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Eyes on APAC

A blog from Aaron Tan, Computer Weekly’s Asia-Pacific editor, analyzing the latest trends, issues and technology innovations in the APAC region.

December 2020

How technology will shape the future of work
Aaron Tan - TechTarget 21 Dec 2020

This is a guest post by Sujith Abraham, senior vice-president and general manager at Salesforce ASEAN No one could have predicted what 2020 would bring. Across every industry, we have learned the ...

Tech in APAC - November 2020
Aaron Tan - TechTarget 01 Dec 2020

Welcome to our last edition of Tech in APAC for the year. One of our key stories in November was a piece we did on Snowflake, which made its debut in September on Wall Street as the biggest ...

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The future of trust must be built on data transparency

In a digital economy fueled by AI, data transparency is the new currency. Learn what IT leaders must do to bring trust and ...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of RPA?

While RPA offers several benefits in the enterprise, there are also a few drawbacks. According to experts, these are the top ...

Texas power outage flags need to revisit business continuity

Freezing conditions that caused Texas power outages affected businesses well beyond the state's borders, prompting a need for ...

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Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days exploited in the wild

Both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and National Security Agency advise patching the Exchange Server ...

Accellion FTA attacks claim more victims

More details have emerged about the Accellion FTA attacks since the December disclosure, including possible threat groups behind ...

Technical controls to prevent business email compromise attacks

Technical controls are at the heart of preventing successful business email compromise attacks. Learn about those and extra ...

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Cisco completes $4.5 billion Acacia deal

Cisco said it will sell and support Acacia's optical networking products separately. Cisco will also continue selling the ...

5 steps to conduct network penetration testing

Enterprises that want to ensure competent network security strategies should look at how they can implement penetration testing, ...

5 benefits of Wi-Fi 6 for enterprise networks

In a perfect world, Wi-Fi 6 could introduce several benefits to business networks. But real-world conditions could curb the ...

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CRAC design upgrades simplify HVAC maintenance

CRAC/CRAH hardware updates make data center cooling more efficient. And these new systems are easier for admins to maintain and ...

IBM leans on Red Hat to adapt Power servers for hybrid cloud

New Red Hat tools and integrated system offerings allow IBM Power users to run workloads across multiple cloud environments.

Private cloud certificates to build up your tech skills

Private cloud deployments require a variety of skills to run smoothly on any infrastructure. Expand your technical knowledge with...

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Microsoft ignites Apache Cassandra Azure service

Microsoft rolled out a series of enhancements for the company's cloud data efforts, including updates to Azure Cosmos DB and a ...

Airbyte set to advance open source data integration platform

The CEO of a data integration startup explains how he is looking to grow the technology and community behind the vendor's open ...

Open source database migration guide: How to transition

Open source database transitions have been on the rise as they prove to be worthy competitors to commercial database options, but...