Danny Kwok

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  • COVID-19 is not Flu

    Singapore approach to treat COVID-19 as an endemic like flu is still plagued with confusion and risks. The general public grappled with this thoughts as Singapore cases continue to rise steadily. The latest measure is HBL (Home Based Learning) for Primary 1 to Primary 5 from 27 Sep to 6 Oct 2021. Continue reading

  • Achieving Carbon Neutral

    Carbon neutral is not zero carbon as many will think. It actually means how you can reduce carbon emissions to zero. Broadly speaking, achieving carbon neutrality can be done by carbon offset or carbon reduction. These steps involves several factors to be conducted at an organisational level. I will briefly mention how this can be… Continue reading

  • Extend OTM VPD for Users

    Oracle VPD (Virtual Private Database) is a good feature for OTM (Oracle Transportation Management to control access. However, it is still technically challenging to maintain VPD directly for users. This is why we can configure VPD to parameterise for users. This way, users can maintain access control via the screen or masterdata setup. Contact group… Continue reading

  • Pay as You Use

    Pay as you use will be the most common costing model as applications are moving to Cloud. This is changing the entire financial view towards applications. It is the most cost efficient and sustainable model as organisation will spend on actual consumption of IT resources. For business, this will provide better margin for their product… Continue reading

  • IT Outsource to Co-Sourcing

    Outsourcing will be on the decline as Cloud architecture grows with adoption. Many organisations are now turning to co-sourcing model because Cloud allows you to self service very quickly with configuration. This allows you to Agile quickly and adapt to different business needs. So, how should organisation make the switch to co-sourcing? Continue reading

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  • Steady State

    The steady state is an important concept for development and project planning. Agile view it differently with another backlog of change. We should learn how to manage this by considering it in our planning or development. Development The development of new features are less constant than existing ones. At this stage, requirements are less clear. Continue reading

  • Sustainable Enterprise Architecture

    Sustainable enterprise architecture (EA) will help organisations achieve better sustainable development goals (SDGs). There are many ways to embrace and move towards a holistic sustainable vision. This is a summary of how we can start a sustainable EA. Continue reading

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  • Multicloud Managment

    Multicloud management is becoming a challenge when you are trying to tabulate your overall TCO (total cost of ownership). You will also require a broad set of cloud skillset across different cloud providers. Most organisations will adopt multicloud due to migration of legacy systems to cloud. Another reasons are the strengths of each cloud providers.… Continue reading

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  • Stakeholder Analysis 101

    Stakeholder analysis is a step you must undertake to understand and evaluate the stakeholders for your project. Continue reading

  • OTM FTL Rates 101

    OTM FTL (Full Truckload) rates are one of the required configuration to setup for your shipment planning. You should always configure this rate model to be setup as a default rates. These are some tips that you will find useful for FTL rates setup. Continue reading