30 May 2013 | News

Singapore to embark on “Safe City Test Bed” project

The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Singapore Economic Development Board are embarking on a “Safe City Test Bed” project which aims to test advanced technologies to improve public safety.

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20 May 2013 | News

US Air Force using analytics for energy saving

Eglin Air Force Base in the US has recently deployed a machine data and analytics to help reduce energy consumption and costs, as part of its strategic energy master plan.

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17 May 2013 | News

The Philippines to enhance R&D capabilities with Supercomputer

The Department of Science and Technology and the University of the Philippines announced yesterday that they will be leveraging the world-renowned IBM Blue Gene supercomputer to support key priority R&D projects focused on reducing poverty.

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16 May 2013 | News

The Philippines seeks IT-based proposals to solve transport woes

The Department of Transportation and Communications and the Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board are inviting technology firms to submit IT-based proposals to help them address issues caused by illegal operations of buses and other public utility vehicles, or what is locally known as “colorum”.

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2 May 2013 | News

The Philippines expands ‘Wireless Access for Health’ programme

The Department of Health, the United States Agency for International Development and other participating stakeholders unveiled plans to expand the Wireless Access for Health (WAH) programme which aims to improve the quality of health care planning and delivery nationwide.

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29 April 2013 | News

Vietnam to modernise population management systems

The Government unveiled plans to modernise administrative procedures related to population management as part of its efforts to improve its capacity to collect, process and disseminate population information and data.

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25 April 2013 | Feature

Integrating, governing and managing Big Data

Every 30 to 40 per cent increase in data volume usually forces an organisation to re-look at infrastructure. How do governments ensure scalability, while keeping integration, quality, security and efficient archival at the forefront?

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15 April 2013 | News

US State deploys Big Data Analytics Solution

The Arkansas Department of Human Services, US will revamp its IT systems enhancing data analytics capabilities to transform the ways it delivers social and healthcare services to citizens.

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11 April 2013 | News

Philippine Government Recognised in FutureGov Awards

The achievements of the Philippines’s public sector have been highlighted yesterday in the first national FutureGov Awards - with eight winners announced at an awards ceremony at the close of the annual FutureGov Forum Philippines conference.

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1 April 2013 | News

The Philippines expands national worker database registry

The Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippines has today launched the fourth phase of its Skills Registry System covering 23 towns and two cities of Central Luzon region.

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