Understanding the potential and the pitfalls
Singapore infocomm local enterprises can expect stiff competition in the United States, but the market is huge and the business environment is largely transparent.

Progeniq: Think and go global from Day 1
Earlier this year, Progeniq set up a presence in the United States, using the incubator facility at the Infocomm Development Authority's US office.

Hiperware: Understand the lay of the land
One needs a clearly articulated plan - and be well financed - before venturing into the US, says Mr Amey Laud of Hiperware.

Record number of National Infocomm Scholarships awarded
Forty-eight students have received this year's National Infocomm Scholarships - the largest number since the inception of the NIS five years ago.

More organisations take the NIS route to
talent recruitment
The NIS programme provides organisations with an effective channel for identifying and grooming infocomm talent.

A tale of two cities
Life has been an exciting experience - both work-wise and play-wise - for Mr Jason Wei, ever since he graduated in December 2007 under the NIS programme and went to work for his sponsor NCS.

IDA teams up with tech titans in global cloud computing test bed
IDA is taking part in a global cloud computing test bed initiative aimed at facilitating research in Internet-scale data-intensive computing.

IDA co-hosts high-level workshop on
telecoms trade rules
With many countries undergoing trade liberalisation, the need to discuss the implementation of trade rules has never been more important.

Secure Computing moves Asia Pacific HQ
to Singapore
Enterprise gateway security company Secure Computing has moved its Asia Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore.

New initiatives to boost SME infocomm adoption
SMEs receive an infocomm boost with the opening of a second SME Infocomm Resource Centre and the launch of a one-stop online directory of infocomm products and services.

Singapore unveils third Masterplan for
ICT in Education
Singapore's latest Masterplan for ICT in Education is aimed at further transforming the learning environment for students.

Singapore entities to get one
identification number
From 1 January 2009, any Singapore-registered entity will have a Unique Entity Number which will be used for all interaction with government agencies.

Google's Jolly Good Fellow
IDA's new speaker series - "Infocomm LIVE!" - kicked off with a presentation by Google's "Jolly Good Fellow" Tan Chade Meng.