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Information technology (IT) in ASEAN

  • March 03, 2022 03 Mar'22

    SingHealth researchers to get new supercomputer

    Healthcare researchers at SingHealth can look forward to a new supercomputer to support their work

  • March 02, 2022 02 Mar'22

    How FinOps can rein in cloud costs

    More organisations are warming to FinOps to keep escalating cloud costs in check, amid growing usage of public cloud services

  • March 01, 2022 01 Mar'22

    Cloud suppliers eye APAC space industry

    Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are working with local governments and supplying cloud technologies to support the region’s growing space industry

  • February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22

    Cloudflare: Our network is our product

    Cloudflare’s chief product officer explains why its network is its product and how it protects organisations against cyber threats

  • February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

    Singtel’s Paragon platform to ease edge computing deployments

    Singtel’s new software platform is touted to make it easier for enterprises to deploy edge computing applications on its multi-access edge computing platform

  • February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

    Alibaba at the Winter Olympics: Bringing Beijing 2022 to broadcasters around the world

    As the Winter Olympics in Beijing draw to a close, the organisers lift the lid on the role Alibaba’s cloud technology has played in broadcasting the event to audiences across the globe

  • February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

    How one Singapore company is keeping drivers safe

    TNT Surveillance’s technology is being deployed by bus and port operators to reduce driver fatigue and prevent accidents using cameras and radar sensors

  • February 04, 2022 04 Feb'22

    Check Point looks to plug ASEAN’s cyber security gap

    Check Point is shoring up its sales force and partner ecosystem to address the cyber security needs of small and mid-sized businesses in a region that is highly targeted by threat actors

  • February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

    Singtel adds Azure Edge Zones to MEC platform

    Azure customers will be able to leverage existing Azure subscriptions in Singtel’s new MEC offering and use the Azure portal to deploy 5G applications at the edge

  • January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

    Novel phishing campaign highlights need for MFA, says Microsoft

    Microsoft details a new multi-stage phishing campaign that only affects victims without multifactor authentication in place

  • January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

    TigerGraph roars into APAC

    The graph database technology supplier is approaching the region with a solution-based strategy and partnering with universities to grow local capabilities

  • January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

    Twitter to expand Singapore engineering hub

    Twitter will double its engineering workforce in Singapore by 2023, as part of its regional expansion plans

  • January 19, 2022 19 Jan'22

    Trellix looks to democratise access to XDR in APAC

    The company formed from the merger of FireEye Enterprise and McAfee will team up with managed service providers, among other efforts, to democratise access to extended detection and response capabilities in the region

  • January 17, 2022 17 Jan'22

    Top three questions about the Log4j vulnerability

    Singapore’s Ensign Infosecurity answers the top three questions about the impact of the Log4j vulnerability

  • January 14, 2022 14 Jan'22

    M1 rolls out voice bot for customer hotlines

    The Singapore telco has rolled out a voice bot for a number of customer hotlines to improve customer experience and the productivity of call agents

  • January 11, 2022 11 Jan'22

    Proofpoint acquires Singapore data security startup

    Proofpoint’s acquisition of Dathena will bolster its data loss prevention capabilities, enabling organisations to better understand information risk through the use of AI

  • January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

    Inside Kyndryl’s Southeast Asia playbook

    Kyndryl will focus on building local partnerships and tapping opportunities in managed cloud services, among other areas, to stake a claim on the region’s managed services space

  • January 09, 2022 09 Jan'22

    Singapore retailer hit by data breach

    The personal data of OG’s basic and gold members stored in a database managed by a third-party service provider was reportedly compromised

  • January 03, 2022 03 Jan'22

    How APAC firms can stay ahead of cyber threats

    Organisations will need to develop behavioural detection, machine learning and threat hunting capabilities to keep pace with the onslaught of cyber attacks

  • December 23, 2021 23 Dec'21

    Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

    Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

  • December 20, 2021 20 Dec'21

    Tokopedia ups ante on observability capabilities

    Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has consolidated its observability capabilities on a single cloud-based platform, enabling it to improve customer service and identify infrastructure issues

  • December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

    How to scale up your AI initiatives

    Executive sponsorship, a strong data foundation and having ‘analytics artists’ are among ways to scale up AI initiatives beyond the pilot stage

  • December 13, 2021 13 Dec'21

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

    Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022

  • December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21

    Singapore and UK sign digital trade deal

    Described as the world’s most comprehensive digital agreement between two countries, the deal supports the UK’s bid to join Trans-Pacific Partnership to build trade connections with 11 Indo-Pacific markets

  • December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

    AWS re:Invent 2021: Four key takeaways for ASEAN firms

    AWS’s third-generation Graviton processor and other offerings in edge computing, machine learning and digital twin technologies are of relevance to organisations in Southeast Asia

  • December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

    APAC banks gear up on cloud, but challenges remain

    Public cloud spending by financial institutions in the region is rising even as they grapple with legacy IT challenges and cost concerns

  • December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

    NUHS to tap edge supercomputing to crunch AI workloads

    Singapore’s National University Health System will tap edge supercomputing resources to train AI models in a range of healthcare-related AI applications by mid-2022

  • November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

    Singapore telcos get more 5G spectrum

    Singtel, M1-StarHub and TPG will be getting 2.1GHz spectrum to support the growth of 5G services in the city-state

  • November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

    Inside Informatica’s cloud journey

    Informatica’s chief product officer talks up the company’s journey back to the public market and where Asia-Pacific fits in its growth strategy

  • November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

    GovTech to enhance Government on Commercial Cloud

    GCC 2.0 will include improvements in user onboarding and provide single credential access to public cloud services and engineering tools, among other areas

  • November 16, 2021 16 Nov'21

    Medtronic ups ante in digital health

    Medtronic wants a slice of the burgeoning digital health market and is teaming up with startups and other organisations in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare ecosystem to raise its game

  • November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

    IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future

    Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future

  • November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

    Singapore ups ante in AI with sectoral programmes

    Singapore launches two national AI programmes to bolster adoption of AI by financial institutions and the public sector

  • November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

    Oracle eyes startups with Singapore cloud region

    Oracle is targeting startups and going beyond its enterprise stronghold with its first cloud region in Southeast Asia

  • November 08, 2021 08 Nov'21

    Splunk’s cloud shift is paying off in APAC

    Splunk’s Asia-Pacific business is growing faster than the rest of the company, but it’s not resting on its laurels

  • November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

    Inside Krungsri Bank’s open API journey

    Thailand’s Krungsri Bank has been harnessing open application programming interfaces to enable its partners to build new services in a strategy that has won over customers from rival banks

  • November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

    Dell rolls out financing arm in Singapore

    Dell Financial Services will offer flexible and consumption-based payment options in local and regional markets as more enterprises consume and operate IT infrastructure via an as-a-service model

  • October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

    How GitHub is driving secure software development

    GitHub’s first chief security officer offers a glimpse into the company’s efforts to help developers and organisations embrace secure software development practices

  • October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

    Singapore-developed chatbot to provide genetic counselling

    National University Cancer Institute, Singapore’s chatbot will kickstart the counselling process for patients who have a higher risk of contracting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

  • October 24, 2021 24 Oct'21

    The future of data analytics

    The rise of no-code and event-driven architectures are among the developments that will shape the future of data analytics, according to Tibco’s regional chief technology officer