VMware shines spotlight on tech as a force for good

VMware’s vFORUM Singapore has created new possibilities for the Association for Persons With Special Needs, a social service agency that provides education for people with mild intellectual disabilities. As part of vFORUM, teams participated in an Ideas Hackathon, with Ngee An Polytechnic’s “APSNLive” web platform as star of the show. APSNLive is a social and support platform is the first of its kind and represents a milestone in the journey towards building a more digitally-enabled and inclusive workforce. The web platform is optimized for a seamless mobile experience and will be deployed across the APSN community. The team from Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Infocomm Technology had an idea to build a social and support platform to address the needs of APSN alumni, emerged as the winner during the first phase of the VMware Ideas Hackathon.