst he knew Malaysia’s broadband speeds changed into now not something to be happy with, he also said that one must look at the benchmarking Ookla used.   A number of broadband velocity tests were conducted and publicised by various events reflecting varying effects, MCMC stated. Each is measured using a sp...