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WiFi Network Upgraded To 802.11n Standard 2010 Upgraded to the latest and fastest WiFi network of compliance to 802.11n standard at 250 Mbps, providing campus-wide coverage and exceptional self-healing capability for the support of increasing user mobility and computing on the move.

Virtual Machine (VM) Service Goes Online

February 17, 2010

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Virtual Machine (VM) Service Goes Online 2010 The Virtual Machine (VM) service went online following years of planning, delivering its first 100 VMs and achieving average turn-around-time of less than 3 days in machine provisioning. This helps reverse the upward trend of power consumption in data centre with a reduction

Research Computing Usage Breached Half Million CPU Hours Mark

February 17, 2010

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Research Computing Usage Breached Half Million CPU Hours Mark 2010 Leapfrogging growth in high performance computational resources with over 3,000 CPU cores and 30 TeraFLOPS of computing power in total, and for the first time, crossing the half-million CPU hours mark on research computing usage.

OverHaul Of Staff Portal Website

February 17, 2010

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OverHaul Of Staff Portal Website 2010 The Staff Portal was successfully overhauled for the first time since its inception in 2002, a result of collective efforts from 30 departments over a period of 30 months in three phases. The one-stop Staff Portal features a customer-centric design, powerful search-over-browsing engine and

Launch Of University Housing Management System (UHMS)

February 17, 2010

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Launch Of University Housing Management System (UHMS) 2010 Launch of the University Housing Management System (UHMS) had significantly enhanced the student service and staff productivity through process streamlining and integration in room configurations, room applications, allocation, check-in, check-out and electronic payment.

Launch of Mobile iPortal and Campus Map

February 17, 2010

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Launch of Mobile iPortal and Campus Map 2010 A modest beginning of a strategic investment on mobile computing with the launch of Mobile iPortal and Campus Map, defining a major commitment of the University on enabling a mobile community for timely access to information and collaborations without borders and boundaries.

Institutionalised Standard Data Protection Measures

February 17, 2010

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Institutionalised Standard Data Protection Measures 2010 Established best practices in data management in higher education and successfully institutionalized standard data protection measures for all the user communities after rigorous reviews and efforts with all key business units and stakeholders.

First University In Southeast Asia To Join iTunes U

February 17, 2010

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First University In Southeast Asia To Join iTunes U 2010 NUS became the first university in Southeast Asia joining iTunes U, leveraging an industry standard platform and comprehensive infrastructure for producing and delivering digital contents to the faculty, staff, students, alumnus and audience globally anytime and anywhere.

Establishment Of iPhenomenon program

February 17, 2010

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Establishment Of iPhenomenon program 2010 Established iPhenomenon program, equipping selective staff with emerging iPad devices for first-hand experience on potential use for work, study, education and social interactions. This, also, provides an enabling platform for innovation and mobile applications.

Diskless Backup Replaces Physical Tapes

February 17, 2010

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Diskless Backup Replaces Physical Tapes 2010 Ushered in a new era of diskless backup for a total data volume of 582 TB, replacing the use of physical tapes completely and coupled with the diligent choice of more power efficient storage systems, it has resulted in enormous power savings of 33%