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December 2009 / Vol. 1, No. 7

GPS Roadmap in India

Anuradha Shukla

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

An eye in the sky to keep track of every asset on earth including people and things: GPS enables safe driving, locating places of interest and tracking goods. All major mobile phone manufacturers highlight the GPS capabilities of their smartphones describing it as a must- have feature in mobile device. This technology is used for various purposes from keeping an eye on a school kid to tracking an international consignment of goods.

A Korean in Riyadh

Lakhvinder Singh

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Mr. Kang Gye-doo, President and CEO of Daedeok Innopolis—Korea’s foremost research cluster—visited Saudi Arabia to discuss closer collaboration between Korea and Saudi Arabia. Kang took advantage of this visit to deliver an inspiring keynote address at the first annual “International Conference on Entrepreneurship” (25-26 October, 2009) held in Riyahd. Kang stressed the importance of institutional innovation, something that he is famous for. He shared his experiences in the internationalization of Daedeok Innopolis over the last year, stressing the importance of entrepreneurs and the universal validity of the Korean developmental model.

Now is Your Opportunity to Invest in Bangladesh

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Recently Government of Bangladesh appointed Dr. S A Samad as the Executive Chairman of BOI in the rank and status of Minister. With more than 35 years of experience as a civil servant, economist, academic and development consultant Dr. SA Samad brings a great wealth of experience and expertise to the post. He has held various positions including Principal Secretary, Economic Advisor to the Honorable President of Bangladesh, Secretary, Energy & Mineral Resources, Secretary, Post & Telecommunications and Program Director / Coordinator (Economic Management & Information Technology) of the United Nations Asia Pacific Development Centre. He was professor of economics, business administration Division, at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea, for the period 2007-2009. Here are the excerpts of his interview with Asia – Pacific Business and Technology Report.

Putting the Constructive into Constructive Criticism for Korea

Matthew Weigand

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

On October 21, 2009, three organizations brought some of the best minds in the business together at the President Hotel for a meeting titled “G20 and Overcoming the Global Financial Crisis in Asia: Strategies for Growth, Development and Prosperity.” The Asia-Europe Perspective Forum, the Institute of Economic Liberty, and the Indo-Korean Business and Policy Forum organized the event to create some constructive dialogue about the globalization of Korea. Noted professionals and long-time professional expatriate residents of Korea such as Tom Coyner, president of Soft Landing Korea; Sean Hayes of Joowon Attorneys at Law; Donald Kirk, journalist and writer; Desmond Scully, of the Asian-Irish Chamber of Commerce; and many other notable figures.

Electronics Help Drive South Korea's Growth

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

In the third quarter of 2009 South Korea’s economy grew 2.9 percent from the quarter prior, the greatest quarterly growth the country has achieved in more than seven years. It probably shouldn’t be seen as a coincidence, then, that Samsung Electronics posted a record profit, worth more than $3.14 billion, during the same time.

Saudi Arabia's Woman Entrepreneur

Staff Reporter

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The doors of opportunity in education and business have been opened for the women of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a degree unprecedented as part of the drive to make the Kingdom a modern knowledge economy spearheaded by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.

Combating Phishing Attacks

Anuradha Shukla

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Passwords to more than 10,000 Hotmail accounts were recently posted online. This is not the lone phishing scheme in recent months as hackers continuously ‘phish’ for personal, sensitive information.

Phishing or brand spoofing is a technique used by hackers to gain access to vital information from gullible Internet users. Hackers are cyber criminals who fool users into revealing information about themselves such as bank account numbers, passwords, credit card data and other financial data.

IPv6 - What is it, Why is it Important, and Who is in Charge?

Paul Wilson

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

1. What is IPv6?

“IP” is the Internet Protocol, the set of digital communication codes which underlies the Internet infrastructure. IP allows the flow of packets of data between any pair of points on the network, providing the basic service upon which the entire Internet is built. Without IP, the Internet as we know it would not exist.

Waste Recycling

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

In the old days, there were special kinds of hogs living in restrooms at Jeju Island, the southern resort island of South Korea. This old styled two-story restroom was located in the yard of houses as most Korean restrooms were at the time. The hogs were kept downstairs and people used the upstairs toilet. To your surprise, the staple food for these hogs was human feces. When a person comes into the restroom, the hogs are excited that they will soon have food to eat. It might sound very unsanitary; however there was no enough food even for people back then. Human feces were the only things that people could give to their hogs. In return, the hogs were food for the people. But don’t you know that their meat were tender and chewy.

Viewing It All From Three Sides

Matthew Weigand

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The extreme concentration of technology experts at the Korea Electronics Grand Fair in KINTEX on October 13 to 16 was baffling to even the most organized of media teams. With every single one of Korea's strong IT industries represented in full at one time, it was difficult to find one single figure to focus on for any length of time. However, when plunged into the depths of the event, searching for the men and women who could give it meaning, one could see illustrated the important parts of the whole by speaking to the right people. Many representative voices could be found at the exhibition, and different perspectives seen. And despite the vast differences in the viewpoints of these three examples, one overall theme was prevalent - now is a time for massive growth and positive thinking in Korean electronics.

King Saud University: On a Mission

Mezyad Alterkawi

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

King Saud University is the premier university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is highly respected in Arab and Muslim countries, along with receiving several international recognitions. It is the oldest university in Saudi Arabia and has educated many members of the national business, political and academic elite, including the royal family. The university offers a broad range of undergraduate courses in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and professional studies as well as generous scholarships which are available for Saudi and international students.

Going "Green" is Profitable

Anuradha Shukla

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Green Business Technology practices have become the winning slogan for enterprises to realize business success and it also puts them in the limelight for being environmentally friendly companies. But the best part is that companies can also make money while fighting climate change.

Q & A with William Choi

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Asia-Pacific caught up recently in Seoul with William Choi, CEO of the exciting venture company, CB Williams Energy Group. The young entrepreneur is leading an international team in South Korea and Canada in the development and commercialization of Catalate™ - a breakthrough clean technology proven in early testing to make fuel, water, and other liquid energy more efficient and reduce harmful emissions. Choi and his team are confident Catalate is the “next big thing” on the clean-tech horizon.

An Optimistic Look into Mobile VoIP

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) refers to a technology for delivering voice communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks rather than the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). To facilitate an Internet call, the analog voice signal is first converted into digital format and then compressed into IP packets for transmission over Internet. The process is then reversed at the receiver point.

Mobile VoIP, abbreviated as mVoIP, is an extension of VoIP to mobile devices. Mobile VoIP is currently meant for customers who are always on-the-go and want to make long distance calls. The technology is gaining popularity primarily due to the cost benefits offered to residential and business customers for making international calls.

Windows 7 - A New Look to Home and Business PCs

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The long wait is over. On October 22, Microsoft released Windows 7 to retailers worldwide. The latest operating system from Microsoft is meant for all types of users including home and business users, and owners of netbooks, tablet PCs or media center PCs. The server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, is also released simultaneously.

Product Development Challenges and Global Resourcing As an Emerging Opportunity

Arpan Banerjee

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Global product companies or Independent Service Vendors (ISVs) are always under performance pressure as would any of us in our respective jobs. They strive for market expansion, increased product features and new product ideas and face the regular constraints of decreasing profitability, increased competition, dearth of resource and skills and rising costs with simultaneous pressure to upgrade and widen product offerings while using fewer resources.

Double the Kims, Double the Trouble

Donald Kirk

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dozens of people have portrayed North Korea’s Dear Leader Kim Jong-il on South Korean television comedy shows. His once-chubby appearance, platform heels and bouffant hairstyle provide great material. Now North Korean refugees are telling contacts in South Korea that Kim Jong-il has not one but several look-alikes playing the role for him in North Korea, and they’re not doing it for laughs. It’s not clear, however, if any of the doubles is playing the Dear One in face-to-face meetings with foreign visitors.