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Some call it the post-PC era, like former Apple CEO Steve Jobs would. Some claim that the popularity of tablets and smartphones is just a fad, as former Asus Chairman Stan Shih once said. But make no mistake about it: Mobile Internet is on the rise. In fact, IDC says mobile Internet access will overtake wireline access by 2015.

The market for mobile broadband use is said to reach the 1 billion milestone later in 2011, in terms of user base. However, the Asia Pacific sees big disparities per market, particularly with developed vis-a-vis emerging economies. Still, top ICT trends in 2011 point toward a growth in the use of mobile devices in the APAC region.

Everytime we like to believe that mobile and on-the-go computing is just a fad, along comes another statistic, this time from Ericsson, to make you think otherwise.

Electronic Healthcare Records are but one realm in which IT can improve the workflow and processes in the healthcare industry. While the industry in the US is just starting to standardize and improve on its EHR systems through the HITECH act, other technologically-advanced countries are going beyond simple recording of patient data. In South Korea, the so-called Ubiquitous Health (U-health) initiative will entail continuous monitoring of patient information even while outside of the hospital setting.

The Asia Pacific region is considered to be a ripe market for IT investments, particularly bolstered by the booming BPO industries in countries like China, India and the Philippines. Because of these trends, the market for cloud services and mobility is expected to expand dramatically in 2011.

The Asia-Pacific region sees a wide disparity in terms of business adoption of cloud services. Use differs among markets, but the common denominator is that businesses are increasingly using, or planning to use, cloud services to help minimize costs and improve access to services and applications.

The initial vision for Plone 4 was so complex that it wasn't slated for release until 2010. In order to allow for smaller, more focused releases, Plone (news, site) Founder Alexander Limi announced at the Plone Symposium at Penn State that the Plone Roadmap has been revised. What was originally Plone 4 has been split into Plone 4 and Plone 5.

The web’s abuzz: Communications Day recently drew attention to Google’s plans to set a broadband cable under the Pacific Ocean.

The “Unity” project is slated for completion in ‘09.