Transcript: TWIS.ORG July 3, 2007

animals, biology, biotechnology, cognitive science, ecology, genetics, mathematics, medicine, nanotechnology, physics, science, stem cells, world robot domination

Kirsten: This Week in Science would like to thank AudibleKids.com for their support of this hour of science programming.

Justin: Good morning, Kirsten!

Kirsten: Good morning, Justin! Welcome back to another Tuesday of science.

Justin: This Week in Science.
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Kirsten: That’s right.

Justin: The number one, number one science podcast at KDVS.

Kirsten: That’s right. We are the number one science podcast here at KDVS and the only one.

Justin: Oh.

Kirsten: Oh yeah, right.

Justin: Well, you know, I can’t help it if the competition is afraid to play in our arena.

Kirsten: Well, we’re here again this week to talk about a whole bunch of science that’s happened or have been published within the last week or so in journals from all around the world.
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Transcript:TWIS.org May 12, 2009

KDVS, NASA, animals, australia bashing, biology, cancer, chemistry, clinical trials, ecology, emergent behavior, end of the world, engineering, global warming, infectious diseases, insects, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, mollusks, physics, planets, podcast, reptiles, science, science and politics, space, technology, therapies

Justin: Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer!

The time has come to see planet Earth for what it really is, a space craft with an elaborate life support system.

Most people seems satisfied to play the role of passenger on spaceship Earth, scientists though have been working hard to be it’s faithful diligent crew.

The passengers of spaceship Earth expect a certain level of comfort and entertainment to be safe and healthy and would like the ship’s life support system to continue to function.

What should cease to amaze the crew by now is how little effort most of the passengers are willing to put into making that a reality.

When things do not meet their expectations, passengers are satisfied with complaint rather than action.

And while attempting to convey proper ship conduct, much like the following hour of our programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

It is understandable that the passengers behave this way. Look at the brochures of 50 years ago and you’ll see the crews of yesteryear promised a life of sedentary ease, from flying cars and endless buffets of robot-prepared meals and modern appliance-filled cabins. Not enough of their minds will be changeable in time to meet the challenges of today.

Scientists of the world, crew members of planet Earth, listen up and listen tight. The fate of the ship is in your hands, you alone can save us.

Rise to the challenge of your predecessors, exceed the optimistic over promising predictions of the past and set the course boldly towards prosperity, today. You are the scientists of tomorrow. You are that next generation the world has been waiting for. You are here, now in the moment which you can do is now.

As for myself, I’ll be over the starboard bar one with the window overlooking the life rafts. I’ll be there drowning a sorrow or two, singing sea shanties back to the sirens and listening to This Week in Science, coming up next.

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Infocomm Professional Development Forum

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Opening Address

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Panel Discussion hosted by Wilson Tan of SingPost

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Medical IT implementation Workshop

Date: Tuesday, 2nd June 2009
Venue:Singapore Management University Conference Hall , Administrative Building, 5th Floor, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065

PROGRAMME DETAILS

8.30am Registration
Start of exhibition
9.30am Welcome Address by Mr. Alphonsus Pang, President, Singapore Computer Society
9.40am Speech by RADM(NS) Ronnie Tay, CEO, Infocommunications Development Authority of Singapore
9.55am Riding above the Storm – Keynote Address by Ms Stephanie Gault, Partner, ASEAN Lead, Accenture Pte Ltd
10.40am Tea Break
11.00am Presentation on NICF 2009
11.15am Panel Discussion – The Value of NICF Adoption
12.00nn Lunch/Exhibition
2.00pm Professional Workshops
5.00pm End of seminar/exhibition

The National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF), developed in close collaboration with the infocomm industry, is a national infocomm roadmap which articulates the competency requirements of key infocomm professionals. The latest version of NICF was released in April 2009 with more than 200 job roles. Find out what is NICF all about, what is new in NICF 2009 and also a quick look at the features of the NICF portal.

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Singapore Call Centers

 Here are some list of call centers in Singapore that i have searched: 

Global BPO PTE Ltd.
1 Fullerton Road #02-01
One Fullerton
Singapore 049213

Telephone:  +65 6832 5016
Fax: +65 6408 3801
Email: info@globalbpo.sg
Web: www.globalbpo.sg

Singapore – 3D Networks Singapore Pte Ltd

http://www.3dnetworks.com/

151 Lorong Chuan

#03-05 New Tech Park

Singapore 556741

Phone: +65 6723 6888

Fax: +65 6382 0030

iassist.sing@planet1world.com

 

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AirTouch Pte Ltd

390 Victoria Street

#03-19 Golden Landmark

Singapore 188061

Tel : +65 68771030

Fax: +65 67676942

contactus@air-touch.com

 

 

http://www.air-touch.com/

 

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Ascendas Pte Ltd

Ascendas Land (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Ascendas Services Pte Ltd

61 Science Park Road

#04-01 The Galen

Singapore Science Park III

Singapore 117525

Tel : (65) 6774 1033

Fax : (65) 6778 4761

Email : ascendas@ascendas.com

 

 

http://www.ascendas.com

 

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Pacnet Singapore offices:

Global Headquarters:

89 Science Park Drive

#01-07 The Rutherford

Singapore 118261

Tel: +65.6872.0322

Fax: +65.6774.1677

 

 

http://www.pacnet.com/

staffing.sg@pacnet.com

 

 

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E Resource 21 Pte Ltd.

 

Address:

100 Jalan Sultan, #02-23

Sultan Plaza

Singapore 198782

 

Global Telephone : 1818 – 663 8998

Tel: (65) 6820 2121

Fax: (65) 6820 0821

Email: services@er21.com

 

NOC: +65 6491 9369

 

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Dialogic Singapore Pte Ltd

25 Serangoon North Ave 5

Keppel Digihub, #05-12

SINGAPORE 554 914

Tel: +65 6496 4660

Fax: +65 6496 4661

Sales:sales.asia@dialogic.com

Marketing:marketing.asia@dialogic.com

 

 

http://www.cantata.com/

 

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CSC Computer Sciences Pte Ltd

139 Cecil Street #06-00

Cecil House

Singapore 069539

General Line: +65-6221 9095

General Fax: +65-64226 6464

 

 

http://www.csc.com/

 

eFusion Pte Ltd24 Raffles Place

Clifford Centre #07-07

Singapore 048621

Main: (65) 6327 6327

Fax: (65) 6517 4959

 

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Equant Singapore

Equant Asia Pacific

Block 750 Oasis

Chai Chee Road #04-02

Technopark@ Chai Chee

Singapore 469000

 

Phone: +65-6517-1000

Fax: +65-6419-6465

http://www.equant.com/

 

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Singapore

 
Chai Chee OfficeBlk 750 Oasis, Chai Chee Road

#04-02 Technopark @ Chai Chee

Singapore 469000

Tel: +65-65-17-1000

Fax: +64-64-19-6465

 

 http://www.orange-business.com/en/mnc2/footer/local/office_singapore/singapore/index.html

 

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Hewlett-Packard Services Singapore

Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Ltd.

450 Alexandra Road

Singapore 119960

Phone: (+65) 6275-3888

Fax: (+65) 6275-6839

 

http://www.hp.com/

 

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Singapore Office

#02-22, Phase Z.ro

Technopreneur Park

151 North Buona Vista Road

Singapore

Tel: + 65 6722 6333

Fax: + 65 6722 6334

Email: info@hitel.com.sg

 

Aeradio Technology PTE LTD
Phone  + +65 354 0620
Fax  + +65 354 0587
Email  aeradio_at_pacific.net.sg
Contact: June Ngiam

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Organisation name Cedant Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Address  31 Kaki Bukit Road 3, 31 Kaki Bukit Road 3
Postal Code  417 818

Phone  + +65 841 9899
Fax  + +65 841 2088
Email
Organisation URL  http://www.cedant.com
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Compaq computers Asia pte Ltd

Address  Compaq Centre Tampines Plaza, 5 Tampines Central 1 #01-01
Postal Code  529541
Phone  + +65 1800 395 1111
Fax  +
Email  callme_at_compaq.com
Organisation URL  http://www.compaq.com.sg

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Dynamics Software Distribution (S) Pte Ltd

Address  10 Anson Road, #33-09/ 11 International Plaza
Postal Code  079903
Phone  + +65 325 5688
Fax  + +65 225 8766
Email  info_at_dynamics-software.com.sg
Organisation URL  http://www.dynamics-software.com.sg
Contact:Patrice Teo

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Organisation name Cincom Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Address  10 Anson Road
Postal Code  079903
Phone  +  +65 223 8355
Fax  + +65 221 4629
Email  htng_at_cincom.com
Organisation URL  http://www.cincom.com/singapore/

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Call Centre Council of Singapore (CCCS)

Address  37 Jalan Pemimpin Union Industrial Bldg., Blk B #03-04
Postal Code  577177
Phone  +  +65 251 9266
Fax  + +65 356 9091
Email  cccsing_at_singnet.com.sg
Organisation URL  http://www.cccs.com.sg/

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Cyberengineering Pte Ltd

Address  152 Beach Road, #13-06 Gateway East
Postal Code  189721
Phone  + +65 398 1227
Fax  + +65 398 1309
Contact:Name Arthur Chua
Email arthurchua_at_ces.com.sg

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Eglocal Technology Services

Address  302 Orchard Road, #07-01 Tong Building
Postal Code  238862
Phone  + +65 835 5850
Fax  + +65 835 1980
Email
Organisation URL  http://www.eglobaltechnology.com
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Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Asia Pte Ltd
Address  6 Battery Road #18-08
Postal Code  049909
Phone  +  +65 538 9886
Fax  + +65 536 9989

Organisation URL  http://www.genesys.com
Contact: Christina Kan
Email chriskan_at_genesyslab.com

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Help Desk Institute – Singapore
Address  Blk 125, Bukit Merah Lane 1, #04-162
Postal Code  150125
Phone  +  +65 271 1273
Fax  + +65 271 1219
Email  hdisin_at_mbox2.singnet.com.sg
Contact:Linda Luk

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Pacnet Singapore offices:
Global Headquarters:
89 Science Park Drive
#01-07 The Rutherford
Singapore 118261
Tel:   +65.6872.0322
Fax: +65.6774.1677
email:channel.sg@pacnet.com

 

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Incident and service request management
The purpose of the following functionalities is to help document and resolve daily incidents and requests in the most efficient way possible.

Compatible with ITIL-based incident management
Service center (Service Desk) function
Web portal for users
Web portal for technicians
Automated follow-up with emails to users
Full integration with problem management, change management and CMDB
History of incidents associated to a user
History of incidents associated to a piece of equipment or software (CI)
Incident templates and quick calls
Detailed log of resolution activities
Breakdown of incidents and service requests into “sub-requests”
Service level agreement with automatic escalation using emails and visual indicators
Unlimited attachments
Pre-configuration with real data (categories, types, priorities, codes)
Statistical reports, dashboard, graphs, performance indicators and data extraction in Excel
Calendar
Automatic creation of incidents from emails
Notifications by email for important events
Multiple Service Desks support

Inventory and configuration (CMDB)
The primary objective of the following functionalities is to organize all relevant information concerning your equipment and software so that you may know at all times what your inventory is and what is the status of each component of your infrastructure.

Based on the ITIL CMDB concept
Pre-configured with over 20 CI types (hardware, software or logical types)
Fully configurable, possibility to add :
CI types
Relationship types
CI attributes
CI status management
CI location management
Management of users relying on a CI
Management of dependencies and relationships between CIs
Automated inventory of servers, workstations and installed software
CI criticality level indicator
History of incidents associated to a CI
Lease contract management and purchase information
Service contract management with notification prior to expiry
Preventive Maintenance
Parts management
CMDB change monitoring tools
Document management in the CMDB with indexing and search

Problem management
The purpose of the following functionalities is to document and to resolve recurring and complex problems which compromise the performance or undermine the stability of your infrastructure.

Compatible with ITIL-based problem management
Impact, cause, workaround and permanent solution management
Sharing of known errors and workarounds
Association of a problem to its associated incidents
Association of a problem to the CI in cause
Automatic closure of related incidents when a problem is closed
Detailed activities log
Relationship with the souce change (RFC) and with change for the permanent solution
Tool facilitating the correlation of incidents to problems
Tool for identifying the most problematic CIs
Possibility to mark incidents as “potential problems”
Email notifications to publish known errors
Unlimited attachments

Change management
The purpose of the following functionalities is to document and to monitor the changes made to the components of the infrastructure in order to ensure smooth operation and to minimise impacts on the services offered.

Compatible with ITIL-based change management
Management of the change implementation steps using tasks
Notifications for task assignments
Management of estimated effort, remaining effort and actual effort
Detailed activities log, by change and by task.
Documentation of impacts, required resources and authorizations
Change advisory board (CAB) approvals
Detailed activities log
Approvals management
Unlimited attachments

Event management
Event management aims to ensure the follow-up of all events or alerts which occur throughout the IT infrastructure in order to detect and efficiently process problematic situations.

Compatible with ITIL-based event management
Notifications to IT staff
Detailed activities log
Creation of events from emails

Knowledge management
These functionalities enable to manage and share your knowledge.

Knowledge base with attachments and full-text search
Incident history search
Problem history search
Solution search function integrated to incident management

Web portal for users

Possibility to submit incidents and service requests
Incident follow-up
Possibility to send messages to the service center
Log of communications with the service center

For managers
These functionalities enable the manager to measure the performance of the service center and of other support processes.

Dashboard providing a quick overview of the current workload
Table of services currently affected by incidents
Comprehensive statistics on the respect of resolution targets (SLA)
Statistics on the delays for incidents and requests to be processed and to be resolved
Integrated report tool enabling to efficiently search and present data
Escalation in the event of an SLA breach
Performance indicator report

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Clever design, modern look and feel
Support for multiple windows displayed in tabs
Reminder functionalities
Spell-check in all text fields
Integration with email software for sending emails from within an incident
Integration with remote access software
PC Anywhere
Remote Desktop
Dame Ware and many others
Easy to configure data lists
Automatic update downloads

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Effective customer support system (Help Desk system) would typically be tasked with answering most commonly asked questions from your clients. This help desk solution provides the central point of contact between your organization and your clients.  Your clients can have someone in your organization to talk to regarding their issues — someone always is on hand to  ‘take care of them’.

Typically, help desks are deployed only by larger organizations due to the constraints of cost and time to train suitable staff in such an enviroment. Expensive that is, until help desk virtualization and technology came together to bring down this investment!

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We provide a SQL database backend that stores all incoming service requests. These are tracked by non sequential ticket numbers, and processed according to service plans and service level guarantees. These tickets are integrated with email support so that clients are provided with email status updates as soon as work is done on these. Selected incident/tickets are added to a knowledgebase. This database helps to provide agents with a quicker learning curve and shorter problem resolution time.

Our Service desk application employ online Live Chat solutions that can be placed on your website. This allows your website clients to query our help desk agents online. There is no need to deploy expensive 1-800 numbers!  Another feature of our service desk application is that it allows your FAQs to be converted into “canned responses” and self help troubleshooting guides. This further shortens customer issue resolution times.

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Our service staff have high CSR (Customer Satisfaction Ratings), can type at least 40 wpms(for online chat) and have great listening and problem resolution skills. These skills coupled with our advanced service desk application come together to bring superior help desk and problem resolution.

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Any call to a local number will be bridged over to our center. Our Help Desk teams pick up the calls and appear ‘local’ to the caller. Our solutions team will take care of provisioning the VOIP to do this transparently for you.  Our teams handle Tier 1 issues and escalate the rest. With our VOIP infrastructure, our help desk teams can connect to and coordinate with your staff anywhere in the world!

Help Desk SLA

We gurantee first tier resolution of 80%. While we provide the software application, the voip infrastructure and the customer care specialist, we will NEED you to provide us with your product and service specific training and FAQs to help us achieve this Service Level Agreement.

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