Another exciting @Work visit to EMC on 6 July 2012 awed the group of students from NTU, NUS and TP. Getting to EMC’s premises at Changi was a little far for the students studying in the west, but it was all paid off with the insights we’ve gained from their laboratory. As we all know, EMC is a leading provider of storage hardware solutions that promote data recovery and improve cloud computing.

But what is more interesting is that their E-Lab conducts the industry’s most rigorous interoperability testing. You just have to be there to see if for yourself.
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As part of Infocomm@Work, we organized the Inaugural Teacher’s Learning Journey to HP Labs! Teachers became students as they were treated to a “school excursion” at HP Labs! Six secondary school teachers took time from their busy schedules shaping young minds to attend this interesting and informative talk by HP representatives.

HP Labs is the global exploratory and advanced research group for Hewlett-Packard (HP), an American multinational information technology corporation. HP labs is segmented into 2 two different labs, namely The Service Platform Lab and The Applied Cloud Computing Lab. The former seeks to advance cloud computing through exploratory and in-depth research while the latter applies the new research to real-world situation.

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On 17th August 2011, 30 students from Hwa Chong Institution, Tanjong Katong Girls’ School and Raffles Institution grasped the rare opportunity to visit Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, as part of Infocomm@Work! Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with solutions to their financing and risk management needs. … Read more

On 20th July 2011, as part of the Infocomm@Work industrial visits, 17 students from Victoria Junior College were offered the chance to visit one of the most popular names in the gaming industry – Garena!

Garena comes to most people’s mind when “Online Gaming” is mentioned. Without this platform, friends who wish to play “Blackshot” together will need to patronize LAN (Local Area Network) instead of playing comfortably at home. … Read more

When the opportunity to visit HP Labs arises, students from NUSH High School and Raffles Institution responded. Both schools embarked on this exclusive “Cloud Computing” learning trip as part of Infocomm@Work on 2 separate occasions. … Read more

On 14 September 2010, we had the opportunity to attend the Microsoft TechFest 2010 and over 500 students responded to the invitation!

Mr Ramakrishna, Director of Enterprise Infocomm at IDA, encouraged our infocomm club members with the following statistics – there are over 140,000 infocomm workers in Singapore, though this industry is fairly competitive, infocomm graduates can be assured of drawing a pretty decent salary! … Read more

On 23 July, students from Hwa Chong Institution visited one of the busiest ports in the world – PSA Singapore.

During Singapore’s early years, the Port of Singapore (as it was known then) was one of the key drivers of the Singapore economy due to its strategic geographical positioning. It has now grown to be one of the busiest ports in the world. … Read more

Ask anyone which search engine they use most often and the answer is very likely to be Google. This Silicon Valley-based company h as not only made communications and technology relevant and user-friendly, they have also made a name for themselves with excellent benefits for their staff! Hence, when asked to visit Google’s premises in Singapore, 160 students eagerly responded. … Read more

Barclays and Accenture Visits (16 July 2010)

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Wonder what Infocomm@Work has been up to lately? Here’s a snapshot of two visits we made to two of our National Infocomm Scholarship sponsor companies – Barclays Capital and Accenture! … Read more