IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com: "It turns out that Horan is right to worry. In fact, Apple’s iPhone Software License Agreement spells this out: “When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text,” Apple says. Siri collects a bunch of other information — names of people from your address book and other unspecified user data, all to help Siri do a better job."

Computerworld Malaysia - Thailand to outspend Singapore in IT: IDC

Computerworld Malaysia - Thailand to outspend Singapore in IT: IDC: \

"Thailand has been tipped by research firm IDC to overtake Singapore in terms of IT spending in 2012.
Thailand is expected spend US$11 billion on IT while Singapore is forecasted to spend US$10.6 billion. According to IDC's latest IT spending forecast, the total IT spending for Southeast Asia will reach US$54.7 billion by 2012. Asia's new economic giant, Indonesia, will continue to lead the pack.
IDC projects that IT spending in Thailand will leapfrog ahead of Singapore, growing at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 10.8 percent from 2012 to 2016."

MIS-Asia - NXP opens R&D centre in Singapore

MIS-Asia - NXP opens R&D centre in Singapore

 "NXP Semiconductors today launched its research and development (R&D) centre in Singapore.
One of the projects the company intends to focus on with the new facility is developing “Car-to-X detection to increase safe driving” in collaboration with A*STAR (Agency for Science Technology and Research). NXP also said it plans to collaborate with institutes to develop smart environment sensors in buildings to improve energy efficiency.
NXP said it plans to invest more than US$16 million (S$20 million) in the new facility and employ 50 employees."

The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011 | World Economic Forum - The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011

The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011 | World Economic Forum - The Global Information 
Technology Report 2010-2011:

"Sweden and Singapore continue to top the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011, Transformations 2.0, released by the World Economic Forum, confirming the leadership of the Nordic countries and the Asian Tiger economies in adopting and implementing ICT advances for increased growth and development. Finland jumps to third place, while Switzerland and the United States are steady in fourth and fifth place respectively. "

CIO-Asia - Application performance management top priority for CIOs: Quocirca

CIO-Asia - Application performance management top priority for CIOs: Quocirca:

"Application performance management is the top priority for IT executives in 2012, over improvements to private cloud, network upgrades and new internal apps, according to a report by analyst firm Quocirca.
In a study of 500 IT executives and CIOs from organisations in the UK, France, Germany and the United States, 82% of CIOs and 66% of all respondents said that users will expect better performance from their online applications in 2012.
However, nearly half of the CIOs surveyed said they were not confident that their organisation will be able to meet the expected demand without improving their application performance management (APM) capabilities."

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Jackson Hewitt Selects BlueStripe FactFinder to Ensure Top Performance of Critical Tax-Time Applications and Transactions - WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports

Jackson Hewitt Selects BlueStripe FactFinder to Ensure Top Performance of Critical Tax-Time Applications and Transactions - WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports:

 "BlueStripe Software, a leader in application and transaction monitoring for IT Operations, today announced that Jackson Hewitt, the nation’s second largest tax preparation firm, will use BlueStripe Software’s FactFinder solution to proactively manage application and transaction performance across all of their 6,600 franchise locations.

FactFinder gives Jackson Hewitt a view into its entire IT infrastructure from transactions through applications and servers. FactFinder enables the IT Operations team to quickly pinpoint and solve transaction bottlenecks by allowing the team to drill down into each level of the application system when problems occur. That visibility enables Jackson-Hewitt to focus the right remediation resources on any problem for a fix before end users are impacted, ensuring that Service Level Agreements are being met"

Computerworld Singapore - Amazon releases desktop app for Its cloud storage service

Computerworld Singapore - Amazon releases desktop app for Its cloud storage service:

 "If you have an Amazon account, you also have five gigabytes of free online storage for your files at your disposal through the Amazon Cloud Drive service. You may not have known that, though, because accessing that space hasn't been as easy as it is with services like Dropbox and SkyDrive."

Computerworld Malaysia - Microsoft to retire Windows Live brand ahead of Windows 8 launch

Computerworld Malaysia - Microsoft to retire Windows Live brand ahead of Windows 8 launch: "In Windows 8 machines, pre-installed applications that will have both local and cloud components include Microsoft Account, SkyDrive, Mail, Calendar, People (contacts), Messaging and Photos/Videos.
Along the way, Microsoft will shed their existing names, including Windows Live ID, Windows Live Mail, Windows Calendar, Windows Contacts, MSN Messenger, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Movie Maker.
It will also be possible to link the Microsoft Account with third-party online services, like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, in a way that a single list of contacts is maintained not only across Microsoft products but is also augmented"

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