Day: October 28, 2017

‘Discovery’ – The key to vulnerability management in the age of IoT, Cloud and DevOps

OpenGov had the opportunity to speak to Mr. Dick Bussiere, Tenable Network Security’s APAC Technical Director, about the latest trends in network security and how to deal with them. Mr. Bussiere started off with a brief overview of where Tenable sits in the cybersecurity ecosystem. “We are about providing you the vehicles by which you […]

EXCLUSIVE – OpenGov recognises 10 Victorian government agencies for their efforts in creating better citizen outcomes through ICT innovation

The OpenGov Recognition of Excellence (RoE) aims to set new benchmarks of government ICT innovation in the ASEAN & ANZ regions.

Why open source is increasingly key to government innovation

Open source is at the heart of much of the innovation transforming the global economy and society today. OpenGov spoke to Mr. Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen (above), Senior vice president and General Manager, Asia Pacific at Red Hat Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, to learn about how governments are leveraging open source to […]

Taking the Government Technology Superhighway

Government organizations in emerging countries are, increasingly, looking to digital transformation to better engage with citizens, empower their workers, and optimize operations and processes. These governments see the digital revolution as their opportunity to leapfrog their public service offerings to a future-ready economy. There is no other way to it. Emerging countries are home to […]

Extracting timely actionable insights from data captured on remote devices

Big data continues to grow bigger every second. The internet-of-things (IOT) or the rapidly expanding network of devices and sensors, from smart devices worn by people to industrial sensors, is a major contributor to that growth.  OpenGov spoke to Mr. John Kreisa, Vice President for international marketing at Hortonworks about capturing and transmitting data securely and analysing […]

Part 4: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – the Inevitable Marriage?

Part Four in a four part series. The first three installments of this series looked at the market for wearable devices and how traditional and non-traditional biometrics can be used with current and emerging wearable technology (Read earlier installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). This final installment examines the technological and sociological barriers confronting wearable biometrics and […]

Addressing global grand challenges through exponential technologies and mindset

Victor Pomponiu1(centre), winner of SU's first Global Impact Challenge for Singapore with May Kwai BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company); Charlie Ang (1st from L); Steve Leonard, Founding CEO, SGInnovate (3rd from L); Dr. Steven Tucker (2nd from R); Kip Stringfellow, Director of Strategic Relations from SU (1st from R); Photo credit: Singularity University On April 26, Singularity University (SU) […]

Part 3: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – The Inevitable Marriage? [OG Partner]

Part Three in a four part series. Parts one and two of this series looked at the market for wearable devices and how biometrics can be used with today’s wearable technology. In this installment we will look at revolutionary biosensors of the not too distant future and the impact they will have on biometrics as we know it. If […]

EXCLUSIVE – OpenGov recognises 14 Singapore government agencies in their efforts in leveraging ICT and moving Singapore towards a Smart Nation

The OpenGov Recognition of Excellence (RoE) aims to set new benchmarks of government ICT innovation in the ASEAN & ANZ regions

EXCLUSIVE – Data for good – What does a multinational financial services company have to do with a non-profit fighting trafficking?

OpenGov spoke to Mr. Steve Totman (above), Financial Services Industry Lead at Cloudera about the use of big data by NGOs and charitable organisations to solve complex real-world problems and how Cloudera is involved in such initiatives.   A few years ago, MasterCard approached Cloudera to develop a PCI-Compliant Hadoop Environment2. In the credit card industry1, it […]

Insights from former FBI operative Eric O’Neill on state-sponsored Hacking

How serious a problem are state-sponsored hacking attacks for public and private sector organizations? Public and private sector organisations should have made cybersecurity a priority in 2014 when North Korea attacked Sony’s studios in Culver City, California. The Sony breach sent a warning flag that societies’ quest for rapid and efficient information sharing and ease […]

Part 2: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – The Inevitable Marriage? [OG Partner]

Part Two in a four part series. In part one of this series we looked at the market outlook for wearable devices. In this installment we will explore how biometrics fits into the world of today’s wearable technology. Where does biometrics fit in the new world of wearable technology? In terms of the traditional biometric modalities (e.g., […]

Part 1: Biometrics and Wearable Technology – The Inevitable Marriage? [OG Partner]

Part One in a four part series. Biometrics are fascinating on their own, but consider the combined impact of biometrics and what some believe will be one of the most disruptive technologies of the next decade – wearable technology. Biometric usage today is largely restricted by capture technology that has changed little in the past […]

RegTech innovation and adoption- Impact, drivers, barriers

There are new announcements regarding FinTech every other day now. Start-ups are introducing disruptive technologies, multi-national banks are racing to test and integrate the new tech into their business models, while regulators attempt to build an innovative ecosystem and simultaneously, insulate customers from the risks of failure. Everywhere you turn, proofs-of-concept, sandboxes, bilateral agreements, abound.  […]

Are Government Agencies Ready to Share Information with Each Other?

“Digital Transformation” is the hot buzzword in Governments worldwide, as they seek to improve the delivery of services to citizens as well as increase the efficiency of their internal organisations via digital technologies. Digital government is far more than simply putting current citizen services online. It involves fresh thinking about how and what services are […]

IE Singapore signs MOU with Indian city to facilitate participation of Singapore companies in smart city projects

The MOU involves collaboration in transport infrastructure, water management, e-governance and citizen engagement service in Pune.

Government Cloud service launched in Philippines for accelerating online deployment of agencies’ services and data

GovCloud will use a hybrid cloud strategy, ensuring data security while enabling on-demand availability of storage and computing resources.

Vietnam cooperating with India for ICT development; signs agreement with Korean agency on digital signatures

Joint working group to be established with Indian ICT ministry; Korea Information Certificate Authority Inc. to provide insights into electronic authentication systems and services

EXCLUSIVE – Storytelling through data visualisation – From museum displays to autonomous system interfaces

“People are dealing with data that is too large, with too many dimensions. We can help them to reduce and make sense of the data, so that they can make informed decisions.”

Department of Human Services in Australia launches STEM ICT scheme 2017

“The massive scale of our IT systems, exposure to diverse technologies and access to world class training and development make DHS an excellent starting point for a rewarding ICT career.”

Progress report on the implementation of New Zealand government’s Cyber Security Action Plan

CERT NZ is expected to be operational by the first half of 2017, becoming a focal point for New Zealand’s response to cyber security threats.

GovTech partners with National University of Singapore to impart data science training to 2,000 public officers annually

10,000 public officers will be trained over the next five years, while students will benefit from internships, final year projects, challenges and hackathons.

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation launches ASEAN Data Analytics Exchange to build talent pool

“We aim to produce 20,000 data professionals by 2020 out of which 10% are data scientists.”- Sharala Axryd, ADAX CEO

EXCLUSIVE – Read, Think and Do – the entrepreneurship learning process at SUTD

“I have never taught entrepreneurship. I help my students learn.”- Dr. Jianxi Luo

Indian Railways to invest around 2 billion dollars on integrated Information and Communication Technology Platform

The IR-OneICT platform was one of the ICT initiatives announced in the Railway budget, 2017-18 and could save up to USD 6 billion.

France and Singapore to intensify cooperation on innovation

The initiatives involve French and Singaporean government agencies, enterprises, public and private research organisations, along with institutions of higher learning.

Australian government’s IT spend to continue on upward trajectory

“An allocation of 10% more to SMEs would be one of the biggest investments in innovation in this country’s history.”

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission using wastewater data to track illicit drug usage

This is the first of a planned nine reports to be released over a period of three years, covering 51 sites and around 58% of the country’s population.

Australia Post exploring Blockchain technology to secure food products supply chain

The rise in popularity of Australian food products in China, such as health supplements, beer, wine, honey and cherries, has been accompanied by an increase in the sale of counterfeit food.

Singpost and TUMCREATE to conduct road trials of electric vehicle prototype for mail delivery

Its smart instrument cluster includes dynamic GPS routing for priority deliveries and optimised delivery routing, fleet monitoring for data collection and management and on-demand tracking.