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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

    Building security and trust in AI agents

    AI agents require standardised guidelines, clear human responsibility and a shared language between developers and policymakers to be secure and trusted, experts say

  • October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

    New cyber resilience centre to help SMEs fend off cyber threats

    Spearheaded by the Singapore Business Federation, the cyber resilience centre will equip SMEs in the city-state with cyber security capabilities to mitigate and recover from cyber attacks

  • October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

    AI market is ‘frothy not bubbly’, says Cloudian CEO

    To meet the growth in demand for on-premise AI inferencing, Cloudian has developed an AI platform to help enterprises apply large language models to their private data and address security and sovereignty concerns

  • October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

    F5 admits nation-state actor stole BIG-IP source code

    F5 discloses that a nation-state actor has stolen source code and unpatched vulnerability data for its widely used BIG-IP products, raising supply chain security concerns across the industry

  • October 08, 2025 08 Oct'25

    FairPrice deploys autonomous vehicles for supply chain operations

    The supermarket giant has teamed up with tech firm Zelos to deploy a fleet of electric autonomous vehicles to bolster supply chain efficiency and cut carbon emissions

  • October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

    SAP: AI is commoditising business applications

    Business applications are at risk of being commoditised with artificial intelligence increasingly becoming the new interface that lets businesses execute tasks across different systems, according to a senior SAP leader

  • October 02, 2025 02 Oct'25

    Singtel debuts low-code platform to ease AI deployment

    Singtel’s AI Studio, part of its CUBΣ network-as-a-service offering, aims to simplify AI development and deployment while addressing enterprise concerns around security and data sovereignty

  • October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

    Why AI agent projects are stalling in production

    A Confluent technology strategist explains why multi-agent workflows become brittle monoliths and how access to real-time, streaming data is key to the success of agentic AI deployments

  • October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

    How AI is driving a rethink of storage architecture

    Pure Storage’s head of AI infrastructure, Par Botes, argues that the growing use of artificial intelligence will require storage systems with audit trails and versioning to ensure trust and traceability

  • September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

    Google unveils AI-powered security to trap ransomware attacks

    The new security capability, available at no extra cost for most Google Workspace users, detects mass file encryption during ransomware attacks, stops the attacks from spreading and allows for restoration of files

  • September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

    Interview: GitLab CTO on freeing developers for innovation with AI

    Sabrina Farmer explains how GitLab’s platform for the software development lifecycle is using artificial intelligence to help eliminate developer toil and drive innovation

  • September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

    How Mediacorp stops livestreams from freezing at key moments

    Singapore’s national broadcaster has achieved a 99.5% crash-free rate for its mobile apps by using observability tools to find and fix issues in real time, ensuring a smoother experience for users

  • September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

    Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth

    The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes

  • September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

    Alibaba Cloud targets full-stack AI dominance

    The Chinese cloud giant has unveiled the Qwen3-Max model, a suite of agent development tools and cloud infrastructure upgrades to position itself as a one-stop shop for AI development and deployment

  • September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

    Salesforce shifts focus from AI models to agentic AI

    Rather than being preoccupied with large language models, Salesforce is now focused on building AI agents, with an eye on achieving what it calls ‘enterprise general intelligence’

  • September 21, 2025 21 Sep'25

    NUS supercomputer enters global Top500

    Dubbed Hopper, the supercomputer can perform 25 quadrillion calculations per second and is already fast-tracking research in fields from biomedical engineering to clean energy applications

  • September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

    Pentera expands in APAC, taps AI to outsmart attackers

    The penetration testing specialist is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region and deploying AI-driven capabilities as it eyes acquisitions and a potential IPO

  • September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

    Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement

    By unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base

  • September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

    Firms urged to adopt risk-based data sovereignty strategy

    Geopolitical uncertainty is forcing organisations to rethink where their data is located, but a full retreat from the public cloud is not the answer

  • September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

    Google Cloud unveils open protocol for agentic payments

    Google’s Agent Payments Protocol is an open standard developed with more than 60 global partners to create a secure standard for AI-driven transactions

  • September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

    Exabeam: Treat AI agents as the new insider threat

    As artificial intelligence agents are given more power inside organisations, Exabeam’s chief AI officer, Steve Wilson, argues they must be monitored for rogue behaviour just like their human counterparts

  • September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

    Telcos urged to ‘delayer’ for survival and growth

    Faced with commoditised services and low returns, telcos must radically restructure into separate infrastructure, network and service units to unlock value and innovate, says Kearney

  • September 15, 2025 15 Sep'25

    Smart headset gives visually impaired a new way to ‘see’

    Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a wearable device that combines a camera with conversational AI powered by Meta’s Llama models to give sight to the visually impaired

  • September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

    Open source security and sustainability remain unsolved problem

    While software bills of materials offer some transparency over software components, they don’t solve the imbalance between corporate consumption of open source software and the lack of investment in its security and health

  • September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

    Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software

    Believing monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes

  • September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

    AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn

    Australian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner

  • September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

    How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation

    The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings

  • September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

    Fastly CEO plots course through AI and security

    Chief exec Kip Compton explains how Fastly’s unified platform is solving the web’s biggest challenges, from content scrapping by AI bots to distributed denial-of-service attacks

  • September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

    OpenAI targets India with datacentre push

    The AI firm is planning to open a one-gigawatt datacentre in India, which could reduce latency, ensure regulatory compliance and give it an edge over hyperscalers

  • September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

    AWS goes live in New Zealand

    The AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region, comprising three availability zones and powered by renewable energy, will enable organisations to store sensitive data in the country

  • September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

    JFrog extends DevSecOps playbook to AI governance

    The software security specialist is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance and bias in AI models

  • August 31, 2025 31 Aug'25

    Google Cloud brings on-premise Gemini AI to Singapore

    Move allows government agencies and regulated industries to run Google’s most powerful artificial intelligence models in their own datacentres, directly addressing data security and residency requirements to fuel the nation’s AI ambitions

  • August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

    FairPrice taps Google Cloud to build agentic AI workforce

    Singapore’s largest retailer is deploying a suite of agentic AI applications built on Google’s Gemini, Vertex AI and Agentspace to transform its customer experience and internal workflows

  • August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

    Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation

    At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage

  • August 25, 2025 25 Aug'25

    How to secure the identity perimeter and prepare for AI agents

    Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand explains why identity has become the critical security battleground, how decentralised credentials will reduce data breach risks, and why AI agents will need their own identities to be trusted

  • August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

    Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector

    India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion

  • August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

    Dell builds on $50m Singapore investment with new AI hub

    Dell Technologies has opened an AI innovation hub to speed artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and upskill 10,000 students and mid-career professionals in Singapore

  • August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

    Without a data strategy, AI will just scale your chaos

    Snowflake’s chief data analytics officer, Anahita Tafvizi, explains why a data strategy focused on governance, consistency and accuracy is the only way to build artificial intelligence that users will trust

  • August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

    India banks on mature-node chips to build semiconductor niche

    India is doubling down on mature-node chips that power cars, healthcare and electronics, using incentives and global supply shifts to make its mark

  • August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

    Singapore board directors to get cyber crisis training

    The Singapore Institute of Directors and Ensign InfoSecurity have launched a programme to equip 1,000 board leaders with the skills to navigate high-stakes decisions during a cyber crisis

  • August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

    Docusign moves beyond e-signatures with AI-powered contract platform

    Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen explains how the company is leveraging its brand recognition and GenAI capabilities to solve decades-old problems in how businesses create, negotiate and manage contracts

  • August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

    Zendesk CTO on the new era of customer experience

    Zendesk once pushed its AI vision, but now customers are leading the charge. Its CTO, Jason Maynard, explains how this reversal is creating roles like the ‘bot manager’ and shaping the future of customer experience

  • August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

    India revives national datacentre policy amid AI push

    The government is pushing for single-window clearances and distributed infrastructure to prepare India for AI and cloud workloads in its national datacentre policy

  • August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

    SK Telecom to build sovereign AI infrastructure

    The South Korean telco is building the Haein Cluster AI infrastructure to support its Petasus AI Cloud service in a bid to meet the demand for AI training and inference within its borders