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Singapore University of Social Science to Use E-textbooks

Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS) has launched e-textbooks for most of its courses. The technological initiative is part of a revised program to welcome the University’s July 2018 student intake.

Singapore’s Startup Culture Set to Grow through Partnership with South Korea

Singaporean SMEs and startups can expect more
opportunities to venture into the Korean market. Two Memoranda of
Understanding were signed between Enterprise Singapore (ESG), South Korea’s
Ministry of SMEs & Startups (MSS) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion
Agency (KOTRA). MOUs aimed to boost technology-centred collaboration and
co-innovation between SMEs and startups.

Contactless Payment Service Available at Singapore’s Changi Airport

Cashless payment in Singapore is taking off. Many retailers now accept e-payments and even citizens frequent person-to-person payments (P2P) using mobile apps. With most citizens on the bandwagon, the government now wants to engage its tourists.

Singapore’s Integrated Building Implements Assistive Technology

Singapore’s Integrated Building (IB) has pioneered a new way to help patients recover faster and transition them to everyday living. Collaboratively operated by Changi General Hospital (CGH) and a community hospital, IB is a first in Singapore.

Australian government builds National Cities Performance Framework to measure progress of its major cities

“The Performance Framework will bring together important metrics about Australia’s largest cities in one accessible online location.”

EXCLUSIVE – Helping local SMEs grow & leveraging on data analytics to drive business decisions

“So when I prioritise analytics projects, I look at these 3 areas: priorities, the operational context and intuition to decide a good place to invest resources in.”

Dutch Government Funded Research in Cultured Beef: Mark Post, Maastricht University, on the Future of our Food

Our land resources are becoming very limited. It is not easy to ignore new methods of livestock farming which have emerged in order to meet the demand for meat. With such desperate measures, livestock animals are subject to unhealthy and unsustainable farming practices. This is leading people to be increasingly mindful of their meat consumption, […]

JY Pook on Tableau’s Focus for 2016, Recent Expansions, and Solutions for the Public Sector

Earlier this year, Tableau announced they were expanding their cloud capabilities with the launch of a new data centre in Ireland, in tandem with their recent expansions in the APAC region. With new offices in Singapore and Shanghai, they are working to make themselves more available to new and existing customers OpenGov recently spoke to […]

Smarter Citizens in a Smarter World

The Singapore government is driving towards creating the world’s first Smart Nation. Interestingly, a major part of this initiative involves citizens and how technology can be leveraged to improve our lives[i]. Essentially, this should mean that businesses and the community as a whole will be encouraged to contribute and join the drive towards innovation. At […]

2016 is the Year of Simplicity, Executives at NetApp highlight the trends for this year

OpenGov recently got the chance to catch up with Lee Caswell and Rick Scurfield of NetApp to get their input on the IT trends and happenings within NetApp. Lee Caswell is the Vice President of Products, Solution, and Services Marketing at NetApp. He leads a team that speeds the customer adoption of new products, partnerships, and integrations. […]

Mark Grilli, Vice President of Acrobat Solutions, on organisations migrating to the age of digitisation

At the end of 2015, Adobe announced some significant new e-sign capabilities in Document Cloud that will make electronically signing documents and contracts easier than ever before. New functionality includes a visual drag-and-drop Workflow Designer, digital signatures (a more advanced, secure form of e-signatures) and Enterprise Mobility Management and Signature Capture that makes on-the-go signing […]

Building a data-informed nation from the top-down

Data analytics plays a big role in our move towards building a Smart Nation, allowing organizations and citizens, in both public and private sectors, to make more intelligent decisions that are ultimately aimed at better returns. At Tableau, we term this “being data-informed.” What does it truly mean to be data-informed, though? Data is […]

Data is the new currency, talent is the new investment

Digitization is widely seen to be the next wave of economic and social advancement. Data and information now generates more economic value than the traditional global goods trade. In a recent Boston Consulting Group (BCG) [1] study of more than 70 companies across sectors like consumer, financial services, retail, travel, media, technology and automotive, it […]

Joined up Justice – Exploring the Art of Possible through Digital Integration

A Common Challenge Government departments are challenged by the need to drive greater digital government initiatives enabling digital integration across their own department and the departments with which they collaborate and coordinate. The need to deliver services to citizens online and through digital platforms has never been greater. Firstly, there is centrally mandated pressure to […]

How do we Disrupt, Transform and Innovate in 2017?

This article is my journey to find some of these answers, more importantly understanding the real question. In looking at these questions in respect to the how, I have been reviewing and reading any books I can find on these topics. I have been looking to get a better understanding and grasp of the words […]

Part 1: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – The Inevitable Marriage? [OG Partner]

Part One in a four part series. Biometrics are fascinating on their own, but consider the combined impact of biometrics and what some believe will be one of the most disruptive technologies of the next decade – wearable technology. Biometric usage today is largely restricted by capture technology that has changed little in the past […]

Part 2: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – The Inevitable Marriage? [OG Partner]

Part Two in a four part series. In part one of this series we looked at the market outlook for wearable devices. In this installment we will explore how biometrics fits into the world of today’s wearable technology. Where does biometrics fit in the new world of wearable technology? In terms of the traditional biometric modalities (e.g., […]

Part 3: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – The Inevitable Marriage? [OG Partner]

Part Three in a four part series. Parts one and two of this series looked at the market for wearable devices and how biometrics can be used with today’s wearable technology. In this installment we will look at revolutionary biosensors of the not too distant future and the impact they will have on biometrics as we know it. If […]

Part 4: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – the Inevitable Marriage?

Part Four in a four part series. The first three installments of this series looked at the market for wearable devices and how traditional and non-traditional biometrics can be used with current and emerging wearable technology (Read earlier installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). This final installment examines the technological and sociological barriers confronting wearable biometrics and […]

Singapore government launching centralised API exchange for convenient and secure inter-agency data sharing

GovTech is piloting the use of APEX in MyInfo and eCitizen Ideas! and it plans to make the platform available to the entire public sector by the middle of 2017.

A*STAR officially launches Tech Access Initiative and opens new Industrial Additive Manufacturing Facility (IAMF) to help SMEs

“To remain competitive in the changing manufacturing landscape, our SMEs need to deepen their innovation capabilities & tap the opportunities from advanced manufacturing tech.”

CLOSING THE I.T. DELIVERY GAP IN GOVERNMENT WITH SECURE, HYBRID CLOUD [OG PARTNER]

In this digitized age, with decisions increasingly driven by data and consumers who expect that there’s always an “app for that,” it’s not easy to be a CIO.

RED HAT CLOUD [OG PARTNER]

In a remarkably short time, cloud computing has emerged as an important evolution in the way that organizations and individuals consume and operate computing.

A Strategic Decision for Stretching Public Sector IT Budgets [OG Partner]

Public sector IT organizations across the board — federal, state, local, the U.S. Department of Defense and higher education — are under intense pressure to do more with less. Diminished tax revenues and powerful political imperatives are putting the squeeze on budgets.

Red Hat JBoss Middleware [OG Partner]

Government innovation isn’t an oxymoron. Agencies at every level of government are responding to expanding mission requirements and rising citizen expectations by developing new applications and services that take advantage of mobile, cloud, data analytics, and other emerging technologies.

EXCLUSIVE – Dialogue Session on embracing digital disruption and delivering citizen-centric services in Malaysia

Discussion by international panel on how to design and deliver citizen-centric digital government services and the challenges involved

How to Avoid Common Mistakes in Data Center Planning and Design [OG Partner]

I recently had occasion to read a white paper that Schneider Electric put out some years ago about the mistakes companies make in data center planning and was surprised at how little has changed over the years.

The Top 9 Mistakes in Data Center Planning [OG Partner]

Many businesses are operating outside of safe capacity thresholds with little or no room to expand. According to the IDC, the average data center is 9 years old. However, Gartner states that any site more than 7 years old is obsolete.

Fundamentals of Managing the Data Center Life Cycle for Owners [OG Partner]

Just as good genes do not guarantee health and wellbeing, a good design alone does not ensure a data center is well-built and will remain efficient and available over the course of its life span. For each phase of the data center’s life cycle, proper care and action must be taken to continuously meet the business needs of the facility. This paper describes the five phases of data center life cycles, identifies key task and pitfalls, and offers practical advice to facility owners and management.

Economizer Modes of Data Center Cooling Systems [OG Partner]

The rising cost of energy and the drive to be green are resulting in greater demand to conserve energy. The energy savings potential of operating in economizer mode in certain climates makes it attractive for use in IT environments.

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