Posted April 16th, 2013 by admin
Through Infocomm Singapore Centre’s (ISC) bridging, Singapore Converged Solution Pte Ltd and Gushen (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd. have successfully signed a cooperation agreement to penetrate the China market of cloud customer service on 2 April 2013 at the “Cloud computing and mobile commerce technology Innovation Forum” held in Shanghai.
ISC Centre Director, Mr. George Yang was invited to attend the forum and witnessed the signing of the agreement.
Converged and Gushen met and began to cooperate during the ISC business matchmaking that was held in October last year in Shanghai. After few months of technical testing, the Converged’s cloud call center solutions is successfully running on the Gushen technical platform. Since then, Gushen has began to promote it in China as its cloud customer service program. Recently, the cloud customer service program has been selected for the Shanghai municipal government’s this year cloud computing applications program.
“Thank ISC for the bridging and pipeline”, Mr. Michael Koh of the Converged said to ISC George during the event. He expressed that this success case is a good reference for Converged to penetrate into China market. He appreciated ISC’s supports to make it happened.
Posted April 1st, 2013 by admin
1 April 2013, by KP Unnikrishnan, Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Cloud computing is the new economic model for data centers. It relies on virtualization of physical resources (compute, storage, and network) to reduce capital and operating costs, while reducing application deployment time from months to minutes. Clouds run in the data center either privately owned (aka private clouds) or owned by a third party provider (aka public clouds). In either case, the goals are the same: reduce capital costs, reduce operating cost by efficiently sharing resources to optimize utilization, and reduce application provisioning time to minutes.
Today’s business priorities require data centers that deploy new applications quickly and efficiently, provide fast and reliable “around-the-clock” data access, meet or exceed stringent service levels with zero downtime, and do all of this while maximizing investments by reducing costs. In short, IT must move at the speed of business to capitalize on new opportunities and respond to increasing global competition. For this reason, many customers are creating private clouds in their data centers while leveraging public cloud services where appropriate.
Cloud computing represents a new business model in which IT requires service-based computing where shared resources are connected to applications, and cost is based on resource consumption, not asset purchase. Resource sharing in the cloud relies on server virtualization. This has triggered a dramatic shift in computing technology, so that applications are no longer “owned” by the server; instead, resources are assigned to virtual machines, which become the basic unit of computing. Virtual machines can move when workload change demands it and physical servers require upgrades and maintenance. And, they can move between private and public cloud data centers. But, as data centers move to cloud-based architectures to increase enterprise flexibility and agility, the adoption of server virtualization is adding complexity to the network.
Data centers are going to evolve so that they can deliver any application, anywhere, at any time. They are going to need a cloud-optimized network that seamlessly connects both the physical and virtual components, resulting in a flatter, simpler, intelligent, scalable,and efficient network.
Impact of Cloud Computing on the Data Center NetworkCloud computing is a new model for the data center. How applications consumeresources and how applications connect to clients is virtual rather than physical. The use of the word “cloud” comes from IP networks, in which the physical network and data path are hidden from applications. Applications needed only an IP address to make a connection with other applications. An IP address virtualizes the network, hiding all the physical details from applications.
The idea of hiding physical infrastructure from an application is at the core of cloud computing. All physical components are hidden from applications. Before cloud computing, a physical server was used by a single application, which wasted capital resources, real estate, power and cooling, and human resources. In the cloud, physical servers are pooled into a server cluster and virtual machines are exposed to applications. The virtual machine hosts an application, or in the case of Web service applications, an application component. Resources consumed by applications (compute, storage, network bandwidth, and so on) are still provided by the physical infrastructure, but virtual machines acts as a “service layer” between the physical resources and the application workload that consumes them.
Application resource allocation and Service-Level Agreement (SLA) management is now tied to the virtual machine, not the physical server. The virtual machine becomes the basic unit of work in the data center, since physical resources are allocated, managed, and tracked by virtual machines, and the application inside consumes the container’s resources. Virtual machines must logically connect to several types of physical networks, for example, server clusters, data center management, client access, and storage networks.
When an application requires more resources than are allocated to its virtual machine, the virtual machine can be non-disruptively moved to another physical server in the cluster with more available resources, maintaining the SLA while improving resource utilization. When servers require maintenance or upgrades, all virtual machines using that server are migrated to other servers in the cluster so applications are “always on” even during planned maintenance windows. However, virtual machine mobility requires that all networks used by the virtual machine be aware of the migration to keep network policies, port configurations, Virtual LAN (VLAN) membership, and so on consistent.Client access connections to an application also have to follow the virtual machine non-disruptively, while continuing to be load balanced efficiently and secured across the server farms hosting virtual machines. Clearly, cloud computing places many new demands on traditional data center networks.
Networking ChallengesIn the cloud, network resources are consumed by virtual machines, not physical servers. Network management has to extend beyond the physical to the virtual layer. Monitoring has to be more intelligent so it can correlate virtual machine traffic with physical network components and resources. QoS, bandwidth allocation and traffic shaping are important in network configuration so that application SLA requirements are met. Network configuration becomes more complex, requiring more administrative oversight. Traffic patterns are much different for server clusters than for client/server connections. In server clusters, traffic between racks (“east-west”) can be much greater. Classic Ethernet networks support only “north-south” traffic flow, which adds latency to servercluster traffic moving between racks since that traffic has to move up and down through several network tiers. Server clusters benefit from a flatter Layer 2 network that scales across multiple racks so that east-west traffic flows use the shortest path to reduce latency and multiple paths for high utilization. Since virtual machines can move, the network needs to know how to map them (andtheir hosted application workload) to its network policies. Virtual machines are assigned a persistent MAC address, which is associated with the appropriate network polices, as if it were a physical server. But, the policy has to follow the MAC address as it moves from one physical network port to another. Workloads such as storage traffic require lossless, deterministic networks. Fibre Channelover Ethernet (FCoE) relies on Ethernet—which means that for lossless packetforwarding, Ethernet switches must support Data Center Bridging (DCB) extensions. Originally iSCSI relied on TCP for lossless packet forwarding, but it can also benefit from lossless Ethernet to avoid congestion more efficiently at Layer 2.
The manual configuration of multiple switches and ports with common parameters, as required in today’s network, does not scale, is not agile, and costs too much. With the addition of virtual machines and their logical connection to the physical network, converged IP and storage traffic on the same wire, and virtual machine mobility, network management must become agile and much easier to scale.
What Is a Cloud-Optimized Network?In the data center, the cloud-optimized network connects virtual servers and theirapplication workloads to other virtual servers and to virtual LUNs in storage resource pools, while maintaining secure, load-balanced client access connections to the Web, applications, and databases deployed on virtual machines.
The cloud-optimized network connects to virtualized resource pools and physical clients, servers, and storage using a single logical network. Ultimately, a cloud-optimized network can consolidate multiple physical networks onto a common physical infrastructure.
Ethernet fabrics are self-aggregating, scale efficiently, and are lossless and deterministic. In Ethernet fabrics, all switches are aware of all devices so virtual machine mobility does not require manual reconfiguration of the network. Finally, the fabric is extensible between data centers via core routers and Ethernet tunnels in the IP network.
Regardless of the cloud model – private, public, or hybrid – the simplicity, uptime, and capabilities of the network will ultimately define application performance and the user experience in the cloud. Cloud-optimized networks have proven their value across multiple industries, architectures, and applications.
Posted March 28th, 2013 by admin
28 March 2013, It has been an interesting and fruitful day at ICT Business Summit 2013, which happened today at Grand Copthorne Waterfront.
The total attendance of more than 500 for morning plenary and 2 afternoon tracks. People attended consist of professionals in the ICT, Retail, Marketing and Communications Industries. The informative sharing by Mr Vijoy Varghese, Event Organising Chairman, also SiTF Treasurer, and Mr Ronnie Tay, Chief Executive of IDA on the new initiatives and plans for the ICT industry would help more companies to improve productivity and growth.
Mr Nic Hall from TNS has shared with the participants on the challenges in innovation, business should not focus their innovation on too narrow a scope, which limit their opportunities to create breakthrough ideas. Also how companies can harness information that is already out there to analysis and understanding the changing needs of consumers.
Mr Andrew MCGlinchey on the other hand shared the 9 guiding principles Google used to drive business. Quite a number of participants were keen to know what would be Google upcoming plans.
The two morning panels sparked good ideas and discussions. Live tweets were projected on screen for participants to share their view and post questions.
At afternoon, 2 different tracks began concurrently. The Track A, ION Conference which was on business cases and discussion on IPv6 and DNSSEC kick started with Mr Richard Jimmerson from Internet Society doing the opening followed by Mr Dan York, Senior Content Strategist delivering the business cases. This session also had two panel discussions that talk about deploying DNSSEC and industry collaboration for deploying IPv6.
For Track B, which focused on social media, started off with Ms Karen Tam from Harbour City shared how the oldest shopping mall in Hong Kong connected audience through social media. Professor Jan Reck, Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation (also teaching at Queensland University of Technology) did a 2.5hrs masterclass on innovation through connectedness. He shared what some companies have done and how you can build your social connectedness for your businesses.
SiTF’s facebook fans, we will be sharing Nic and Professor Jan presentation via facebook, do stay tune.
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Posted March 26th, 2013 by admin
26 March 2013, by Raju Chellam, Hon Secretary, SiTF Cloud Chapter (Head: Cloud & Big Data Practice, Dell | South Asia & Korea)
In a world where data center technologies, devices and apps are converging, the composition and integration of cloud computing is also changing. And with the wide prevalence of tablets, smart phones and social media, the line between cloud-based and in-premise applications is blurring. This confluence is all the more visible in Singapore, the high-tech petri-dish of the world.
For three years in a row, the WEF (World Economic Forum) has ranked Singapore second worldwide in IT readiness. Over the past decade, the WEF’s GITR (Global IT Report) has become one of the most comprehensive and respected international assessments of the preparedness of economies to leverage the networked economy. The GITR provides a unique platform for public-private dialogue on best policies and for determining what actions will further a nation’s ICT readiness and innovation potential.
| World Economic Forum IT Rankings |
| Rank |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| 1 |
US |
Denmark |
Denmark |
Denmark |
Sweden |
Sweden |
Sweden |
| 2 |
Singapore |
Sweden |
Sweden |
Sweden |
Singapore |
Singapore |
Singapore |
| 3 |
Denmark |
Singapore |
Switzerland |
US |
Denmark |
Finland |
Finland |
| 4 |
Iceland |
Finland |
US |
Singapore |
Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Denmark |
| 5 |
Finland |
Switzerland |
Singapore |
Switzerland |
United States |
United States |
Switzerland |
| 6 |
Canada |
Netherlands |
Finland |
Finland |
Finland |
Taiwan, China |
Netherlands |
| 7 |
Taiwan |
US |
Netherlands |
Iceland |
Canada |
Denmark |
Norway |
| 8 |
Sweden |
Iceland |
Iceland |
Norway |
Hong Kong |
Canada |
United States |
| 9 |
Switzerland |
UK |
S. Korea |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Norway |
Canada |
| 10 |
UK |
Norway |
Norway |
Canada |
Norway |
S. Korea |
UK |
Source: World Economic Forum
Sweden has been topping the rankings, followed by Singapore and Finland. The report also includes detailed profiles of 142 economies, together with data for each of the 53 indicators used in the computation of the ranking. Here’s the link to the report: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology.
Under the theme “Living in a Hyper-Connected World”, the report features expert contributions that explore the causes and consequences of living in an environment where the Internet is accessible and immediate, where people and businesses can communicate instantly, and where machines are interconnected.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is defined as any application delivered as a service, anywhere, anytime on any device, as long as the device is connected to the Internet. Applications can either be infrastructure delivered as a service (IaaS), platform or operating environment delivered as a service (PaaS), or applications delivered as a service (SaaS).
Source: IDA
Cloud is generally perceived to be public cloud. However, the preference in the Asia-Pacific region is for private clouds. The difference is that public cloud services are open to a large and unrestricted universe of potential users who share the services, while private cloud services are designed for a single enterprise or organization or conglomerate and have user-defined restrictions on access and level of resource dedication.
Many private clouds are also hosted in third-party DCs (data centers). Global spending on hosted private cloud services is set to grow at a 50% annual clip between now and 2016 by when it will cross US$24 billion, says research firm IDC Corp. There are two deployment models in the hosted private cloud model:
- Dedicated Private Cloud: This model offers dedicated 1:1 physical compute and storage resources focused on the needs of a single enterprise. This model offers the most customer control over their contracted resource. Examples include Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances, IBM SmartCloud Enterprise, Savvis Symphony Dedicated, and Rackspace Cloud Private Edition.
- Virtual Private Cloud: This model is an adjunct of public cloud services with shared virtualized resources and a range of customer control and security options distinct from most public cloud services. Examples include Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Plus, Savvis Symphony VPDC/Open, and Rackspace RackConnect.
“The virtual private cloud will be the predominant operational model for companies wanting to take advantage of the speed and lower capital costs associated with cloud computing,” says Robert Mahowald, IDC’s Research Vice President for SaaS and Cloud Services. “On the other hand, cloud service providers will welcome the move away from the expense of dedicated 1:1 physical systems for delivering their business process and DC outsourcing and other services.”
Virtual private cloud is set to make steady gains in part because of its similarity to public cloud, particularly IaaS, which many IT buyers are already using as a cost-saving alternative to replacing aging infrastructure. As more companies evaluate their PaaS and SaaS options, the need to centralize the management of all cloud-sourced capabilities will become apparent.
Meanwhile, research and consulting firm Gartner says greater adoption of on-premise and SaaS will drive a modest increase in global software spend. “Regions with higher IT maturity, such as North America and Western Europe, expect lower or no budget increases over the next two years,” says Hai Hong Swineheart, a Gartner Research Analyst. “Developing countries with immature IT infrastructure, such as Eastern Europe, Latin America and most of Asia-Pacific will experience the largest budget increases in software spending.”
The data universe that touches the cloud is also expanding. Apart from IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, M2M (machine-to-machine) communications and the rapidly increasing number apps on smart phones is pushing cloud adoption. Global sales of mobile phones topped 428 million units in Q3 2012, with smartphone sales accounting for 40% of that, says Gartner. Smartphone sales were up 47% in Q3 2012, and the momentum doesn’t seem to stop.
The Singapore Angle
The result: exponential jumps in data generated. According to IDC, 130 EB (exabytes) of data were generated and stored in 2005 (one EB is 10 to the power of 18). This grew to 1,227 EB in 2010 and is projected to grow 45% a year till 2015. To manage this exponential growth in data, companies worldwide are gearing up to build DCs that are needed to store, process and transmit data which is the life-blood of many companies in the new digital economy. That’s where Singapore has the edge. Singapore is a preferred location for hosting strategic enterprise IT operations and DCs.
“Singapore is leading in terms of total commercial DC space in the region and it is growing at a phenomenal rate,” notes Leong Keng Thai, Deputy Chief Executive & Director-General (Telecoms & Post) at IDA. “This has also attracted companies like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to build their regional mega DCs in Singapore. The development of the Data Centre Park, which is a joint initiative by IDA, EDB and JTC, will provide a conducive, efficient and cost-effective environment to attract more premium DCs.”
As the demand for DC space increases, there is a need to ensure their sustainable development in an energy constrained world. It thus makes good business sense for DCs to go green and become more energy efficient, as electricity makes up a significant portion of a DC’s operating budget. Energy efficient DCs are also better insulated against the risk of rising energy costs.
“IDA and ITSC (Information Technology Standards Committee) have developed and published the Singapore Standard for Green DCs, called SS564,” Mr Leong told delegates at the at the Green Data Center Forum on March 14, 2013. “This is the world’s first energy and environment management systems standard specifically tailored to the needs of the DCs.”
The SS564 addresses the issue of how to go green and has reported PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) improvements of up to 35%. It also complements the BCA-IDA Green Mark for DCs scheme which helps DCs to understand just how green are they. So far, 10 DCs have been certified as SS564 compliant.
To encourage DCs to push the envelope in adopting innovative green technologies, IDA launched the Green DC Innovation Challenge. One winning consortium was led by Equinix, which piloted solutions for its older DC, SG1, resulting in annual efficiency savings of 11 million kilowatt hours. The other consortium was led by Toshiba which operates its DC at a higher ambient temperature and uses outside air to cool the DC.
While new DCs are generally designed to be green from day one, many of the existing DCs were built with legacy technologies. These may need to be retrofitted for more energy efficient technologies and systems. IDA has formulated the Investment Allowance Scheme for Energy Efficiency Projects for DCs. This scheme helps existing DCs lower the cost of capital expenditure incurred in implementing energy efficiency retrofits.
Finally, IDA is also developing a Green DC Technology R&D Roadmap in collaboration with the ICT industry, academia and public sector agencies. The roadmap will not only identify deployable green DC technologies, but also newer ones that may need more R&D work to ensure Singapore stays at the cutting edge of DC – and by association – cloud technologies.
Posted March 25th, 2013 by admin
March 2013 Edition by WIPO
SiTF and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) have established a collaboration to raise awareness of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options to court litigation available to ICT vendors, their partners and customers. The WIPO Center is part of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an intergovernmental organization with 185 member states, including Singapore.
IP may assist companies in the ICT industry in almost every aspect of their business development and competitive strategy: from product development to product design, from service delivery to marketing, and from raising financial resources to exporting or expanding their business abroad through licensing or franchising. Regardless of what product an ICT enterprise makes or what service it provides, it is likely that it is regularly using and creating IP. SiTF members will therefore want to systematically consider the steps required for protecting, managing and enforcing their IP rights.
This series offers WIPO information about IP for the ICT industry.
Art is going digital. As the boundaries between technology and art become increasingly blurred, Japanese company teamLab is breaking new ground and setting new trends in digital artistic expression. Founded in late 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko, teamLab brings together some 300 self-described “ultra-technologists” from a variety of technical and creative backgrounds. The company’s four-storey offices in the heart of Tokyo are the source, arguably, of some of Japan’s hottest trends and most creative artistic works.
Gangwon province in the northeast portion of the Republic of Korea has an immense amount of natural beauty and resources, and is a major source of clean drinking water for Seoul, the country’s capital city. Mountainous and sparsely populated, tourism and agriculture are the mainstays of the economy. Although this has benefited Gangwon greatly, the lack of industrial infrastructure and its geographical location and environmental features make it susceptible to damage from typhoons, heavy rain and snow, landslides, and natural disasters. Looking for a way to turn these challenges into opportunities, the Gangwon Embedded Software Cooperative Research Center (GEMS-CRC) developed a unique warning system that would help minimize the damage caused by extreme weather and natural disasters.
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SiTF and WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Collaboration: Benefits for SiTF Members
Further Information on the WIPO Center:
WIPO Materials on IP Management:
A practical publication addressing topics related to the protection and commercialization of IP assets for business success.
A handful e-learning tool designed to help SMEs utilize and manage IP in their business strategy.
Contact:
Mr. Leandro Toscano
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Office in Singapore
Maxwell Chambers
32 Maxwell Road #02-02
Singapore 069115
T +65 6225 2129
F +65 6225 3568
E arbiter.mail@wipo.int
W www.wipo.int/amc
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Tags: IP, IT, Legal
Posted March 25th, 2013 by admin
25 March 2013, contributed by WDA
The National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF) articulates the competencies required to perform various infocomm jobs, and serves as a comprehensive guide for career mapping, training and curriculum development, as well as organisation development and planning. Jointly developed by the IDA and WDA in consultation with the industry, the NICF aims to widen and deepen the capabilities of the Infocomm and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals.
Since the launch of the NICF in 2008, several employers have adopted the framework to enhance the management and development of ICT capabilities within their organisations. These organisations have successfully adopted the NICF to build new ICT capabilities, upskill their ICT workforce, enhance their HR practices and align their ICT job roles to industry standards.
Recent developments suggest that Singapore’s overall labour force growth will be moderated over the next decade. Hence, companies have been encouraged to increase the productivity of their existing workforce, adopt talent attraction, development and retention measures for local manpower. To facilitate enterprises in the infocomm sector to better attract, professionalise and retain a value-creating and capturing workforce amidst the tight labour market situation, the Infocomm Authority of Singapore (IDA) & Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) have jointly developed the NICF Readiness Kit to accelerate NICF adoption by employers to advance enterprise talent management practices.
Find out how the NICF Readiness Kit can help your companies at the NICF Readiness Kit Roadshow @ CaliberLink (51 Bras Basah Road, Manulife Centre #01-01, Singapore 189554) on 5 Apr 2013. 2 sessions will be held. The first session will be at 10 am to 12 pm, and the second session will be held at 3 pm to 5 pm. To register, please email your name, contact details, company name, designation to NICF@wda.gov.sg OR call Ms Priscilla Yin at 6512-1057 or Mr Lim Jia Wei at 6512-7330.
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Posted March 16th, 2013 by admin
E-commerce has grown rapidly over the past few years, reshaping the brick and mortar retail world. Companies like Amazon, eBay, Pinterest and Etsy have changed how we shop. This however is only the beginning and we once again stand at a new wave of revolution, one that could represent the next surge of growth for e-commerce and one home-grown startup, Gamurai, is poised to stand at the center of this wave.
Gamurai is a young fledgling technology company started by 2 young graduates. Founder and CEO, Sze Ming, boldly states his vision for Gamurai to be the pace setter in the next generation E-commerce and beyond. The key to enabling e-commerce to reach the next stage is through solving the 1 major problem existing in today’s online shopping experience, where users have absolutely no idea if the product actually looks good on them. To address this, Gamurai is planning to launch a photo realistic, 3D virtual try-on services to allow users to create personalized 3D avatars of effortlessly.
With their 3D avatars, customers can try out the different products and services on “themselves” virtually, enabling them to make better purchase decisions. This essentially lowers the barrier for customers to make online purchases and potentially opens the gate for the next stage of growth for e-commerce.
The technical know-how learned, will further enable us to easily create a realistic 3D full body avatar. This will open up a whole range of 3D e-commerce, by allowing users to find all kind of goods and services, tailored to their individual needs.
So far, Gamurai has incorporated their technology platform into 2 projects, UVshades and 3DMakie as a showcase to the potential of their technology. While the days are still early, we envisage that in the future, Gamurai could potentially set up a 3D social e-commerce portal, connecting users and businesses. As seen repeated in the tech industry where startups unseat their bigger counterparts, we do hope that Gamurai can succeed and challenge the existing larger incumbents of eBay, Amazon and TaoBao as the next generation online shopping portal.
Sze Ming and his team themselves represent a new breed of entrepreneurs jumping straight into the battle of starting up their own companies fresh from university. While they might not possess the experience from working in the corporate world, they are also unencumbered by this and view the world in a very refreshing manner, with an enormous appetite for risk and bravery to shape the world according to their vision. Their mentor, Virginia Cha, an angel investor who shares a similar vision have helped them along the way, challenging the team’s assumptions regularly, opening door and connecting them and constantly helping them to improve.
While it is hard to predict the future, Sze Ming and team envisions Gamurai to become a successful Singapore company, recognised by countries worldwide as the next innovative company, creating meaningful and lasting impact to people’s lives. Maintaining its company’s culture, Gamurai will continue to be run by a team of passionate dreamers whose daily goal is to change the world and made it better.
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Posted March 15th, 2013 by admin
Event dtd 14th Mar 2013
SGC had held a networking event for it’s member with MSD at Nangyang Polytechnic (NYP). Most members had actively signed up for the network session and among, 6 members companies had filled up the limited avaliable slots for presenting and showcasing their lastest product features to MSD.There were warmth and active exchanges between SGC members and representatives from MSD. Participants were given the rare opportunites to tour the security lab facilities at NYP.
Posted March 8th, 2013 by admin
The Annual SiTF Awards kicked off this morning with the Nominations Briefing for SiTF Awards 2013 on 8th March 2013. This briefing was held to give interested participants a heads up on what they can expect for the Awards this year.
The briefing was held at SiTF House at 9am this morning where 16 potential nominees, corporate representatives as well as students were updated on the 12 categories, including a new category for “Most Popular Mobile App”
Among those who attended, many were previous participants who are looking forward to new and improved judging system as well as the new Mobile App Category! The session also provided the nominees not only an avenue to clarify any queries they might have of the Awards, it also gave them a chance to mingle and meet up with other like minded representatives.
In case you were unable to take part in the briefing this morning, you will be pleased to note that a second briefing will be held on 13th March 2013, at Temasek Polytechnic.
SiTF Awards 2013 Nominations Briefing
SiTF secretariat's brief on the publicity done last year
Siang Hock from NLB sharing his previous experience
- Mingle and mix!
For more information, please visit SiTF Awards 2013
