News Highlight 2009-05
13 May 2009
itSMF Hong Kong - News Highlight 2009-05 (revised release 2009.05.22)
To keep our members and fellows staying in the forefront of the industry, we strive to deliver the hottest update on ITSM industry, local IT industry, and the Chapter. Here are headlines covered in this release:
Industry news
1. "Data Centre Hub" Round Table Discussion 「數據中心」圓桌研討會 (2009.05.04)
2. "IT and Education" Round Table Discussion 「IT與教育」圓桌研討會 (2009.04.21)
Chapter's updates
3. Postponement of ITSM Simulation Workshop
4. ITIL Glossary Cross Reference
5. The new face of Website
6. Member Survey
7. Annual General Meeting
Industry News
1 "Data Centre Hub" Round Table Discussion 「數據中心」圓桌研討會 (2009.05.04)
A round table discussion titled "Data Centre Hub" was held on 4 May 2009. Chapter's chair, HP Suen, spoke at the panel and Director of Knowledge and Web Management, William Lam, attended the discussion.
The meeting discussed several topics including opportunities about and constraints of establishing Data Centre Hub, Green IT Policy, role play of the Government, Cloud Computing, Inter-cloud Governance, talent development and education.
Our Chapter's chair, HP Suen, mentioned the followings points in his speech:
- About 40% IT professionals were of data centre.
- ITIL as the Enabler to the establishment of Data Centre Hub.
- In terms of numbers of ISO/IEC 20000 certifications, Hong Kong was the 11th in the world.
- His previous work on Qualification Framework on IT operations, which was developed based on ITIL, could help upholding competitiveness of IT professionals.
Click HERE for the recap of the discussion.
2 "IT and Education" Round Table Discussion 「IT與教育」圓桌研討會 (2009.04.21)
Mr. Sherwin Wong, Director of Professional Development and Mr. YK Chau, Director of Marketing and Programs attended the "IT and Education" roundtable discussion hosted by the Hon. Samson Tam held on 21 April at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
The roundtable discussion was also joined by Mr. Kenneth Chen, Under Secretary for Education and Legislative Councilor Ms. Regina IP. Over 40 participants from the ICT sectors, education institutions and book publishers attended the 2-hour event.
A number of issues were raised by participants concerning the proposed adoption of e-books and other e-resources in schools.
Participants from the education sector expressed concerns on affordability, availability and attractiveness of e-book content as well as resources for on-going technical support.
On the other hand, participants from the book publishers have reservation due to issues related to DRM, readiness of students/parents. They have also expressed concern that the expected cost saving by going digital may be overstated.
Representatives from the ICT sectors support the proposed initiative. In addition, Sherwin had expressed the following in the discussion:-
- Application of IT in education is more than e-version of teaching material, while the e-material shall have online resources to provide better student values and differentiations
- Harness the values of IT on the "Learning" part of education, which shall starts with aligning the learning style and behavior of the youths
- Suggest to leverage the effectiveness of popular social networking and collaboration technologies (msn/facebook/etc) to facilitate "IT & Education", where Gov could provide the underlying platform of collaborations
Click HERE for the highlights of the discussion.
Chapter's Update
3 Postponement of ITSM Simulation Workshop
Due to the threat of influenza pandemic, the Professional Development Workshop "Winning Formula One Racing with ITSM Simulation" (12 May, Tue) was postponed. The revised schedule will be announced later. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
4 ITIL Glossary Cross Reference (English - Traditional Chinese - Simplified Chinese)
For the convenience of ITSM fellows, especially professionals who need to work in the Greater China region, the Chapter created a cross reference on the ITIL v3 Glossary in English and its translations in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. The publications will be released in the launch of new website.
5 The new face of itSMF HK Website
We grew and grew. The website keeps evolving to fit members' needs. The development of new website is close to complete. The new version will serve as our members' channel connecting to ITSM knowledge. The new site will go live in late May.
6 Member Survey
To facilitate future planning and to provide better service, Membership Sub-committee is going to conduct the first member survey in late May. Repliers will have chances to win gift coupons.
7 Annual General Meeting
The next Annual General Meeting of itSMF Hong Kong Chapter will be held in 5th June 2009. Five council members will be elected. The agenda will be announced later.
We will keep watching for the latest developments of the local IT industry as well as global ITSM. Stay tuned and visit our website http://www.itsmf.org.hk for the latest announcements.
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