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• Alibaba Cloud to guide SMEs on doing business in China

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 31 May 2019

Chinese cloud giant Alibaba Cloud has launched a global programme in Singapore to guide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the city-state that are looking to expand their business into ...

• Will OpenShift 4 be a game-changer?

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 09 May 2019

The hybrid cloud message rang loud and clear at Red Hat Summit 2019, with executives from the open source bigwig touting its wares to help enterprises run their workloads on-premise and on the ...

• How APAC firms are using open source software

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 08 May 2019

Open source software has evolved from providing low-cost alternatives to proprietary offerings to a platform for innovation. Most recent developments in cloud computing and software development, ...

• Why RHEL 8 matters to enterprises

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 07 May 2019

For decades, the server operating system (OS) has been an indispensable part of any technology stack, harnessing the power of the underlying hardware infrastructure to run a wide array of business ...

• What to expect at Red Hat Summit 2019

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 05 May 2019

When IBM announced that it was going to acquire open source juggernaut Red Hat for a whopping $34bn last October, several industry analysts weighed in on the merits of the mega deal and who would ...

• Four things you should know about the 5G game in Asia-Pacific

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 17 Apr 2019

This is a guest post by Simon Lockington, director of global solutions enablement at Equinix Asia-Pacific Industry watchers are predicting that 4G LTE subscribers in Asia-Pacific will naturally ...

• Ping An to power Hong Kong’s e-ID system in major win

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 04 Apr 2019

China’s top insurance company, Ping An, has nabbed a coveted Hong Kong government project to develop the city’s electronic personal identity system, or e-ID, for local residents. When ready, e-ID ...

• Is open source lock-in possible?

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 22 Mar 2019

Earlier this week, open source software company Suse announced that it is strengthening its presence in the Asia-Pacific region following its acquisition by growth investor EQT from Micro Focus. ...

• Getting farmers up to speed with farm tech

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 08 Mar 2019

Improving crop yield using artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic as researchers and tech suppliers cast their sights on an industry that isn’t exactly the forerunners in applying ...

• Google opens developer space in Singapore

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 22 Feb 2019

Inspired by the cafes in Silicon Valley that developers hang out at to meet fellow coders and potential employers, Google has opened a similar space at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore ...

• Live from Singapore - can two AI bots fall in love?

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 12 Feb 2019

In the run-up to Valentine's Day, toothpaste brand Closeup has teamed up with MullenLowe, a Singapore creative agency, to discover if love can overcome all boundaries (even firewalls), with a ...

• Malaysia mulls over Huawei’s role in 5G networks

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 01 Feb 2019

Malaysia has become the latest country to look into the security concerns surrounding Huawei, which has been accused by mostly western powers of conducting corporate espionage and potentially ...

• Singapore’s growing cyber security influence in ASEAN

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 25 Jan 2019

At a recent event marking the launch of Trend Micro’s regional headquarters in Singapore this week, the company’s executives cited Singapore’s vision and influence over ASEAN in cyber security ...

• Australia’s CSIRO unveils AI platform to improve off-farm decision making

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 18 Jan 2019

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and rural technology start-up Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) have launched a new platform that uses artificial ...

• COI report offers stark reminder on cyber hygiene

  Aaron Tan - TechTarget 11 Jan 2019

The Singapore government’s Committee of Inquiry (COI) that looked into the unprecedented cyber attack on SingHealth’s IT systems released a public report this week, detailing security lapses ...