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Information technology (IT) in ASEAN

  • 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

  • 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

    Singaporean bank has started using artificial intelligence and analytics to provide customers with hyper-personalised insights and recommendations, to win more market share

  • September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

    Singapore partners Apple on LumiHealth

    Singapore’s Health Promotion Board has developed a programme with Apple to encourage healthy living following a similar partnership with Fitbit last year

  • September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

    Nutanix bolsters Kubernetes playbook with managed service

    Karbon Platform Services claims to ease container deployments in public and hybrid cloud environments in the emerging Kubernetes platform war

  • September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

    NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France

    NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France

  • September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

    Coronavirus: APAC organisations speed up innovation

    Innovation has become easier than before, with the most innovative organisations expecting to recover from the impact of the pandemic in less than six months, new Microsoft-commissioned study finds

  • September 06, 2020 06 Sep'20

    Why predictive threat intelligence is key

    Threat intelligence startup Cyfirma is using virtual agents to gather intelligence on potential cyber attacks that are being coordinated in underground forums before they occur

  • September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

    How Bank Mandiri is driving the use of big data analytics

    Indonesia’s largest bank has built a big data platform to track transactions and monitor the health of its workforce, among other big data analytics initiatives

  • August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

    How Citi is democratising access to data

    Global financial institution Citi puts people at the centre of its data analytics initiatives and collaborates with users to drive adoption and success

  • August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

    Covid-19, demographic shifts to drive automation

    Businesses will need to shore up their productivity through technology and automation to cope with the pandemic and a shrinking workforce, says an industry expert