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Information technology (IT) in ASEAN

  • February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

    How to tame the identity sprawl

    Organisations should find a comprehensive way to gain full visibility into their digital identities and leverage automation to tame the identify sprawl

  • February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

    Dell tells suppliers to diversify fab and backend facilities

    Dell calls for chip suppliers to diversify their fabrication and backend facilities by the end of 2024 to improve its supply chain resilience

  • February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

    Akamai eyes cloud market with Connected Cloud

    Akamai marks foray into cloud computing with a distributed cloud computing platform that is touted to make it easier for enterprises to get applications and data closer to their customers

  • February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

    SPTel launches Singapore’s first LoRaWAN network

    The LoRaWAN network and its solar-powered gateways will alleviate the need for businesses and IoT service providers to build their own network to hook up sensor devices

  • January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

    How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking

    Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market

  • January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

    StarHub to undertake major network transformation

    Singapore telco StarHub is deploying a hybrid cloud architecture that will enable it to launch sovereign cloud services, among other capabilities

  • January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

    New APT group targets ASEAN governments and militaries

    The Dark Pink advanced persistent threat group used custom malware to exfiltrate data from high-profile targets through spear-phishing emails last year, according to Group-IB

  • January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

    How to find winning artificial intelligence use cases

    Choosing use cases for artificial intelligence requires organisations to take a hard look at business value, risk, data and other capabilities required to realise the technology’s full potential

  • January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

    How to identify a strategic technology platform

    A strategic platform has to be broad enough to support a range of business functions while being open, extensible and modular at the same time, according to Forrester

  • January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

    How cloud technology is supporting space missions

    Cloud-based machine learning and other services are finding their way into space to analyse satellite imagery and monitor space debris, among other space applications

  • January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

    How Tencent Cloud is cracking ASEAN’s cloud market

    The Chinese cloud supplier is playing to its strengths in platform services, media streaming and communications to grow its business in Southeast Asia

  • January 03, 2023 03 Jan'23

    Batam datacentre to capture spillover demand from Singapore

    NeutraDC’s new datacentre facility in Batam will enable it to meet the spillover demand for datacentre services from neighbouring markets

  • January 02, 2023 02 Jan'23

    China and India governments among top targets for cyber attackers

    Chinese and Indian governments targeted by hacktivists and ransomware groups out to make statement or expose flaws in their respective security postures

  • December 27, 2022 27 Dec'22

    Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2022

    Despite the challenges over the past year, ASEAN businesses have taken things in stride as they press on with digital transformation, whether it is empowering citizen developers or building cloud-native applications

  • December 19, 2022 19 Dec'22

    GitHub CEO: Artificial intelligence will not replace developers

    Artificial intelligence will enable developers to learn at their own pace and become more productive rather than take over their jobs, says GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke

  • December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

    Alibaba Cloud to debut blockchain service

    The Chinese cloud supplier is readying a blockchain node service to simplify and speed up blockchain technology deployments

  • December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2023

    Robotics, cross-cloud data mobility and cyber insurance are some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2023

  • December 11, 2022 11 Dec'22

    How Zscaler is cracking APAC’s cloud security market

    Zscaler’s head in Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s growth momentum in the region and what it is doing to address areas where it can do better

  • December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

    How Databricks is easing lakehouse adoption

    Databricks is making it easier for organisations to adopt a data lakehouse architecture through support for industry-specific file formats, data sharing and streaming processing, among other areas

  • December 07, 2022 07 Dec'22

    Vingroup to run SAP systems on Google Cloud

    The Vietnam conglomerate and EV maker is planning to migrate all its SAP systems to Google Cloud in a move that is expected to reap cost savings and improve product quality

  • December 05, 2022 05 Dec'22

    How HashiCorp is driving cloud provisioning and management

    HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet talks up how the company is supporting cloud provisioning in a hybrid environment and its investments in Asia-Pacific to capitalise on the region’s growth potential

  • December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

    Communications runs in his blood

    Symbio Connect CEO Giorgio Mihaila has spent more than two decades in a career dotted with roles at major communications technology providers

  • November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

    AWS doubles down on data management

    Cloud giant Amazon Web Services declares a bold vision to eliminate the need to extract, transform and load data alongside other efforts to address business problems in domains like cyber security and logistics

  • November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

    AWS eyes mission-critical workloads in ASEAN

    Cloud giant AWS is eyeing more business from mission-critical workloads and the financial services industry in Southeast Asia as it readies itself for the next phase of growth

  • November 26, 2022 26 Nov'22

    Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023

    Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in six industries

  • November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

    Getting data analytics right

    Organisations will need to marry the art and science of data analytics to drive innovation in their analytics initiatives, according to Gartner

  • November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

    How Singapore’s OCBC is harnessing open source

    OCBC using the OpenShift container platform to modernise its applications, reduce its reliance on proprietary software and deliver new business capabilities

  • November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

    Informatica CEO: ‘We’re the Switzerland of data’

    Informatica CEO Amit Walia talks up the company’s role as the ‘Switzerland of data’, helping organisations to manage data across different platforms as it transitions into a cloud-first supplier of data management tools

  • November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

    Inside Singapore’s public sector IT strategy

    Adopting a platform approach with products that can scale across the board and building a strong engineering bench are some of the key aspects in Singapore’s public sector IT strategy

  • November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

    How Google and Mandiant are forging synergies in cyber security

    Google’s AI smarts and Mandiant’s intelligence on new and emerging threats could lay the foundation of proactive security

  • November 13, 2022 13 Nov'22

    Metaverse could add up to $1.4tn a year to Asia’s GDP

    The metaverse may still be in its infancy, but sustained investments in the technology over the next decade could have a significant impact on Asia’s economy

  • November 11, 2022 11 Nov'22

    Lenovo bolsters services play with PCCW Solutions

    Lenovo’s acquisition of PCCW Solutions brings sought-after capabilities in hybrid cloud and application modernisation as it expands its services footprint in Asia

  • November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

    Optus earmarks A$140m to cover cost of data breach

    Optus sets aside A$140m as an exceptional expense for a customer remediation programme following a massive data breach that affected 10 million customers

  • November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

    Why Sophos is bullish on managed security services

    Sophos has grown its managed detection and response business to more than $100m over the last three years as more organisations grapple with the increasingly complex cyber security landscape

  • November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

    How organisations can right-size their data footprint

    More data is not always better, says Gartner, which is calling for organisations to focus on metadata and synthetic data to reduce their data liability and address privacy challenges

  • November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

    Singtel, China Telecom Global to lead undersea cable consortium

    New Asia Link Cable system will connect Hong Kong and Singapore with the Philippines, Brunei, and Hainan in China

  • November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

    How Globe is driving data analytics with Snowflake

    The largest telco in the Philippines has moved its on-premise data warehouse to Snowflake to address scalability challenges and improve customer experience

  • November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

    Aiven expands in APAC, builds new capabilities

    Managed service provider of open source databases and data platforms Aiven grew its business in Asia-Pacific by over 100% over the past year, and is now building new capabilities in data warehouses and other areas

  • November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

    Why technology change is slow at larger firms

    Firms that commit to a single cloud provider and a lack of investment in improving developer productivity can drive up costs and slow down the pace of change, technology leaders say

  • November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

    Alibaba Cloud debuts cloud-powered laptop

    Alibaba Cloud launches a cloud-powered laptop that will enable mobile workers to crunch compute-intensive workloads without the need for more powerful machines

  • November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

    How Elastic is going beyond enterprise search

    Elastic has been doubling down on the security and observability capabilities of its open-source platform, going beyond its roots in enterprise search

  • October 31, 2022 31 Oct'22

    SoftIron’s HyperCloud to ease private cloud deployments

    SoftIron claims its technology stack fully automates the provisioning of storage, compute, networking and infrastructure services, providing a fully functioning, multi-tenant cloud

  • October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

    Singapore’s met service to get new supercomputer

    The Meteorological Service Singapore is getting a new Cray supercomputer to improve weather forecasting and tropical climate research

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    How to attract more women into software development

    Having role models, support systems and upskilling opportunities are just some of the ways to attract and retain more women coders in the industry, according to a panel of women tech leaders and professionals