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The latest season 7 of Game of Thrones (GoT) just ended with all the twists and turns you can imagine. For those in IT, and fans of the series, you can take this opportunity to look at 5 ways the fight for the Iron Throne can teach us lessons about the need for IT monitoring. Be warned, spoilers are ahead. Lesson #1: Winter Is Coming The phrase “Winter is coming” was used in the series since the first episode which screened in April and its the slogan for the Starks, who are the lords of the North. The phrase serves as warning, constant vigilance, and the strive to always be prepared for the coming of Winter. Some say it also serve to remind the whole of Westeros of the first White Walker attack thousands of years ago. As Westeros have been enjoying peace for thousands of years, most of Westeros citizens have taken the warning for granted. Even Cersi Lannister, the evil queen, had to see a real White Walker in person to believe the existence of the Night King. The same ...

Singapore Prime Minister Lee, in his National Day Rally, asked why Singaporeans, when it came to the adoption of cashless payments by means of digital or mobile, were so “Suaku” behind that of adoption of China. “Suaku” is a local dialect slang used to described someone who is “behind the times”. Though Singaporeans have the technology know-how and are mostly digitally literate, pick up of digital payments have been rather behind the times. For example, when a local food center was opened after renovation, it was touted to be one of the first food center to full accept payment via the NETS Flashpay or EZlink card. Both are stored valued card payment often used for taking public transport in Singapore. However, after a year, many of the stalls gave up the NETS Flashpay POS (Point-of-Sale) machines. I have asked some of the stalls and they replied low usage which didn't justify the monthly rental payment for the POS machines. Singaporeans are a bunch of pragmatic group of fol...