Streamlining Operations Servers With HP 9000 Servers 1999 Latest series of high performance HP 9000 servers were set up to streamline the existing operations servers.
Staff And Student Cluster PCs Upgrade To Pentium II 1999 All academic staff and student cluster PCs were upgraded to the latest Pentium II configurations to facilitate high performance usage of IT for teaching, research and learning amongst the staff & students.
SingAREN Links To US Internet2 Member Universities Via vBNS And Abilene 1999 Enhanced global connectivity and reachability with SingAREN (Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network) becoming the first research and education network in Singapore linking to US Internet 2 member universities on both the vBNS and Abilene networks.
Roll-out Of More Online Applications 1999 NUS quality living and working efficiency were enhanced with more new online application like hall admission, student career and employment service, online posting and review of staff suggestion and a database on academic interaction.
First SingAREN Link To Korea At 2Mbps 1999 Established the first SingAREN (Singapore Advanced Research & Education Network) connection to Korea at 2 Mbps as part of the APII (Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure) initiative.