Deutsche Post establishing Asia network
JAPAN WILL LIKELY be the first country in Asia to deregulate its postal services, according to Klaus Knappik, Chairman of Deutsche Post Global Mail GmbH, the world's second-largest global mail company. Knappik, who was in Australia to attend a board meeting in July, says the issue is a big discussion point in Japan today. ...

GERARD CHRISTMANN, GENERAL MANAGER OF ELECTRONIC COMBAT SOLUTIONS, THALES AEROSPACE
When he was named to head Thales' RF EW business line in early 2005, Gérard Christmann had already garnered decades of experience in EW, missile and communications programs within the company. The second EW organization deals with COMINT and is part of Thales' Land and Joint Systems division, as is the third EW activity, Optronics, which is responsible for missile warning systems, laser warning receivers ...

Canada must move aggressively to capitalizeon opportunities in Asia-Pacific
Canada is in a race against time if it wants to fully participate in the S&T explosion now occurring throughout the Asia-Pacific (A-P) region. It also needs a detailed strategy that emphasizes skills, immigration and increased investment. Those are some of the key messages delivered at the third regional RESEARCH MONEY Conference, held last month ...

Computer pox--are you protected?
A computer virus is a program created with malicious intent to perform an unwanted action and will typically try to infect as many files or computers as possible. Within the banking industry, viruses are potentially harmful because of the sensitivity and confidentiality of customer data. Proactive institutions can take advantage of penetration testing. Penetration tests verify that the bank has properly secured its Internet-accessible systems ...

Marine Environmental Monitoring Technology in China
The study of chemical oxygen demand (COD)-measuring technology is mainly focused on the development of COD-measuring techniques for the flow injection method of potassium permanganate and the c he mi luminescence method by gas phase ozone. Total operations and analyses - such as sampling, chemical agent filling-in, chemical ...

Sputtering targets: A technology and market analysis
Sputtering targets are value-added, engineered materials that serve as raw materials for the sputter deposition of a variety of high-performance thin films and coatings. For example, indium-tin oxide targets are sputtered to form transparent, conductive electrode films for liquid-crystal displays. Various target materials are used to sputter-deposit wavelength-selective multilayer coatings on architectural and automotive ...

The challenges of international relations in an Internet world
A major key to a firm's global public relations success is simply to listen. If the company has strategic alliances with firms in various countries PR people need to communicate with them regularly. Listen to what local officials and professionals can tell you abut the media in their area, the competition, the customers and the prospects. Act on that information. Incorporate it into the global and local programs. Measure and evaluate ...

How the U.S. experience can be useful to Japan
What has not been done in Japan, to the degree necessary to revitalize the banking system and the economy, is the removal of bad debts from the banks and the disposal of these problem loans to the private sector. ...

The internet: Costs are the only hurdle to growth
Although Africa accounts for 13% of the global population, it possesses only 1.7% of the world's Internet users. Africa's Internet lag is inextricably tied to its telecommunications development. Only 2.4% of the fixed-lines in the world are located in Africa, about three telephone lines per 100 people. In early 2000, analysts estimated that of the 770 million people in Africa, only one person in 150 had web access. As with most technology-related...

Doing business in Asia
The world is full of guides to 'doing business in Asia' that will teach you that business cards are very important in Japan and that all Korean companies run on the basis of seniority. But Asia is changing fast, and those guides might not be s relevant today as they were ten years ago. One feature one will certainly find in Asia is that business and management structures are different from the kinds of organisation one finds in the UK or America. For instance, the Korean chaebol or Japanese keiretsu provide a type of organisation...