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Singapore Budget 2013 targets quality growth

Singapore has unveiled a S$5.9 billion (US$4.8 billion) Quality Growth Programme in its fiscal year 2013 Budget to fuel growth by sustained productivity improvement rather than manpower growth.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 26-Feb-2013

Shopping portal Global Blue pioneers BI in the cloud

Since deploying cloud-based BI three years ago, Global Blue now runs 40% of its business using business analytics from its data warehouse. It also gets a clear view of how individual components of the organization are performing.
by: Emily Chia, Enterprise Innovation 03-Oct-2012

KPMG: Cloud transactions may be taxable

The very nature of the cloud is at odds with traditional tax concepts. Most tax authorities have yet to develop detailed rules and guidance related to cloud-based operating models.
by: CFO Innovation Asia staff 02-May-2012

Singapore businesses get tax breaks, cash on cloud spending

Singapore businesses enjoy 400% deduction on up to $400,000 of investment spending per year or choose to convert up to $100,000 of that spending into non-taxable cash payouts at a conversion rate of 30% under the government’s Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 22-Mar-2012

Breaking silos with application delivery controllers

The two biggest barriers towards cloud computing adoption revolve around exactly where an organization's data resides, and just how reliable IT can be served in a cloud environment. Both areas pose questions but, equally, solutions are already at hand.
by: Victor Tsao, Citrix Systems 16-Mar-2010