E-Marketplaces Bring Opportunities for Startups
The dot-com companies -- small startups born on the Web -- should take advantage of electronic marketplaces to bring them on equal footing with the big established players.
Stories by Solomon Emanuel
Singapore Gets Strong R&D Commitment
Both the public and private sectors in Singapore significantly increased their expenditure on research and development (R&D) in 1999, according to a preliminary report on R&D efforts here.
Internet Brings Smart Force to Education
A change is on the cards in the area of education because of what the Internet can now offer to both education providers and their students.
IBM Offers Financial Aid to Local Net Firms
IBM Corp. Global Financing has rolled out two new finance offerings, aimed at providing local Internet businesses with some financial assistance.
Cisco: E-Commerce Involves Change Management
Moving into the electronic-commerce space is all about change management, a founder of one of the most successful e-commerce sites said here recently.
Ecquaria Picks Fund Way to Expansion
Ecquaria Technologies Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based manufacturer of electronic commerce software, plans to leverage US$9 million funding that it recently secured from four overseas investors, as a facilitator to expand into their countries of origin.
Singapore SMEs targeted for 64-bit Linux
Two local companies will work together from next month to make it affordable for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore to move on to 64-bit Linux technology.
SME Target for 64-Bit Linux
Two local companies will work together from next month to make it affordable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore to move on to 64-bit Linux technology.
Solomon Starts Southeast Asia ASP Service
After two months of local trials, mid-market business management system vendor Solomon Software Inc., this week launched its application service provider (ASP)-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) offering to users in Singapore.
E-purchases Show Quick Returns
Enterprises around the world that have chosen the electronic-procurement route are seeing dramatic returns on investment (ROI). Over 200 respondents to a survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting, have found that their ROI, based on an implementation cost of US$2 to $4 million, averages 300 percent over the first two to three years.
Singapore IT Veteran Sees E-Commerce Boom
An IT veteran of over 19 years, Stephen Yeo, has been at the helm of IT services provider, Singapore Computer Systems (SCS), for the last 10 months as its president and CEO. Key competencies of SCS include e-commerce, R&D/product development, systems integration and consulting services.
Intel Invests in Singapore E-commerce Facilitator
A Singapore company that operates an international business-to-business electronic-commerce exchange has received an investment form chip maker, Intel. Among other uses, the money will help Bex.com increase the number of hubs in its network of exchanges in the region.
Share Trading Gets Voice Recognition
Three local broking houses - Lim & Tan Securities, DMG & Partners Securities, and Keppel Securities - have become the first in Singapore to provide an automated interactive voice-activated share trading service for individual investors to place, amend and withdraw orders verbally over the phone.
Storage growth fuels admin woes
"Storage is becoming the centre of the IT universe," said Graham Penn, general manager of research a IDC Australia, to underscore the impact storage is having on businesses.
StarHub aims at the nonstop LAN
Info-communications consortium StarHub will start providing services in Singapore on April 1, 2000. At that time, it will be the first info-communications company in Asia-Pacific to offer total convergence of fixed and mobile communications on a single, integrated platform so that homes, offices and mobile phones can all be linked and reached anywhere with just one number.
But for now, the service provider is still involved in various stages leading to its service inauguration. One of these is its recent move to StarHub Center at Cuppage Road.