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SoftLayer opens data centre in Singapore

28 September 11

softlayer-featured-img1 Hosting services company SoftLayer Technologies is establishing its presence in the Asia Pacific with the opening of a new data centre in Singapore together with network Points of Presence (PoPs) in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. The facilities are slated to go “live” on 3 October 2011. Designated SNG01, the new data centre features capacity for more than 16,000 servers, a redundant network infrastructure, fully-automated platform and a pod design concept in which each...

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Startup Job Showcase at SMU

21 September 11

Infocomm Investments will be showcasing job positions in startups at the SMU Career Fair on Oct 6th. We'll have representatives from various startups at our booth, to tell SMU students more about the respective positions. If you're keen to check out the openings, drop by: Venue:  Singapore Management University, T-Zone @ Concourse (Indoor) 70 Stamford Road, Singapore 188065 Date/Time: Oct 6th/4 pm - 6:30 pm If you're not sure if a career in a startup is for you, we highly...

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Singapore’s JustCommodity raises S$5.6 million in Series A round

12 April 11

Singapore-based commodity trading software company JustCommodity announced  today funding of S$5.6 million from Extream Ventures, OWW Capital Partners and Infocomm Investments to expand its product offerings. JustCommodity is a leading software solutions provider catering to the commodity trading industry, particularly for the trading of edible oils. The company has a strong customer base in Asia including some big firms such as, Cargill Sime Darby, Asian Agri, Cargill...

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Techcrunch: Sarah Lacy on her trip to Singapore

30 October 10

Extracts of Sarah Lacy's posts: Singapore is such an incredibility easy place to come into. Everyone speaks English. It is a futuristic city. It's a no brainer place if you are a western company. Singapore is a competitive place to start a pan-Asian company. After years of investing hundreds of millions directly in entrepreneurs, Singapore is now taking a lead from how Israel created its venture capital ecosystem. It partners with venture firms, allowing them to make the be...

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Singapore an attractive location to foreign entrepreneurs

30 September 10

Singapore, a land probably with world's highest density of millionaires, has been attracting foreign entrepreneurs like Zhong Sheng Jian, the founder and CEO of the Yanlord Land Group, the largest China-based property developer listed in Singapore. According to Mr Zhong, his success is built on the experiences he has acquired from Singapore. They include organisational development, people management and property development. Singapore to him was an ideal and safe place for h...

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Facebook: Asia is fastest-growing market

22 September 10

Asia is the fastest-growing region for new subscribers to Facebook, which currently has a sales office in Singapore. The leading social networking site siad that its growth in the region was outpacing the rest of the world. Singapore has nearly three million registered users in Facebook out of a population of five million. Its Asian sales office in Singapore was set up to help regional brands in executing their marketing campaigns on the platform, given the huge Asia market ...

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Yahoo! to use Singapore for expansion in Southeast Asia

18 August 10

Internet giant Yahoo! is expanding its presence in Southeast Asia by using Singapore as its Southeast Asian headquarters. Apart from Singapore, the internet services provider also has a presence in Malaysia and Vietnam. It is opening new offices in Jakarta and Manila in the fourth quarter of 2010 and planning to target Thailand next. The expansion is an indication of its confidence in the region. It will also increase its head count for its Singapore office from the curren...

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Singapore a small but important market to Greenplum

29 June 10

Greenplum Database, a solutions provider for large-scale data warehousing and analytics to some of the world's largest data-driven businesses more than doubled both revenue and new customers in 2009, despite the recession then. The company's co-founder and president, Scott Yara said, ''Although Singapore is a fairly small market compared to others, it is nevertheless an important one'. A Silicon Valley venture-funded company founded in 2003, it established its regional head...

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Yahoo: Singapore can take advantage of Southeast Asia’s online media boom

7 June 10

The number of online media on-the-move consumers are increasing in Southeast Asia, according to the second annual Net Index Study by Yahoo where Singapore can benefit from this trend. Being the business epicentre of Southeast Asia, with good connectivity and maturity, Singapore continues to attract entrepreneurs and multinationals.  Despite its small population, Singapore has influenced many key decisions that impact the region when it comes to online advertising and market...

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Singapore’s Work Ethics and Government

25 May 10

When a company starts planning its relocation to another region, the management usually launches a study on the access to labor markets as well as their skills-level to better understand and manage the risks involved. In this day and age, with multiple companies flocking to Singapore, the work ethic of the nation as a whole has a big role to play in its success. An understanding of how the Singaporean society functions and what motivates its people can serve as the key to su...

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