Chiang Mai Business Centre, a private company under the real-estate company, V Group, plans to establish a Chiang Mai Software Technology and Out-sourcing Centre and transform Chiang Mai into a technology development hub of Northern Thailand.
Microsoft has committed to invest more in Thailand by doubling its human capital at the Bangkok office, helping Thai software companies get CMMI certification, expanding Microsoft Innovation Centres in nearby provinces and continuing its Microsoft Unlimited Potential programmes in the country.
To promote development and innovation in Thai IT businesses, National Innovation Agency (NIA) has awarded National Innovation Awards 2008 to seven out of 407 projects.
Research and development in Thailand will no longer be an isolated function. The Technology Manage-ment Centre (TMC) has partnered with the Thammasat University to conduct a Lab2Market project with an aim to reduce the gap between researchers and businesses.
With global drivers, such as rising IT-operating costs, exponential data growth, regulatory compliance, strict service-level agreements (SLAs), and shrinking back-up windows, enterprises across the world are forced to re-evaluate their data-protection methodologies.