The value of construction projects in Singapore is likely to be between $21 billion and $27 billion this year, according to the island-state’s Building and Construction Authority.
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How to Ensure Your RandD Projects Are Properly Managed
January 12th, 2010 |
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Proper R D project management can help you to assess the commercial benefits of a project, which in turn helps you stay ahead of the competition and ensure customer retention. A carefully selected project management solution reduces costs by helping you cut the amount of time and effort spent choosing the most promising product concept to develop. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Christophe Borlat outlines the steps you should take to ensure that your R D projects are being managed properly.
– Survival
is a good prerogative, if not the best. But it’s not a synonym for
success, even during the kind of economy we’ve endured for nearly two
years. Companies have to do more in bad economies than just duck their
heads and wait for things to get better. When
customers start buying again, th…
Reasons of ERP Projects Failure Posted By : Ryan Mutt
January 12th, 2010 |
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The defining element in the ERP implementation success or failure is mainly one of project management. Proper project management can reduce the chances of ERP failure.
Sinopipe Holdings provides updates on 3 build-and-transfer projects
December 30th, 2009 |
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Sinopipe Holdings, the China-based manufacturer and distributor of plastic pipes and pipe fittings, says the Yichun Build and Transfer (BT) project worth about RMB 65 million, is near completion.
The company says it is in the final verification stage of the project and clearing the worksite in Yichun city, Heilongjiang province.
Japan’s JGC Corporation and Hyflux to collaborate on developing water projects in China
December 14th, 2009 |
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Global engineering company JGC Corporation (JGC) of Japan and NewSpring Utility Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based membrane technology company Hyflux Ltd, today signed a joint venture agreement to jointly develop green field water projects in China.
The newly formed 50:50 joint venture company, to be called H.J. NewSpring Limited will be the investment holding vehicle for developing, investing and managing such water projects in China.
Zoho Builds Bridge Between Projects Application and Google Apps
October 19th, 2009 |
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Zoho Oct. 19 let Zoho users sign into the Zoho Projects application with their Google Apps account information and upload files from Google Docs to Zoho Projects and sync Projects meetings with Google Calendar. Users will also be able to embed info from Projects directly inside Gmail, iGoogle and the Google Sites wiki application. This is the latest bridge Zoho has built between its applications and Google Apps as the companies target the traditional on-premises collaboration software market, which includes Microsoft and IBM.
– Zoho Oct. 19 continued its integration with Google Apps, allowing Zoho users to sign into the Zoho Projects application with their Google Apps account and sync content between the companies’ programs.
Zoho Projects is the cloud computing software maker’s project management and collaboration applica…
IBM Maximo Software Used in Three Railroad Projects
October 7th, 2009 |
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IBMs Maximo asset management software is being used by major railroad systems in New York, San Francisco and Washington to help monitor and manage everything from trains and buses to related components, bus stops and train stations. The goal is to put greater intelligence into the railroads infrastructures to make them more efficient and safer.
– At an event in June, IBM officials touted the work they were doing with Amtrak.
In particular, IBM and Amtrak officials spoke about how the railroad was using IBMs Maximo asset management software to help monitor and control everything from tracks, electric substations and relays along Amtraks busy…
How to Save Costs by Streamlining Unruly IT Projects
August 3rd, 2009 |
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In the face of the current economic downturn, many companies have begun to transition into survival mode, streamlining their businesses as much as possible in an effort to stay afloat. These companies are seeking to run their businesses as efficiently as possible and, now more than ever, dont have the robust bottom lines to support technology initiatives that simply do not work. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Kleber Bacili explains how to streamline those wasteful and unruly IT projects that just have not been performing well.
– Today, years past the beginning of their implementations, unruly IT projects left to grow uninhibited are being seen as exactly that unruly. Now with economic uncertainties abound, many of these companies are unable, or simply unwilling, to give up on the IT projects in which they have so heavily in…
Cisco Teams with Swiss Company on Smart Grid Projects
July 31st, 2009 |
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Cisco Systems, which began its aggressive push into the power distribution space in May, is partnering with energy metering technology maker Landis+Gyr to create smart grid solutions that will benefit both the companies that generate and distribute energy and the people who consume it. Power distribution is one of 30 market sectors that Cisco is aiming its solutions at.
– Cisco Systems is teaming up with Landis+Gyr, a Switzerland-based maker of
energy metering technology, to develop solutions for smart grid environments.
The partnership, announced July 31, will incorporate Ciscos expertise in
networking and security and Landis+Gyrs metering infrastructure and
app…
Quinn Signs Green Projects Bill
July 29th, 2009 |
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a bill that provides financing guarantees for renewable energy, clean coal and agriculture projects.
Quinn says the bill he signed Wednesday will create jobs and help Illinois reduce its carb…
“Bulgaria suspends major energy projects”
July 13th, 2009 |
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Bulgaria has put two major energy projects with Russia on hold, RIA Novosti reports. This is until the country’s new prime minister-designate Boiko Borisov has carried out a review of outstanding projects, the Russian news agency quoted a business daily on Monday.