



The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and IBM Singapore Pte Ltd signed an MOU that sees the provision of IBM software, product training and certifications, and industry attachment opportunities to ITE.
Companies who didn’t take preparatory measures during the recession may find themselves scrambling for human resources come the time of recovery, because their employees may splinter apart and lead to mass attrition in their organization.
Bell needed easy access to its customer data and software to help analyze that data – without requiring extensive employee training or support from a dedicated IT team. When the company put the call out for a solution, its partner, Amdocs, came forward and recommended one of its own strategic partners: SAS.
In the face of the global financial crisis, the software certification and training market in Asia Pacific suffers a considerable blow, making it hard for these institutions to sustain themselves.
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has awarded a contract, worth an estimated S$20m, to ST Engineering to provide education cum training services and a training ship to the RSN. In addition, ST Engineering will provide RSN with the use of a vessel for navigation and seamanship training at sea. The three-year contract commences immediately with an option for another three years thereafter.
Local expertise in providing high value-added services such as design of testing protocols and manufacturing processes positions Hong Kong as a potential hub for testing and certification, the Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Andrew Lai,
The Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has been appointed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) as a Continuing Education Training (CET) Center for the Infocomm Sector.
The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in Hong Kong has recently launched a year-long training program to build security awareness among government employees.
A survey conducted by Kelly Services reveals that there is a strong desire for most employees to upgrade themselves to keep up with the competitive global market.
With the current economic crisis,enterprises are forced to cut and rationalize costs in order to survive.



