UK-born, but now headquartered in Singapore, Courts is one of the largest furniture, electronics and IT retailers in Southeast Asia. It has more than 600 employees and nine stores across the Lion City, plus a retail Web portal. Courts Singapore started with furniture in 1974 and began retailing electrical products in the 1980s, then IT products in the late 1990s. Courts Singapore CEO Terry O’Connor believes the use of IT in the retail industry has become increasingly important and complex. By Ross O. StoreyTags: Executive Moves
Ever since he began his career two decades ago turning insolvent companies around, the CFO of international steel solutions company BlueScope Steel has ridden myriad economic highs and lows. By Shaun DrummondTags: Executive Moves
Entrepreneurs, strategists, influencers, call them what you want, but these 10 leading lights have made a name for themselves not just in their home countries, but in Asia and beyond. From a former marine civil engineer in Singapore to a successful money manager in Hong Kong, these outstanding individuals are highly driven with a passion to excel in their positions as CEOs, CFOs or CIOs. Here are the tales of their achievements and their lasting contributions to their industries. By CIO Asia writersTags: Executive Moves
The first order of business for this exclusive new club, launched specifically for CIOs, was to address the role of green IT in sustainable business practices.By Gerald WeeTags: Events
With the days of technology over-consumption over, companies now have to look into optimisation strategies for their IT infrastructure. By Gerald WeeTags: Events
The main barriers to enterprise adoption of cloud computing are mostly legal and financial and there is considerable potential for this much-lauded approach as it evolves in Asia. Mark Settle, CIO of multinational business services management software specialist BMC Software, discusses the political challenges CIOs face in implementing ‘the cloud’. By Zafar AnjumTags: Cloud computing
Social networking provides ways to unlock the most valuable distributed database in an organisation, according to PwC. By Jennifer KavurTags: Knowledge Management
Till 2007-2008, Indian telco Reliance Communications offered only CDMA services to its customer base of 80 million. Once they decided to make a foray into the GSM market, they created a single IT platform to support both CDMA and GSM business processes, saving on both cost and money. By CIO India staffTags: Telecommunications
Wireless management presents unique challenges. Here are some pointers on how to curtail costs and ensure reliability. By Vaduvur BharghavanTags: Networking
The lost last-mile information was not delivering results. That’s when Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services decided that it was time to change. Instead of increasing the number of branches, they decided to transform on-field executives into mini-branches to bridge the last mile gap. By Gunjan TrivediTags: Networking
No one can be without a mobile phone today, and it will be the same for unified communications in the near future, says Choo Yuh Joo, director of professional services and regional director for Indonesia and Vietnam, Transition Systems Asia. By Zafar AnjumTags: Unified Communications
Companies run the risk of legal action against them if they don’t have the right information able to be found in its proper place. By John Mark V. TuazonTags: Unified Communications
This white paper summarizes the details from testing worst case scenarios, methodology, system configurations, and equipment. It also addresses the concerns and unanswered question with test data, interpretations, and conclusions. Source: Commscope 14 Jul 2010
Implement policies that create a win-win for your network and employees, reduce bandwidth consumption from major media events by up to 99% and ensure consistent performance for business apps no matter how many employees are watching online. Source: BlueCoat 02 Jul 2010