Thread: Phuket yachties to get 'Data Center'

Phuket yachties to get 'Data Center'
Sitthhipong Nongkaew
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Boat Lagoon in Koh Kaew, Phuket's first western-style marina complex.
File photo.

A screenshot of the new website: yacht.coe.psu.ac.th

PHUKET: As part of a project to set up a 'data center' for the local yachting industry, Prince of Songkla University researchers have set up a website intended to serve as a central database and information hub.

The new website was unveiled yesterday at a seminar at the Phuket Merlin Hotel in Phuket Town.

The “Yachting Seminar on ICT Infrastructure and Data Center 2010” event was organized jointly by the Ministry of Industry’s Office of Industrial Economics (OIE) and PSU-Phuket’s Faculty of Engineering.

Still in the early development stages, the site was created by PSU staff and students with funding from the OIE.

The OIE has earmarked a total of 2.99 million baht in funding for the Data Center project study phase, work on which began August 31 and ends in February 2011.

Yesterday’s gathering was held to brainstorm ideas with the operators of some 60local yachting and marine tourism businesses invited to hash out the best way to establish the Data Center.

As the project is still in the development stages, it has still not been decided whether the center will exist solely in cyberspace or whether it will take the form of an actual office with staff.

Dr Charun Boonyakarn, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at PSU’s campus in Songkhla, told the seminar that there is still great growth potential in the local and regional yachting industry.

Phuket currently has marina facilities to service about 1,300 vessels in the 30- to 100-foot range, he said.

The establishment of the Data Center would help attract more marine tourists and raise the number of visiting vessels to Phuket and the Andaman region at any given time to at least 5,000, he said.

The 5,000-vessel figure is a modest goal as it represents just 1% of the number of yachts and pleasure craft owned worldwide, he said.

Expansion of the local boat-building and yacht repair service industries has now reached a point where tourists need an information hub to help them conveniently find the goods and services they need, the seminar was told.

In its “beta format”, the website has pages entitled: “Phuket, Thailand Weather Forecast”, “General Information”, “Maintenance & Marinas”, “Document Information”, “Tide Tables” and “Directory of Services”, as well as contact information.

Suthinee Poopaka, director of the OIE, said the Thai government did not do enough in the past to promote and direct development of the yachting and marine leisure industries.

Information obtained from established players in Phuket would help the government develop better policies to reach the industry’s full potential, she told the seminar.

phuketgazette.net

Yachting ICT Infrastructure and Data Centre

what a bizarre project, WTF ???

Originally Posted by Butterfly

WTF

money

surely, there could be a more creative way to get money

ask JJ

real money

Originally Posted by Mid

The 5,000-vessel figure is a modest goal

Originally Posted by Mid

Still in the early development stages, the site was created by PSU staff and students with funding from the OIE.

The OIE has earmarked a total of 2.99 million baht in funding for the Data Center project study phase, work on which began August 31 and ends in February 2011.

'Data Center' my arse, it's a webpage. How many staff and students does it take to complete a one man, five minute job?

As far as 'real money' goes, with 2.99 million in funding I reckon there's going to be some heavy pockets down there if this is indicative of what will be produced

Originally Posted by Mid

real money

Asia Pacific Superyachts - yacht agents for Southeast Asia

3 million baht to "study" a proposal for a frigging website. Sheesh.

so it's not a data center ? the fucking monkeys still confuse a data center with an internet database website !!!

3M for something that would take a local professional less than 50,000 to make

Originally Posted by Butterfly

so it's not a data center ? the fucking monkeys still confuse a data center with an internet database website !!!

3M for something that would take a local professional less than 50,000 to make

The OIE has earmarked a total of 2.99 million baht in funding for the Data Center project study phase

They haven't even said how much the actual website will cost!

Look.
www.vitesseyachts.com
Just copy the services they offer, and change a few names.
Simple.
Cost nothing.