Two years ago I wrote my first editorial on the topic of cloud computing “Mastering the cloud somersault”, marking the start of a great adventure for Siveco China (an adventure we had in fact less-publicly launched around 2008 when we set up our Shanghai R&D unit). I quoted from Journey to the West: “That night Sun Wukong moved his spirit, practiced the technique, and mastered the cloud somersault.

To strengthen their risk prevention practices, foreign firms in China should take heed of the technological solutions being used by domestic companies.

Over the past 40 years, the Carrefour group has grown to become one of the world’s leading distribution groups.

An increasing number of Siveco customers chose to outsource the hosting of their solutions, instead of investing in their own servers and hiring the IT resources required to maintain them.

Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. The resulting building information models become shared knowledge resources to support decision-making about a facility from earliest conceptual stages, through design and construction, through its operational life and eventual demolition.

The Year of the Snake has started and, just like the snake sheds its skin in spring, our “Maintenance in China” newsletter has a new banner. We hope you like it! December 2012 and January 2013 were eventful months during which we were delighted to receive several prestigious awards.