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• S'pore leads robust growth for HDS; Explosion of unstructured data and mobile applications expected to keep momentum going this year, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY

  
  
  
  Posted on: 16 Feb 2012

  LED by a robust performance in Singapore, data storage solutions vendor Hitachi Data Systems' (HDS) Asean business unit experienced double-digit growth last year. The subsidiary of Japanese major, Hitachi, expects the explosion of data and a move towards convergence to keep the growth momentum going this year. Speaking to BizIT, HDS' Ravi Rajendran said the company's Asean arm experienced growth in all enterprise, modular, and software & services portfolios last year.

  

• S'pore seeks broader, deeper ties with China; Shanmugam making introductory visit to Beijing this week

  
  
  
  Posted on: 07 Feb 2012

  CHINA is an extremely important partner for Singapore and a key player in the region, Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam has said ahead of his introductory visit to Beijing this week.

  

• NTT completes second Singapore data centre

  
  
  
  Posted on: 02 Feb 2012

  (SINGAPORE) Japanese telecommunications giant NTT has completed construction of its new data centre in Serangoon. The facility is its second here, in addition to its existing 2,043 square metre data centre in Tai Seng.

  

• 2012 Singapore Airshow on firm trajectory; Organiser confident that deals at this year's event will match the US$10b inked in 2010

  
  
  
  Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

  (SINGAPORE) The Singapore Airshow is set to be bigger and more spectacular than it was two years ago. Jimmy Lau, managing director of Experia, the show's organiser, said that as the largest in Asia and one of the top three in the world, the Singapore Airshow is now a 'must attend' event on the international aviation calendar. 'The Singapore Airshow is now the gateway event for international companies looking to plug into strategic markets in high growth Asian markets. We continue to attract high level government and military delegations as well as leading industry players from across the globe. In fact, we deliver the highest number of civil, military, and government dignitaries from the Asia-Pacific.'

  

• 2011 Admissions Exervise for International Students (AEIS)

  Posted on: 01 Aug 2011

  The Admissions Exercise for International Students (AEIS) is a centralised admissions exercise conducted by MOE around September or October each year for new international students who wish to join our mainstream primary and secondary schools in January of the following year.  This year's Admissions Exercise for International Students, will take place in mid October.  Please click here for more information.

  

• Want a Job in Singapore? Job Fairs in Boston and New York Now Scheduled

  Posted on: 26 Sep 2010

  AOL.com By Staci Wilson, Posted Sep 26th 2010 @ 6:21AM        The secret of "The Lion City" is slowly but surely becoming the cat that's out of the bag. As one of the fastest-growing, most cosmopolitan, safest, and best places to live and work, Singapore is a safe haven for Americans. Not only is it very easy to immigrate there (especially on a two-year work pass, which can be extended hassle-free),...

  

• Jobs in Singapore: THE Best Place to Work in Asia

  Posted on: 25 Sep 2010

  AOL.com By Staci Wilson, Posted Sep 25th 2010 @ 1:27AM Before I went to Singapore on a trip hosted by Contact Singapore, I'd assumed the coolest, most progressive places to work in Asia were Hong Kong and Tokyo. I was wrong. I guess I could have looked it up -- Mercer Consulting's annual rankings put Singapore as the best city in Asia to work and live (Geneva is No. 1 in the world; but at No. 28, Singapore ranks above London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong). Mercer measures 39 factors,...

  

• Making the Big Move: Relocating to Singapore

  Posted on: 11 Aug 2010

  By Ng Siew Kiang Officially the Republic of Singapore, this island city-state in Southeast Asia is an international hub of finance and trade.  Ng discusses career opportunities in Singapore and the country's openness to talent, as well as key considerations when relocating, including cost of living, taxation, housing, health care, education, banking and communication. Read more here.

  

• Singapore plans for new wave of immigrants to help economy's growth

  Posted on: 03 Aug 2010

  Singapore to welcome the highly skilled and qualified as it aims for world's highest growth rate. With the financial crisis a thing of the past, the authorities in Singapore are looking at ways of letting in a fresh wave of immigrants.  This year 100,000 foreign workers should be needed to cope with the powerful surge in the city-state's economy, with 18% growth for the first half of the year. Read more here.

  

• Start of 2010 School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans

  Posted on: 27 Jul 2010

  School Placement Exercise The 2010 School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans (SPERS) is open for registration from 26 July 2010 for Singaporean children who are returning from overseas and wish to join our secondary schools, junior colleges (JC) or Millennia Institute (MI) at the beginning of academic year 2011. Please click here for more information.