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Breaking The Mould In Manufacturing Consulting

20/02/2012 - 6:51pm

Consulting in the manufacturing sector has traditionally either been big business or virtually no business depending on the country you work in. A hugely important part of the German economy, the sector accounts for more than a quarter of all consulting there, it’s only about a tenth of the UK market where it...

Storage Tech Sizzles With Hot, Hot Hard Drives

20/02/2012 - 6:44pm

An international team of researchers led by the University of York in England has demonstrated fast data recording on hard drives using heat. A research team was able to record data to a hard drive using only heat. They used an ultra-short pulse of heat to reverse the poles in a ferrimagnet in order to write the data. "It was,...

The Difference Between Mentoring and Coaching

20/02/2012 - 6:12pm

Imagine the following scenario. The vice president of human resources has just finished an in-depth discussion with the director of engineering about high employee turnover for one of the engineering teams. The manager of that team has a command and control leadership style, like a drill sergeant. His style has created a lot of...

Too Many Candidates, No Good Fits

10/01/2012 - 3:18pm

On the surface, there’s no reason talent leaders shouldn’t be able to find top talent. Thanks to a sputtering economy there are more candidates in the job market than ever. So why is it so hard for companies to find the right people? A glut of job candidates in the marketplace doesn’t necessarily mean those...

Malaysia’s Shared Future

10/03/2011 - 12:30am

The shared services and outsourcing (SSO) industry has been an important part of Malaysia’s ICT-led transformation into a high-income, knowledge-based economy. Through prudent entrepreneurship and ongoing government support, Malaysia has established itself among the top three SSO destinations in the world, behind global...

Helping E-Business Thrive

08/03/2011 - 11:01pm

Every year, more Malaysians are able to enjoy the benefits of high-speed access to the Internet. This single facility opens a world of opportunities and convenience for them through content and services available online from a growing host of providers. And it does more to bring about Malaysia’s transformation into a...

Agriculture

08/02/2011 - 11:56pm

Agriculture remains an important sector of Malaysia's economy, contributing 12 percent to the national GDP and providing employment for 16 percent of the population. The British established large-scale plantations and introduced new commercial crops (rubber in 1876, palm oil in 1917, and cocoa in...

Malaysia’s commodity murabaha push still has a way to go

08/02/2011 - 11:26pm

Academics and industry participants in Malaysia are advocating further developments of treasury and money market products, notably via a new exchange initiative. But commodity murabaha structures developed to facilitate liquidity management by banks based on palm oil have attracted criticism from some quarters. The world’s...

Cyber Security for Government Asia 2012

10/01/2012 - 3:32pm

When : 17 - 18 January, 2012 Where : Prince Hotel & Residence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stay Ahead of Ever-Increasing Cyber Threats Despite the world becoming increasingly connected, there are still vast opportunities in the field and cyber security. Lt. Col. Prof Husin bin Jazri, CEO of Cyber Security Malaysia...

Islamic Finance Training

08/03/2011 - 5:43am

Since our inception in 2004 we have witnessed unprecedented growth in the industry we seek to serve: Global Islamic finance. Whilst it is true that the sector still faces many challenges, the development of Islamic finance in terms of innovation, awareness, acceptance and coverage has been astounding. There is little doubt that the...

BankTech Asia 2011 Conference & Exhibition

09/02/2011 - 2:15am

The banking and financial sector has gone through many changes in the past century. Long gone are the days when we had to run down to our local bank carrying our passbook to perform simple transaction. Nowadays, with a click of a mouse, one can perform financial transactions with bankers on the other side of the world. BankTech Asia...

Patent Competition - 'Innovative Solutions For Everyday Life'

24/01/2011 - 2:28am

This is an open competition on innovation in our daily lives. The objectives of this competition are to encourage and reward excellence in innovative solutions to frequently recurring problems, especially solutions that utilize technologies appropriate to local conditions. The utilization of patent information for...