Software technology development in Singapore

Author

Chin, Tahn Joo ; Wang, Kai Yuen

Author_Institution

Inf. Technol. Inst., Singapore

Volume

6

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

65

Abstract

With strong government backing and direction, Singapore seeks to develop information technology as a growth industry and use it to promote the nation´s global competitiveness. The government has increased its efforts in software research and development through government-funded research and development institutes and is also encouraging local industry to develop software for export and to attract overseas multinational companies to set up software-development centers in Singapore. A description is given of research being conducted by the Information Technology Institute, the Institute of Systems Science, and, briefly, by private industry.<>

Keywords

DP industry; government policies; research initiatives; software engineering; Information Technology Institute; Institute of Systems Science; Singapore; government-funded research; growth industry; information technology; local industry; software research; software-development; Application software; Collaboration; Communication industry; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Government; Information technology; Research and development; Shipbuilding industry; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.23132

Filename

23132