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Information technology (IT) in ASEAN
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May 07, 2018
07
May'18
ASEAN seeks to tame data deluge with object storage
Led by Singapore and Thailand, the object storage market in Southeast Asia is expected to grow at a double-digit rate in the next few years
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
Workday to continue investing heavily in APAC
Cloud applications supplier has increased its investments in the region by more than 50% in the past year, and is looking to maintain its double-digit growth in international markets
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April 27, 2018
27
Apr'18
Data analytics is about culture, not technology
Enterprises need to figure out the business problems they are trying to solve and foster a data-driven culture to benefit from data analytics
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April 26, 2018
26
Apr'18
Malaysia’s Supahands finds agility with the cloud
Regional workforce crowdsourcing startup relies on the cloud to keep its infrastructure agile enough to scale up and down, according to customer demand
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
CenturyLink takes aim at APAC market post-Level 3 merger
The US telecoms giant is expanding its footprint in Asia through its merger with Level 3, and hopes to bring its offerings on par with that of rivals in the region
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April 23, 2018
23
Apr'18
AI is renewing interest in high-performance computing
Growing adoption of artificial intelligence is spurring interest in high-performance computing beyond research institutions
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April 22, 2018
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Apr'18
Thales to open ‘digital factory’ in Asia
India and Australia are potential candidates for Thales’s new coding centre that will support digital transformation efforts
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April 20, 2018
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Apr'18
Alibaba to set up digital hub in Thailand
Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba is expanding its Southeast Asian footprint with a new digital hub east of Bangkok that is expected to boost Thailand’s digital credentials
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
APAC is becoming a hotspot for DDoS attacks
The region’s largest and most-connected economies are most vulnerable to distributed denial-of-service attacks, according to CenturyLink
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Huawei wants to unlock ASEAN’s digital potential
The Chinese technology supplier is working with communications service providers such as Converge in the Philippines to bolster their networks to support new digital services
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April 16, 2018
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Apr'18
Singtel, VMware to set up hybrid cloud sandbox
The hybrid cloud sandbox environment will let companies test their cloud workloads and software-defined networks
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April 09, 2018
09
Apr'18
Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality
Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work
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April 05, 2018
05
Apr'18
Microsoft outlines approach to intellectual property
Enterprises will own patents and industrial design rights that result from new technology jointly developed with Microsoft, among a raft of intellectual property principles unveiled by the software giant
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April 04, 2018
04
Apr'18
AWS expands edge computing service to Singapore
Amazon’s Snowball Edge strengthens its support for hybrid use cases in a fast-growing market for the internet of things and hybrid IT
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April 02, 2018
02
Apr'18
Lawyers more influential than IT staff in cloud deployments
Traditionally considered risk-adverse, lawyers are twice as more influential than in-house technology staff about cloud, research finds
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March 29, 2018
29
Mar'18
Most airports not protected from cyber threats
The chairman of the Israel Airports Authority paints a dismal picture of the state of cyber security in aviation, and offers advice on what can be done to avert the next disaster
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
HPE calls for bottom-up approach to AI
A bottom-up approach towards data modelling is needed to address the shortcomings of physical and theoretical models in artificial intelligence
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March 23, 2018
23
Mar'18
Private sector over-investing against nation-state attacks
The creator of a routing technique that protects the domain name system says the money spent on guarding against nation-state actors could have been better used for other purposes
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March 22, 2018
22
Mar'18
Colt pioneers blockchain in telco voice wholesaling
Colt Technology Services and Hong Kong Telecom’s international unit PCCW Global teamed up to trial the use of blockchain in wholesale voice settlements
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March 21, 2018
21
Mar'18
Singapore government outlines its approach to IoT
Avoiding supplier lock-in, driving open standards and tapping modular platforms are part of the approach that the Singapore government has taken in implementing the internet of things in the city-state
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Australia, ASEAN deepen links on smart cities and digital trade
Besides fostering smart city development across Southeast Asia, Australia and ASEAN will also support the use of digital trade standards across the region’s booming e-commerce market
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March 19, 2018
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Mar'18
How airlines are gearing up for the digital shift
Asian carriers are counting on personalised services, blockchain-enabled loyalty programmes, automation and predictive maintenance to lower costs and improve passenger experience
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March 15, 2018
15
Mar'18
Alibaba Cloud’s Indonesia datacentre is open for business
The Chinese cloud supplier is pulling all stops to expand its Asia-Pacific footprint, including training local cloud professionals and nabbing notable customers – including one of Indonesia’s top e-commerce companies
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March 14, 2018
14
Mar'18
Microsoft's Chinese-English translation system achieves human parity
A China-US research team at software powerhouse Microsoft has developed an AI-powered system that can translate Chinese news articles into English as well as humans do.
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March 14, 2018
14
Mar'18
APAC security chiefs expect imminent attack on critical systems
Nearly 70% of cyber security leaders in the APAC region believe a major attack affecting critical infrastructure across multiple countries will happen in the next two years, a survey reveals
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March 13, 2018
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Mar'18
Singapore tops global rankings on smart cities
The city-state of Singapore was lauded for its efforts in tapping the internet of things to improve public infrastructure and services in a global study by Juniper Research
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March 08, 2018
08
Mar'18
How banks can make sense of digital disruption
Banks and financial institutions need to go back to basics, deconstruct their core banking processes and strive for zero defects in building applications, says the IT head honcho of Malaysia’s CIMB Bank
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March 07, 2018
07
Mar'18
Developed APAC countries well-poised for the cloud
With strong policies in data protection and cyber security, Japan, Australia and Singapore are among countries that are most prepared to reap the benefits of the cloud
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March 06, 2018
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Mar'18
Security remains an afterthought in DevOps
Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments
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March 05, 2018
05
Mar'18
Microsoft Singapore to tap solar energy for datacentre operations
Software giant Microsoft will buy 100% of the renewable energy generated by solar panels installed on rooftops across Singapore to power its datacentre operations
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February 28, 2018
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Feb'18
Alibaba teams up with Singapore university on AI
Chinese tech giant has set up a joint research facility at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to develop artificial intelligence-based technologies in retail, transportation and healthcare
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February 28, 2018
28
Feb'18
ASEAN firms upbeat on Industry 4.0
Southeast Asian countries are generally optimistic about the use of emerging technologies, such as advanced analytics in manufacturing industries, but the positive sentiment has not led to action
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February 27, 2018
27
Feb'18
MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia
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February 26, 2018
26
Feb'18
Singapore firms unprepared for GDPR
An EY study reveals that only 10% of organisations in Singapore are ready to comply with Europe’s new data protection regime
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February 22, 2018
22
Feb'18
Hitachi Vantara ups ante on industrial IoT
Potential internet of things powerhouse believes its deep expertise in operational technology will give it a leg up over traditional IT rivals
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February 21, 2018
21
Feb'18
Digital economy to make up 60% of APAC’s GDP by 2021
The surge in GDP contribution will come as more organisations shift from digital transformation initiatives aimed at shoring up productivity towards digital product development
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February 19, 2018
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Feb'18
Hong Kong, Singapore to continue datacentre bull run
The two Asian cities, Hong Kong and Singapore, will remain primary destinations for datacentre deployments in the APAC region for the foreseeable future
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February 15, 2018
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Feb'18
Dell EMC’s IoT revenue in APAC surpasses $1bn
The milestone in Dell EMC’s internet of things revenue underscores the APAC region’s rapid uptake of sensors and other IoT devices in industries and smart city projects
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February 12, 2018
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Feb'18
APAC fintech market set to bloom
Government support, the rise of digital payments and a new breed of financial services will put the region’s financial technology market in overdrive over the next few years
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February 12, 2018
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Feb'18
PyeongChang Winter Games hit by cyber attack
Although critical operations were not affected by the incident, event organisers at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics had to shut down servers and the official games website to prevent further damage
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February 09, 2018
09
Feb'18
Malaysian regulator and firm sued over data breach
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and a local company have been caught in a civil lawsuit over a massive data breach reported last year
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February 07, 2018
07
Feb'18
HPE opens APAC innovation lab to tap IoT market
Facility in Singapore will rope in partners across the internet of things ecosystem to test new applications powered by HPE’s edge computing capabilities
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February 06, 2018
06
Feb'18
AstraZeneca inks deals with Alibaba and Tencent in AI push
Pharmaceutical bigwig AstraZeneca hopes to deliver smart healthcare services and combat online sales of counterfeit drugs through tie-ups with Chinese tech giants
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February 04, 2018
04
Feb'18
APAC business leaders divided on impact of AI
Around half of business leaders in the APAC region do not think they will have greater job satisfaction by offloading work to machines, or see a need for machines to decipher between good and bad commands
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February 02, 2018
02
Feb'18
ASEAN nations among worst hit by cryptocurrency-mining operation
Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia recorded high download numbers for the XMRig software that was surreptitiously slipped into user devices to mine Monero
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January 31, 2018
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Jan'18
What CIOs need to watch out for in digital transformation
IT head honchos will need to consider new performance indicators, adopt an embedded digital business model and build up an enterprise-wide digital platform to avoid digital deadlock
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January 29, 2018
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Jan'18
Alibaba Cloud to tackle Malaysia’s traffic woes with AI
Chinese cloud service provider Alibaba will use its City Brain artificial intelligence platform to analyse data from camera feeds and traffic junctions in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur
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January 28, 2018
28
Jan'18
How blockchain can secure the IoT
By doing away with a central authority in internet of things (IoT) networks, blockchain technology can reduce the risk of IoT devices being compromised by a single point of security failure
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January 23, 2018
23
Jan'18
AWS opens third availability zone in Singapore
Cloud service provider is upping the ante in a region that has been lapping up cloud infrastructure services to advance digitisation efforts
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January 23, 2018
23
Jan'18
China’s Yitu eyes ASEAN market with facial recognition know-how
Facial recognition software specialist Yitu, which recently won a face identification accuracy contest in the US, has already nabbed regional clients such as Singapore’s Certis Cisco