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Singapore’s First Local Search and Directory Engine Selects Red Hat Solutions
for Reliability, Security and Ability to Scale with Business Growth
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| Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions,
| today announced that rednano.sg, Singapore's first local search and directory
| engine, has developed a stable, secure and reliable platform for its online
| search engine business using a combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
| Advanced Platform, including built-in virtualization, Red Hat Cluster Suite
| and Red Hat Global File System (GFS), as well as Red Hat Network (RHN)
| Satellite.
|
| A joint venture of Singapore Press Holdings Group (SPH) and Schibsted Group,
| SPH Search produces rednano.sg, which it aims to be the premier local online
| search and directory engine for users looking for information about
| Singapore, its people and its businesses.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090401005163&newsLang=en
"Bill Gates looks at everything as something that should be his. He acts in any
way he can to make it his. It can be an idea, market share, or a contract.
There is not an ounce of conscientiousness or compassion in him. The notion of
fairness means nothing to him. The only thing he understands is leverage."
--Philippe Kahn
Recent:
S'pore students get taste of mainframes, Linux
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| Local institute of learning, Republic Polytechnic, has partnered IBM and Red
| Hat to groom IT professionals with expertise to meet rising adoption of open
| source software and mainframe virtualization.
|
| The institute has launched a new course that provides training on IBM's
| System z mainframe based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62052325,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw
Open source can boost S'pore innovation
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| Through its 10-year Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) masterplan, Singapore
| seeks to create an environment where its people, the private and public
| sectors can collaborate on innovative next-generation ICT products and
| services, said Tan Geok Leng, CTO of the country's Infocomm Development
| Authority (IDA).
|
| During his keynote address here Tuesday at the Open Source Singapore
| Pacific-Asia Conference and Expo (OSSPAC), Tan urged attending developers and
| delegates at the event to use Singapore as a place to create innovative
| services, pilot them and then provide these services globally.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62051160,00.htm
Singapore supports Ubuntu!
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| We all know the ubuntu logo looks like: 3 arcs forming a circle.
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http://linuxnus.org/2008/12/23/singapore-supports-ubuntu/
Singapore holds string of open source events
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| Harish Pillay, open source affairs manager at Red Hat, said in an e-mail
| interview with ZDNet Asia, there will also be an "install festival" that day,
| which is aimed at helping people install the Linux OS onto their machines.
|
| Pillay said open source events such as this are intended to bring a level of
| awareness of open source software to small and midsize enterprise (SME)
| attendees, which view technology as business tools to support their
| companies. "In general, SMEs are not focused on technology," he said.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62046290,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw
Announcing Software Freedom Day [Singapore]
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| Software Freedom Day is a global celebration of Free and Open Source
| Software. We are pleased to announce that the Linux User Group Singapore and
| the Singapore Linux Meetup Group will be joining hands to present this event
| in Singapore.
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http://www.softwarefreedomday.sg/
Microsoft Lobbying In Singapore
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| Microsoft business partners were giving template letters and asked to fill
| them in. The letters are word for word the same. It makes for incredible
| reading. In fact, the keen-eyed reader will notice that some of the letters
| have the template variables still present (look for [ADD NAME, TITLE, ASSOC.]
| e.g Alphasoft, CHASS, etc).
|
| [...]
|
| And the most hilarious letter of support comes from a Singaporean secondary
| girl's school, Crescent Girl's School. That's right folks, that's how
| desperate they were to get their "Approve" vote, they actually got a school
| to submit a letter of support...
|
| [...]
|
| Well well well, Barney Lau is leaving Microsoft Singapore. Wonder if this had
| anything to do with it. Good riddance I say!
|
| Posted by:ex-MS | Wednesday, 09 July 2008 at 02:25 PM
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/microsoft-lobby.html
Related:
Singapore bans Microsoft's video game for sex scene
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| Singapore is the only country to have banned the game, so far, and it is the
| first Microsoft video game to be banned in the city-state, The Straits Times
| said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKSIN30470020071115?rpc=44
Singapore Airlines puts a PC in every seat
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| The whole system runs on Red Hat's distribution of the Linux operating
| system.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=686973581&rid=-50
Singapore inches toward open source
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| Industry players believe there is still potential for the open source
| movement to gain more ground in Singapore, particularly if the government
| gave greater support. For example, Linux has been gaining momentum in China,
| due in part to the government's strong support for open source.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/specialreports/0,39044853,62034345,00.htm
Linux Helps Company Develop Scalable Infrastructure
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| Singapore-based muvee Technologies addresses the growing need for consumer
| video creation with its flagship autoProducer PC software, which enables
| anyone to instantly turn videos and pictures into compelling,
| professional-quality productions in hundreds of different styles.
|
| [...]
|
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| To best utilize its existing computers, muvee turned to a Linux operating
| system. Zero licensing fees and free, readily available tools and scripts
| made Linux an easy choice. However, the support limitations typical of Linux
| device drivers soon became apparent. “In the early days, we had to hunt
| around for drivers and patch and rebuild the Linux kernel when we added new
| devices to the system. We needed a stable, easy to use platform,” said Lo.
|
| In addition to the inherent benefits of Linux, muvee required a system that
| would enable it to focus on growing the business while minimizing system
| administration efforts. As the company expanded, it began using a larger
| number of enterprise-level servers. “With less than half a head count
| dedicated to system administration, we needed a technology partner that could
| provide solid support for server-level hardware and software,” Lo said.
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http://www.smbedge.com/features/view/4/2331/1/
Singapore charity creates Edubuntu computer lab for terminally ill children
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| Using donated hardware from the Overseas Family School and National
| University of Singapore, the Linux Meetup Group used to power of LTSP to
| deploy 9 thin clients and 1 combined desktop/server.
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http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1066
Donorweb Draws On Red Hat to Promote Blood Donation and Retain Blood Donors
in Singapore
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| The content management system and more than 90 percent of the
| online applications on Donorweb are developed using open source
| software by a team of volunteers. The system and applications are
| hosted on two Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers located across
| Singapore and the US. S.P.T. Krishnan, a Red Hat Certified Engineer
| (RHCE), leads the voluntary team of developers and content editors
| and oversees the design of Donorweb's user interfaces and system
| architecture.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070529/20070529005026.html?.v=1
Building Singapore's National Grid
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| Gt: Sticking with Gelato's "Linux on Itanium" focus, I'm wondering how
| Linux played into these projects. Is Linux the common OS across the
| NGO's various projects?
|
| LEE: In setting up the NGPP, we make use of existing computational
| resources, which resulted in a heterogeneous grid. As all theser
| esources (including several Itanium clusters belonging to several
| participating organizations) use Linux as the OS, Linux as the common
| OS is an obvious choice.
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http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/943174.html
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