The government recently announced a new $89 million project to construct a unified national cloud that offers several services. The project includes building two data centres and updating an existing centre, which will be linked by a fibre optic ring. Once completed by Q1 2024, the centres will provide high-speed internet connectivity to all government departments and help unify data from all ministerial departments. The goal of this project is to transfer all data centre silos from different ministerial departments into a single unified location. This will make all of the data safe and easily accessible. According to André Pedro, the director of the National Institute for the Promotion of the Information Society (INFOSI), the project will also offer a secure environment for citizens’ data and increase the availability of electronic services. One side effect of this move is that INFOSI will no longer issue the .ao domain for users once the project is completed. Instead, it will issue licences to companies for that purpose. This project is crucial because any company or organisation that depends on technology needs data centres to function optimally.

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NRF’s former global tech co-head to lead Magic Circle firm’s 600-strong tech group in Asia-Pacific Stella Cramer Image courtesy of Clifford Chance Clifford Chance (CC) has hired a global co-head of technology at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) in Singapore, as the firm positions itself to take advantage of the city-state’s expected growth in complex digital and transformational technology projects. Stella Cramer has joined CC as a partner to lead the firm’s tech group in Asia Pacific, where she has worked for more than 15 years. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers, she brings extensive experience in complex digital and transformational technology projects, platform collaborations and technology transactions to her new firm, including disruptive technologies such as AI and blockchain. She also advises clients on global data compliance programmes, the commercialisation of data and high-profile cyber incidents and serves on specialist advisory committees covering the regulation of data, blockchain and AI in Singapore and regionally. Connie Heng, regional managing partner for Asia Pacific, commented, "We are delighted to welcome Stella to lead our tech group in APAC. Technology is having a transformative effect for our clients regardless of industry, and Stella’s deep knowledge and track record of excellence will take our […]

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Cloud services have quickly become a foundational part of IT infrastructure in terms of data, networks and applications. To achieve effective digital transformation and maximize value, operators need to have the right IT infrastructure in place and adopt pre-integrated cloud solutions that enables them to leverage their core assets. A key goal is to accelerate value monetization as the digital transformation journey of carriers evolves. It requires strategic alliances with companies that can provide capabilities in cloud, storage and diversified computing power. Huawei offers those capabilities in the form of network-side devices, distributed cloud architecture (on-premises cloud + public cloud), unified storage resource pools and diversified compute power pre-integrated with core telecom applications. In this article, we look at how future-oriented IT infrastructure for operators can pave the way for success. We also explore the telco evolution from communications technology (CT) to include the diverse set of technological tools and resources of information communications technology (ICT). Future-oriented IT infrastructure for carriers According to research from Gartner, carriers around the world will increase their investments in cloud-based transformations at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27% in the next five years. Laying the foundation to hep carriers achieve intelligent […]

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An end-to-end ecosystem to help governments and organizations make the most of frequency thanks to complete portable solutions BOLZANO VICENTINO, Italy, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — More and more governments in Europe are undergoing a digital transformation across their public safety agencies. Band 68 is a dedicated frequency that can be used to support emergency management and other public safety use cases with critical private mobile radio (PMR) communications. Despite the band availability, its full potential has not yet been realized and a multi-vendor product approach can help meet the challenging needs of these use cases and accelerate the agencies’ digital transformation. Continue Reading Athonet_Crosscall_Qualcomm By combining Athonet’s mission critical portable solutions and Crosscall’s ruggedized smartphones and tablets, which utilize IoT solutions from Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Athonet can realize an end-to-end offering for this band-from network to the end user device. Thanks to this collaboration, public safety agencies can utilize a complete portable tactical solution with full use of band 68 for various critical PMR communications. This offering is enabled by the Athonet Tactical Backpack ATB-68, Athonet Tactical Cube ATC-68, Crosscall X-COMM remote speaker microphone, Crosscall X-VIBES bone conduction headphones and Crosscall CORE-Z5 smartphone, which utilizes the Qualcomm® QCM6490 […]

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Image: fauxels/Pexels What I am about to tell you may come as something of a shock. I apologise if it does but I feel this is something that needs to be shared. Apparently, businesses often think they know what’s best for their workers but – and you may struggle to believe this – they’re not always right. That’s one of the findings to emerge from recent research conducted for Ricoh Europe which looked at the effectiveness, or otherwise, of technology being introduced to improve the employee experience. Conducted by Opinium and analysed by CEBR, the research polled 6,000 workers and 1,500 decision makers across seven countries in Europe (including Ireland). It revealed quite a disparity between employers and employees on the subject of how to improve the working experience. advertisement Nearly three-quarters of decision-makers (72%) claimed they designed employee workplace processes and systems with employee experience in mind, but only 58% of workers agreed that new technology had achieved that goal. In addition, more than a third of workers (36%) said that the new technology being rolled out across their organisation would not affect their work. According to Ricoh, the findings suggest “that many employers are failing to understand […]

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Indonesia’s leading telecommunication provider Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global ICT solution provider Huawei on Joint IP network Innovation during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023. Under the agreement, the two parties will jointly carry out SRv6 verification, while also promoting large-scale SRv6 commercialization, in order to accelerate the transformation to automated and intelligent network architectures. The MoU was signed by Desmond Cheung, Chief Technology Officer of IOH, and Daniel Wu, Director of Huawei Indonesia IOH Account. Vikram Sinha (President Director & Chief Executive Officer of IOH), Gary Lu (President of Huawei Network Marketing and Solution Sales Department), Ryan Qiu (VP of Huawei Datacom Product Line), Linda Cui (President of Huawei Hutchison Global Key Account Dept) and Long (CEO of Huawei Indonesia Tech Investment) attended the signing ceremony. IOH and Huawei sign an MOU on Joint IP network Innovation Information-based development leads to the explosive growth of Internet applications worldwide. With the growing scale of networks and the advent of the cloud era, increasingly more network services are emerging. In turn, these services impose increasingly more requirements on networks. SRv6, as a next-generation IP transport protocol, is bound to lead industry development. As […]

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), February 28, 2023 – The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory today released a new research announcement soliciting flight concepts for “ Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab .” This solicitation is open to a broad range of technology areas including chemical and material synthesis in space, bonding, translational medicine, in-space edge computing and on-demand cloud computing technologies, and the use of ISS remote sensing data to improve geospatial analytics for commercial use. Space-based technology development and demonstration is a strategic priority for the ISS National Lab, as it provides an opportunity for accelerated technology maturation to enable advancements that improve life on Earth and build commerce in low Earth orbit. Through this research announcement, offerors may propose to use the unique ISS environment to develop, test, or mature products and processes that have a demonstrated potential to produce near-term and positive direct or indirect economic impact. More specifically, emphasis will be placed on proposals for the testing and space qualification of hardware prototypes and for advancing process improvements, such as (but not limited to): Hardware prototype testing: Innovations addressing hardware product development gaps and emerging technology proliferation in the areas […]

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Amazon’s cloud business, AWS, is showing signs of decelerating growth which has spooked investors. Despite short-term uncertainty resulting from industrywide challenges, the AWS segment seems well-positioned to grow through 2030. Amazon.com ( NASDAQ:AMZN ), the largest e-commerce company in the world, is also a leading player in the cloud computing market. The slowdown in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) segment in recent quarters has created negative investor sentiment toward the tech giant, but this presents a good opportunity for long-term-oriented investors to cash in. The company will take a hit from challenging macroeconomic conditions in the short run, but Amazon still has years of growth ahead. For this reason, I am bullish on Amazon. AWS Segment Outlook Although Amazon has built its reputation around the e-commerce business, AWS, its cloud business, is the most profitable business segment. For context, the North America segment and the International segment reported operating losses of $200 million and $2.2 billion, respectively, in Q4, while the AWS segment reported an operating profit of $5.2 billion. The AWS segment is still the smallest segment of the company from a revenue perspective despite contributing to the bulk of operating profits, which highlights the highly profitable nature […]

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Henderson, Nevada-based software developer Flight Vector, which already has a strong U.S. market, anticipates several opportunities in the Middle East, after attending the Dubai Helishow last year. “There is a tremendous amount of helicopter services in the Middle East and we believe this will continue to grow, especially considering the socioeconomic climate and affluence within the region,” company founder and CEO Scot Cromer told AIN . “It goes without saying that oil and gas are huge opportunities, and it’s obvious the Middle East is a hotbed for expanded use of helicopters. Our initial information is that our product should be received well.” Flight Vector offers a suite of software products primarily developed to help manage missions that might include air ambulance transport, ground transport, UAV/UAS tasking, or even management of information as it flows throughout a system. “Our product suits a wide range of industries, including aviation, healthcare, utilities, offshore gas or oil, just to name a few,” Cromer said. According to its website, Flight Vector offers a suite of products that are designed to meet the needs of the modern communications center and are especially suited to the emergency medical market. Its products are customized for each client, […]

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Susumu Tsubaki, CEO of AAIC Investment Japanese investment firm AAIC seeks to capitalise on the growing demand for medical services in Africa by backing healthcare startups. Japan’s healthcare system is widely recognised as one of the most advanced in the world, but this wasn’t always the case. In an effort to provide all citizens with sufficient healthcare and reduce the financial burden of medical expenses on individuals, the government introduced a universal health insurance scheme in 1961 . This system led to a significant expansion of the medical services sector, and today, Japan’s healthcare sector is respected for its accessibility and high level of quality . Susumu Tsubaki, CEO of AAIC Investment, expects that a trend directionally similar to Japan’s experience with the expansion of health insurance will occur in many African countries where insurance coverage is currently low but increasing. AAIC (short for Asia Africa Investment & Consulting), a Japanese company based in Singapore, manages two investment funds that back healthcare-related startups in Africa. Tsubaki believes that the growth of health insurance in the continent will be advantageous for AAIC’s portfolio companies. Health insurance coverage in Africa is among the lowest globally due to the cost and availability […]

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