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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.

March 2020

APAC tech suppliers tout wares amid Covid-19 outbreak
Aaron Tan - TechTarget 20 Mar 2020

In the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, technology vendors all over the world have been touting their wares to help individuals, businesses and medical workers tide over this ...

AI and machine learning is not the future, it's the present
Aaron Tan - TechTarget 12 Mar 2020

This is a guest post by Raju Vegesna, chief evangelist at Zoho For many, artificial intelligence (AI) is a distant and incomprehensible concept associated only with science fiction movies or ...

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Racial, gender diversity in tech improving at a glacial pace

The tech industry has made some progress in improving gender diversity in recent years, but people of color and women of color, ...

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 ...

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Rebuild security and compliance foundations with automation

Instead of patchwork security fixes, financial organizations need to embrace automation, create and deploy secure software and ...

Microsoft makes passwordless push in Azure Active Directory

To adapt to security challenges like remote work and increasingly sophisticated threats, Microsoft is building a passwordless ...

Microsoft's security roadmap goes all-in on 365 Defender

Microsoft 365 Defender's new threat analytics feature includes step-by-step reports on attacks, vulnerabilities and more, as well...

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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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Oracle Database 21c looks for adoption of blockchain tables

Blockchain isn't just for cryptocurrency. The technology can be an additional layer of security and authenticity enabling an ...

Yugabyte raises $48M to build out distributed SQL database

The leader of a young open source database company explains why the vendor is raising new money as the demand for cloud ...

What is a data warehouse analyst?

Data warehouses aren't a new part of the data pipeline, but analyst roles to manage the repository are increasing. Here's a look ...