September 2008
This Issue
Cover Story: The Femme Factor --Asia's Enterprise IT Bucks the Trend
Some leading I.T. ladies
Tradition would have it that information technology is a male-dominated industry and profession, particularly in the patriarchal society of some Asian countries. But examining the latest research provides a different story. By Zafar Anjum
From the editor
Doing twice as well to be half as good
Judging by our fascinating cover story for this edition, Asian women are indeed giving their male IT management colleagues a hard run for their money. By Ross O. Storey
At the Coalface
How timing change cuts costs
If an executive wants to look at how they can curb IT expenditure, what they really need to do is to first identify what changes need to be eliminated. By Peter Hind
IDC View
Multi-vendor managed services
The outsourcing and managed services market for information and communications technology in the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) grew by more than 11 per cent in 2007. Value-added managed services (VAMAMS) outpaced the market, growing by more than 19 per cent and, this year, so far, have grown by nearly 12 per cent. By Adrian Dominic Ho and Cyrus Daruwala
Heidrick View
Shoestring innovation
Today, with the world undergoing a global credit crunch, technology spending is once more under close scrutiny. And a surprising trend is emerging: innovation on a shoestring. By Tim Brewin
Essential Technology
Adventures in managing virtualisation
Evan Jafa, CIO for First American, has already learned plenty about server virtualisation during his data centre revamp. But he says the greatest virtualisation challenges for IT leaders are yet to come. Think process management, network provisioning, and IT organisation makeovers. By Laurianne McLaughlin
ROI Methodologies
Show me the money!
Some deceptively simple and fundamental questions asked in business—what will be the return on investment (ROI) for the project? When can the IT project expect to pay for itself and when will it start earning money? —are not so easily answered. By Ross O. Storey
Logistics
Nurturing customer intimacy
In today’s highly competitive logistics sector, one German logistics giant focuses on using IT to optimise the dynamics of relationships and to increase the feeling of ‘intimacy’ enjoyed by customers. By AvantiKumar
Enterprise Asset Management
High energy performance
Growth from electricity production,oil trading and desalination demanded an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system overhaul for one of the Lion City’s leading energy suppliers, which achieved some surprise extra benefits. By Melissa Chua
CEO Profile
Outsourcing social networking
For most people social networking is a harmless bit of fluff. But the newly-anointed chief executive of Asia-focused social networker Friendster, wants the 75 million-member website to do business with Asia Pacific’s biggest retailers, telcos and banks. By Ben Woodhead
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Cost Comparison of Network Deployments
A Comparison of Total Costs of Ownership of 10 Gigabit Network Deployments in the Data Center
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