Jose Allan Tan - Articles

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Current I am the content director and web strategist for Questex Asia Ltd. I also have 6 years of Marketing and Communications experience with Hitachi Data Systems in Asia. Other prior stints include senior industry analyst for Dataquest (a Gartner Group brand) and account director at Euan Barty Associates - a PR firm in Hong Kong.

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Hardwiring Disk Encryption for Extra Protection
Data encryption falls under three broad categories: data-in-transit; data-in-use; and data-at-rest. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 08/07/2008 | Electronics
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Why is Iso 14001 Relevant to a Sustainable Initiative?
“Within the next few years it may not be possible to conduct business in most of the world unless you can prove your ‘green’ credentials,” says Bob Hayward, Director of IT Advisory at KPMG. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 01/07/2008 | Ethics
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Rising Pc Adoption is Translating Into Higher Software Piracy Rates in Asia
Software piracy remains the scourge of many a software vendor. Through the efforts of lobbyist organizations such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA) governments in Asia are taking positive steps in reducing illegal software use both at the consumer level and in some cases even at the corporate and government levels. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 01/07/2008 | Information Technology
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Asia's Storage Priorities and Concerns
A few years ago, I spoke to the CIO of a major Asian conglomerate. A fire gutted their main data center. Although the company never deployed a hot standby data center, they dutifully performed backups of their data every day. So when the time came to do a restore, the tapes were found to be blank. Oops! Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/06/2008 | Information Technology
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Preparing for the Future Data Center
In the future, the forces of standardization, commoditization and virtualization will drive down the cost of the data center and reduce the time to get a configuration online, providing greater capability through the dynamic assembly of lower cost processors into massive networks of computing capability. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/02/2008 | Business Ideas
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Best Practices in Building a Wireless Enterprise
When mobile operator 3 Australia wanted to migrate its customers from 2G to 3G, it realized that beyond the preparation of a glitzy marketing campaign, it also needed to make sure that its 43 retail outlets and 45 dealers would be able to cope with the new business. The solution was nothing short of inspiring. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/02/2008 | Networks
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Successful Financial Supply Chain Strategy: the Cfo Connection
A study conducted by Accenture, Stanford, and INSEAD found that senior executives of leading companies view supply chains as critical in their operations, and most agreed that investments in supply chain capabilities have increased in the last three years. Central to achieving such a transformation is the chief financial officer (CFO). Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/02/2008 | Management
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Unleasing the Potential of Retail Through Wireless Technology
In the crazy world of commerce, few businesses are as predictably unpredictable as retail apparel. This unpredictability requires in-depth understanding of the business and the intuition to look beyond current practices. PEPPO Fashion in Bangkok answered this call to change. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/02/2008 | Networks
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Customer Service and the Tech Support Manager
Brand loyalty is dictated by experience. As satisfied customers will more likely be repeat customers, enterprises are spending more resources on keeping customers happy. This includes choosing the right people and training them to deliver quality service. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/02/2008 | Customer Service
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Hi-tech Checks in
Hotels are discovering that IT matters, thanks to the Web and pressure from tech-savvy customers. Read
By: Jose Allan Tan | 02/02/2008 | Organizational