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Information technology (IT) in ASEAN

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  How AWS is supporting Asia’s battle with Covid-19

  Public sector organisations and startups across the region have been tapping AWS cloud services to speed up and enable a range of pandemic-related initiatives

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Microsoft to open Malaysia cloud region

  Microsoft’s new cloud region located in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area is part of a broader move to expand its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  Informatica streamlines APAC operations amid growing cloud business

  Informatica has consolidated its operations in four key Asia-Pacific markets in a move that will enable it to better meet the demand for cloud-based data management software

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Teradata eyes cloud opportunity in APAC

  The data warehouse software supplier has been positioning itself to capture the region’s cloud opportunities through not only R&D, but also efforts to support enterprises in their cloud journey

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Tencent Cloud opens Indonesia datacentre

  Tencent’s Indonesian datacentre is expected to reduce network latency for local enterprises while providing backbone access for Indonesian and global internet service providers

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  Digital Realty expands Singapore footprint

  Digital Realty opens its third and largest datacentre in Singapore to meet the needs of local and multinational companies that are looking to deploy critical infrastructure and scale their digital business

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  VMware to ease hybrid cloud deployments

  VMware is combining VMware Cloud Foundation and its Tanzu portfolio into a single software stack to simply hybrid and multi-cloud deployment and management

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  Bank BJB Syariah taps DevOps

  Indonesia’s Bank Jabar Banten Syariah is adopting DevOps and microservices to speed up delivery of applications

• April 05, 2021 05 Apr'21

  How Lenovo is tackling HCI workloads

  Lenovo has teamed up with AMD to address mission-critical workloads such as in-memory databases as APAC organisations look beyond VDI in their hyperconverged infrastructure deployments

• April 01, 2021 01 Apr'21

  ASEAN enterprises face hurdles in digital transformation

  Southeast Asian firms know what it takes to transform digitally, but they are not as adaptable as they would like to be, a survey has found

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Bitfrost subsea cable to boost APAC connectivity

  A subsea cable system linking Southeast Asia and North America will be built by 2024 to meet the growing demand for bandwidth in the Asia-Pacific region

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Executive interview: Tearing down data silos

  Alteryx’s senior vice-president for Asia-Pacific addresses some misconceptions about data analytics and what the company is doing to stake a bigger claim on the market

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Recognising APAC’s top industry leaders

  The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts to tap new business opportunities, improve efficiencies and solve pressing issues

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: SIA taps blockchain for loyalty app

  Singapore Airlines, winner of the transportation category in this year’s CW Innovation Awards APAC, expands its blockchain-based digital wallet into a broader digital lifestyle platform

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Sime Darby ups ante in service management

  Sime Darby Industrial’s inService Suite has returned more than 100,000 hours to the company in a digitisation initiative that has improved efficiency and customer engagement

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: How DBS is transforming credit processes

  DBS Bank’s credit architecture programme has digitised and reimagined credit processes through a unified platform that has improved the productivity and efficiency of its credit teams

• March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21

  NUHS taps RPA in Covid-19 swab tests

  Singapore’s National University Health System deploys RPA bots to automate patient registration during Covid-19 swab tests as part of broader efforts to improve efficiency

• March 22, 2021 22 Mar'21

  Singtel and Optus partner AWS on telco edge

  Singtel and Optus are supporting AWS Outposts in their telco edge platforms that will enable enterprises to use AWS services for on-premise 5G applications

• March 19, 2021 19 Mar'21

  AWS rolls out clean energy initiative in Singapore

  62MW solar project expected to generate 80,000MWh of clean energy a year, enough to power more than 10,000 homes

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  ST Engineering teams up with Google Cloud

  Singapore’s ST Engineering and Google Cloud will explore offering secure cloud services for organisations in regulated industries

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Fighting fake Covid-19 vaccines with blockchain

  A blockchain-based system developed by Singapore-based Zuellig Pharma can help governments and healthcare providers weed out fake vaccines and manage vaccine distribution and administration

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  APAC cloud spending up by over 38% in 2020

  Public cloud infrastructure services made up the lion’s share of cloud spending last year as APAC organisations strive to modernise their IT infrastructure amid the pandemic, study finds

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Google Cloud makes inroads in Southeast Asia

  Number three public cloud supplier has made inroads into Southeast Asian enterprises such as Indonesia’s Salim Group and is assessing opportunities for new cloud regions

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Singapore Airlines the latest victim of supply chain attack

  A restricted set of data of over 580,000 frequent flyer members of Singapore Airlines was exposed in a supply chain attack against Sita’s passenger service system

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  APAC leads in open source adoption

  APAC organisations are using open source software to modernise their infrastructure and develop containerised applications, though security concerns linger on

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  Veritas looks beyond NetBackup for growth in ASEAN

  Veritas has seen increased demand for its availability tools as it looks to address backup and recovery requirements from cloud, database and VMware workloads

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  IBM eyes hybrid cloud opportunity in ASEAN

  The hybrid cloud message is resonating among Southeast Asian enterprises that are looking to modernise their applications and systems, says IBM’s general manager for the region

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  How SAP is riding the rising tide of cloud

  SAP’s newly minted president for Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s cloud traction and what is being done to ease the transition to S/4 Hana

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  Huawei opens developer lab in Singapore

  Huawei’s Digix lab will provide software development resources to those who are building mobile apps for Huawei’s mobile platform

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics

  Company’s GeoSpock DB is aimed at optimising queries of large volumes of geospatial data with scale and speed

• February 21, 2021 21 Feb'21

  Dell to invest $50m in Singapore innovation hub

  Dell Technologies’ global innovation hub will house a research and development lab and other facilities to drive development and adoption of emerging technologies

• February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  Oracle unveils final cog in cloud strategy

  Oracle’s Roving Edge Infrastructure is getting interest from mining companies in Australia and manufacturers in ASEAN that are looking to run cloud-based workloads in edge locations

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Executive interview: Tapping APAC’s storage potential

  Lenovo’s head of storage in Asia-Pacific singles out the region’s market opportunities and predicts that the healthcare sector will go full-fledged with flash storage in the next year

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Singtel falls prey to supply chain attack

  The Singapore telco reveals that its Accellion file sharing system was illegally hacked in a supply chain attack

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  Big data platform to speed up DNA analysis

  Belgium’s Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre has developed a big data platform that can analyse DNA data up to 16 times faster than current techniques

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  Singapore tops cloud adoption in ASEAN

  Nearly nine in 10 organisations in Singapore are using cloud services, but cost and security concerns remain

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  UiPath hires former cloud executive to head APAC business

  Former Google and AWS executive Rick Harshman will lead UiPath’s business in Asia-Pacific, where adoption of robotic process automation is growing

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  Tata Communications grows IoT footprint

  India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Bank of Singapore taps analytics to improve operations

  Private banking arm of Singapore’s OCBC Group will use analytics to improve compliance, customer service and the performance of its sales teams

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  ‘Victory for free speech and openness’ after tribunal confirms no territorial restrictions to FOIA

  Freedom of information tribunal rules that investigative journalists and others can use the Freedom of Information Act if they live outside the UK or are not British citizens

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Inside Grab’s DevOps practices

  A senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Tech salary growth in APAC a mixed bag

  The growing demand for IT pros to support digital transformation projects has not translated to higher salaries across the board, survey finds

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  How Globe Telecom is doubling down on cloud

  The largest mobile operator in the Philippines has moved its legacy systems to the cloud and there is more to come as it looks towards deploying cloud radio access networks and cloud-native applications

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Banks and telcos lead big data analytics spending in APAC

  Banks and telcos contributed nearly one-third of spending on big data analytics in the region, while the government and healthcare sectors will register the highest growth rates, new research finds

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  APAC firms grapple with cyber security amid pandemic

  Some aspects of cyber security have taken a backseat as companies across the Asia-Pacific region rush to shore up their infrastructure to cope with the demands of remote work

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Telstra International appoints South Asia head

  The international arm of Telstra has hired former DXC Technology executive Geraldine Kor as its managing director for South Asia to tap new growth opportunities

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  APAC firms’ ‘future readiness’ a mixed bag

  Led by firms in China, Singapore and Australia, just over a quarter of businesses in APAC fit the bill as a future-ready business, study finds

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  DBS opens tech academy in skills training drive

  The DBS Future Tech Academy will focus on training the bank’s technologists in three disciplines for a start – site reliability engineering, data processing and analytics, and application security

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  SKT and AWS debut 5G edge cloud service

  SK Telecom’s multi-access edge computing service will let enterprises build low latency applications that make use of AWS cloud services

• January 04, 2021 04 Jan'21

  Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its inaugural Innovation Awards in APAC to honour digitisation initiatives that have transformed organisations in seven industries

• January 04, 2021 04 Jan'21

  Ericsson to power DTAC 5G network in Thailand

  Almost half of Thailand’s 70 million population to be served by a new 5G radio access network from leading local communications service provider DTAC

• January 04, 2021 04 Jan'21

  Journalists’ FOI bids stayed as court reconsiders freedom of information rights of people outside UK

  Tribunal questions whether people without a British passport or Britons living overseas are eligible to use the UK’s Freedom of Information Act

• January 03, 2021 03 Jan'21

  Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain

  The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances

• December 30, 2020 30 Dec'20

  Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020

• December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20

  5G roll-outs to continue apace in 2021

  New 5G launches will be led by telcos in forerunner markets, but the industry’s near-term outlook will depend on the timing of an economic recovery

• December 20, 2020 20 Dec'20

  THKD taps SAP and Azure to improve patient experience

  Malaysian healthcare group THKD is deploying new SAP systems and plans to tap Azure’s cloud infrastructure to enhance patient experience

• December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20

  Singapore employees want more support for remote working

  Singapore workers faced challenges in accessing internal company resources, spotty connections and had to use their personal devices for business while working remotely

• December 13, 2020 13 Dec'20

  Singapore trials beacons to bolster police operations

  Police beacons equipped with video cameras, sirens, floodlights and speakers are being deployed at two parks to improve public safety in a year-long trial

• December 11, 2020 11 Dec'20

  Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs

  Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  AWS eyes mainframe workloads

  Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud

• December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021

  The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  Singapore government to boost blockchain adoption

  Singapore government unveils S$12m programme to promote development and adoption of blockchain applications beyond financial services

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities

  Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  Singapore government remains ‘juicy target’ for cyber attackers

  The government is baking security into the design and implementation of its IT systems and looking to increase bug bounties to fend off cyber threats

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic

  Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget

  Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  How Grab is using technology to improve trust and safety

  Southeast Asian unicorn Grab is tapping artificial intelligence and other technologies to keep its users safe and cyber criminals at bay

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  APAC plagued by APT, ransomware attacks

  The Asia-Pacific region was a primary target of advanced persistent threat groups, mostly from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, that carried out 34 campaigns between June 2019 to June 2020

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  Inside Huawei’s APAC cloud strategy

  The Chinese technology giant is counting on its strengths in hardware infrastructure and focus on research and development to make a mark in Asia Pacific’s public cloud market

• November 20, 2020 20 Nov'20

  Claritas taps AI to enhance medical images

  A Singapore startup has developed a cloud-based medical imaging platform to enhance the quality and accessibility of radiology images for doctors and patients

• November 19, 2020 19 Nov'20

  Why databases are key to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales

  With each order split into multiple database transactions, ensuring the scalability and elasticity of database systems was key to the success of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales

• November 16, 2020 16 Nov'20

  How Standard Chartered approaches cyber security

  Bank uses security-by-design principles and conducts red-teaming exercises among other measures to fend off cyber breaches

• November 16, 2020 16 Nov'20

  Space DC eyes Indonesia datacentre market

  Space DC opens first of two datacentres with reliability and green features to tap Indonesia’s growing demand for datacentres

• November 11, 2020 11 Nov'20

  What businesses can learn from GovTech’s digital strategy

  Modernising its infrastructure and putting digital at its core has given Singapore’s Government Technology Agency the agility it needs to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic

• November 09, 2020 09 Nov'20

  Global telcos defy previous performance expectations

  Better-performing Asia-Pacific operators lead charge driving analyst to adjust upwards previous forecast for worldwide connectivity services market

• November 05, 2020 05 Nov'20

  Singapore government rolls out digital signature service

  Individuals and businesses will soon be able to sign documents digitally using a new service on the Singapore government’s SingPass digital identity platform

• November 01, 2020 01 Nov'20

  How Snowflake is charting its growth in APAC

  The cloud data warehouse supplier set foot in Asia-Pacific just three years ago and has started to gain traction among large enterprises in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Microsoft to open cloud region in Taiwan

  Microsoft’s cloud datacentre region in Taiwan will first provide access to Azure, followed by Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform later

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Why Malaysia’s AmBank is embracing open source and DevOps

  AmBank Group is tapping open source, DevOps and data science to improve customer service and develop bespoke services for a broader market

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Barracuda eyes Indochina markets

  Barracuda is looking to expand its local presence and headcount in fast-growing emerging markets of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  APAC CISOs warm up to zero trust

  Security leaders in Asia-Pacific are adopting zero-trust security, but challenges stand in their way of reaping the full potential of the security model

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Chatbots will not replace call centre agents

  Chatbots have not lived up to their promises and are better poised to support call centre agents in the blended realm of customer service and employee collaboration, says a regional Avaya executive

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Datacentre sustainability a work in progress in ASEAN

  Sustainability efforts have not kept pace with the growing demand for datacentre and co-location services in Southeast Asia

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Rackspace expands Singapore office, eyes ASEAN market

  Managed cloud services supplier expands regional office to develop deeper relationships with local customers as demand for its services grows

• October 19, 2020 19 Oct'20

  How SATS is streamlining procurement

  Singapore-based supplier of ground handling and food services is deploying what it calls ‘touchless procurement’

• October 15, 2020 15 Oct'20

  How Tokopedia is streamlining incident management

  Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has improved incident management and developer productivity using a cloud-based incident management tool

• October 14, 2020 14 Oct'20

  ServiceNow to roll out Now platform on Azure

  ServiceNow introduces Azure-linked offering to cater to the needs of organisations in regulated industries that have strict data sovereignty and security requirements

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  DBS to deploy IBM z15 mainframes

  Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed a seven-year deal with IBM to run and modernise mission-critical applications on z15 mainframes

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Making sense of zero-trust security

  Implementing zero-trust security is not an easy feat, but enterprises can still get it right if they approach it from a process perspective and get a handle on their infrastructure footprint

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook

  Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most out of the technology

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Singtel rolls out 5G trial network for enterprises

  Singtel is providing enterprises with early access to its 5G standalone network at its testing facility to test and develop new 5G applications

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista

  Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas

• October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20

  How a Singapore startup is disrupting logistics management

  Portcast’s cloud-based logistics management platform uses machine learning and big data to improve supply chain visibility for logistics companies, shipping lines and manufacturers

• October 01, 2020 01 Oct'20

  How Ethernet became the world’s networking standard

  Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalfe outlines the technology’s early history, including the rivalry with IBM and what he did to convince people of the value of networks

• September 30, 2020 30 Sep'20

  VMware wants to decouple the telco technology stack

  VMware is trying to break the stranglehold of integrated technology stacks on telcos, but network equipment suppliers are not ceding ground

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  Singapore to build 5G talent pipeline

  Singapore’s telcos will start hiring and training about 1,000 telecoms professionals by year-end to support the deployment of 5G networks

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  Tibco eyes growth in emerging APAC markets

  Tibco’s regional head honcho, Erich Gerber, sees massive potential in Asia’s large population and thirst for technology, including advanced analytics tools that will help businesses glean actionable insights

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Data deluge grips enterprises amid digitisation

  Two-thirds of respondents in a new Splunk study expect the quantity of data to grow by nearly five times by 2025 as they embrace more emerging technologies

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  The inside story of Taiwan’s AI whizz

  Not content with his stellar achievements in artificial intelligence, Chih-Han Yu wanted to create an impact with his work and formed one of Taiwan’s most important unicorns

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  DBS taps AI and data analytics in intelligent banking move

  Singapore’s DBS Bank has started tapping AI and analytics to provide customers with hyper-personalised insights and recommendations to win more market share