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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

    India launches homegrown BharOS

    The homegrown Android-based mobile operating system could reduce India’s reliance on foreign software, but uncertainties around market adoption and software updates remain

  • February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

    How artificial intelligence is playing a role in insect farming

    An AI engine developed by Singapore startup EntoVerse is helping cricket farmers improve yield by optimising environmental and other conditions

  • February 05, 2023 05 Feb'23

    Australian organisations underinvesting in cyber security

    Over half of Australian organisations failed to invest enough in cyber security over past three years, though awareness is improving in aftermath of high-profile data breaches

  • February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

    BDx to open fourth datacentre in Hong Kong

    Big Data Exchange’s upcoming HKG8 facility will provide hyperscale and enterprise customers with fail-safe resiliency and connectivity in one of the region’s fastest-growing datacentre markets

  • February 02, 2023 02 Feb'23

    Symbio acquires Intrado Australia’s UCaaS business

    The all-cash A$5m deal will expand Symbio’s footprint in the UCaaS market and deepen its reach into enterprises and government entities

  • February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

    Reaping green dividends with data management

    Getting data management right has been pivotal for Singapore IoT startup SensorFlow to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions for its hotelier clients

  • January 31, 2023 31 Jan'23

    ATO renews major Macquarie deal

    The contract renewal will enable the Australian Tax Office to tap Macquarie’s security operations centre, among other services, to secure its IT environment and protect sensitive data

  • January 30, 2023 30 Jan'23

    Noventiq eyes APAC IT services market

    IT services provider Noventiq has been expanding its presence in APAC through several acquisitions in India, and is eyeing a bigger slice of the region’s IT services pie

  • January 26, 2023 26 Jan'23

    Zero-trust implementations remain work in progress

    Just one in 10 large enterprises are expected to have mature and measurable zero-trust programmes in place by 2026, study finds

  • January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

    Japan researchers develop new data encryption method

    Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have combined the best of homomorphic encryption and secret sharing in a new method to handle encrypted data

  • January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

    AWS opens Melbourne region, to invest $4.5bn by 2037

    Amazon Web Services’ new Melbourne cloud region will better serve Australian customers such as ANZ Bank and is expected to benefit over 2,500 full-time jobs in the country

  • January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

    APAC consumers expect human-like service from chatbots

    Consumer expectations of chatbots in Asia-Pacific have risen in tandem with improved performance of AI applications over the past year, a study has found

  • 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 16, 2023 16 Jan'23

    How India is driving the use of open government data

    India’s Open Government Data platform has paved the way for new applications and services, but concerns around data quality and privacy remain

  • January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

    AWS opens first Australian Local Zone in Perth

    AWS’s first Local Zone in Australia will bring low-latency performance to companies such as Woodside Energy and Nearmaps

  • January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

    How Indian banks can drive automation in corporate banking

    Banks should prioritise their processes for automation based on the level of human intervention, understand their processes thoroughly and put employees at the centre of their automation efforts

  • 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 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

    How technology is fuelling CommBank’s customer experience

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has built up capabilities in cloud and microservices while empowering engineering teams to solve complex customer problems

  • 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 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

    Top 10 India IT stories of 2022

    We recap the top 10 stories in India, including the digitisation work undertaken by global firms in the country and the progress made by local enterprises in harnessing technology

  • December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

    Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2022

    We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the opportunities and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year

  • 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 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

    How India is moving towards net zero

    Home-grown companies and multinational firms are doubling down on sustainability efforts, but more needs to be done to improve datacentre efficiency and avoid greenwashing

  • December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

    Crime Stoppers Tasmania debuts new reporting portal

    Reporting tool will enable the public to share crime-related information with law enforcement agencies to support policing in Tasmania

  • 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

    Australia to develop new cyber security strategy

    New strategy to be developed by top cyber security experts aims to turn Australia into a global cyber leader, among other goals

  • 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 04, 2022 04 Dec'22

    How Bosch is driving Industry 4.0 in India

    Bosch India is leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to detect manufacturing defects and plans to tap quantum computing for material simulation

  • 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