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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • 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 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 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

    Medibank breach casts spotlight on data security

    Health insurer Medibank Private recently suffered a major data breach involving the personal and health information of millions of customers, once again casting the spotlight on data security in Australia

  • 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

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    Australia budget closes in on digital divide, cyber resilience

    Australia’s latest budget is geared towards providing better broadband connectivity in regional and rural areas, shoring up the cyber security posture of its businesses and plugging tech talent shortages, among other areas

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    When technology lets you sleep easy

    Indian mattress supplier Duroflex has taken a leaf out of mattress design in its technology implementation to double its growth in an industry dominated by unorganised players

  • October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

    Global digital trust market to double by 2027

    The global market for digital trust technology is expected to double to $537bn by 2027, up from $270bn today as demand for cyber security and other capabilities continues to grow

  • October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

    AWS to open cloud region in Thailand

    Amazon Web Services is planning to launch a Bangkok region, following the debut of CloudFront Edge locations and Outposts in the past two years

  • October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

    Singapore extends cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices

    The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore is extending its cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices to encourage medical device manufacturers to adopt a security-by-design approach to product development

  • October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

    Oracle: We’re punching above our category

    Oracle claims to have debunked the misnomer that Oracle Cloud is only good for Oracle workloads and that its efforts to support and interoperate with other platforms has been driving growth

  • October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

    Oracle expands cloud infrastructure portfolio, eyes partner cloud market

    Oracle Alloy will enable partners such as systems integrators, telcos and other service providers to offer a full set of cloud services that can be tailored to the needs of specific markets and industries

  • October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

    Australia becoming hotbed for cyber attacks

    Research by Imperva shows an 81% increase in cyber security incidents in Australia between July 2021 and June 2022, including automated attacks that doubled in frequency

  • October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

    Alibaba Cloud readying dedicated cloud regions for private datacentres

    The hybrid cloud offering will provide enterprises with a dedicated Alibaba Cloud region in their datacentres with multiple availability zones

  • October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

    Indonesia’s NeutraDC outlines global ambitions

    Formed from the consolidation of Telkom’s infrastructure assets, NeutraDC has set its sights on being a global player in datacentre and connectivity services

  • October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

    With Java 19, Oracle boosts developer productivity with an eye on the future

    Major features in Java 19 will make it easier for Java developers to build applications that interface with non-Java code, among other capabilities in the 10th edition of the platform’s six-month release cadence

  • October 10, 2022 10 Oct'22

    How Cloudflare is staying ahead of the curve

    Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince talks up what has changed since the company’s first business plan was written in 2009 and how it keeps pace with the fast-moving network security landscape

  • October 07, 2022 07 Oct'22

    Australia to amend telecoms regulations following Optus breach

    Amendments to Australia’s telecoms regulations are in the works to temporarily allow sharing of individuals’ identifier information between telcos and financial institutions

  • October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

    Equinix to open new datacentre in Indonesia

    Equinix’s new facility in Indonesia follows a slew of datacentre builds that have been sprouting up in Jakarta to cater to the country’s growing digital economy

  • October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

    India telcos chart revenue growth with cloud and OTT services

    Telcos in India are eyeing new revenue streams from cloud and content services, but whether they can successfully monetise the offerings remains to be seen

  • October 05, 2022 05 Oct'22

    Inside Dell Technologies’ zero-trust approach

    Dell Technologies’ zero-trust reference model starts with defining business controls and having a central control plane that manages all the security aspects of an organisation’s infrastructure

  • October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

    Red Hat CEO on OpenShift roadmap, competitive play

    Red Hat’s newly minted CEO Matt Hicks talks up OpenShift’s roadmap, the competition with VMware and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region

  • September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

    How Endowus is leveraging Kafka and microservices

    The Singapore-based financial technology company built a distributed microservices architecture to ensure its investment platform remains resilient at all times

  • September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

    Optus breach casts spotlight on cyber resilience

    The massive data breach that affected more than 10 million Optus customers has cast the spotlight on API security and other factors that contribute to the cyber resilience of organisations in Australia

  • September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

    EnterpriseDB rides on PostgreSQL momentum in APAC

    The open-source database supplier has seen more enterprises in the region replacing their Oracle databases with Postgres to support their digital transformation initiatives

  • September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

    How AWS is tapping the groundswell in cloud adoption

    Phil Davis, managing director of Amazon Web Services in Asia-Pacific and Japan, talks up the company’s growth strategy and how it is retaining customers amid rivals nipping at its heels

  • September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

    Inside SolarWinds’ observability playbook

    SolarWinds’ CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna talks up the company’s observability playbook and offers a glimpse into its technology roadmap

  • September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

    ANZ organisations using antiquated backup and recovery systems

    Nearly half of ANZ organisations are still using backup and recovery systems from over a decade ago, hampering their ability to protect their data assets and recover from ransomware attacks

  • September 20, 2022 20 Sep'22

    India ramps up on AI amid talent and scalability challenges

    Indian organisations are speeding up deployments of AI across multiple sectors, but legacy systems, siloed data and a shortage of AI-specific talent will stand in the way of greater adoption

  • September 19, 2022 19 Sep'22

    How Mondelez is driving change with tech

    From empowering citizen developers to deploying drones to monitor the health of cocoa trees, Mondelez has been firing on all cylinders to disrupt the old ways of doing things

  • September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

    How an architecture graduate became a coder

    Back-end engineer Yang Lyu couldn’t find a job as an architect after graduation and ended up as a software developer after discovering her flair for coding

  • September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

    Airtel to deploy edge computing platform

    Bharti Airtel will deploy its multi-access edge compute platform across India to support edge computing applications in manufacturing and other industries, as India gears up for 5G

  • September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

    How graph technology is making a dent in the database market

    Graph databases are making a splash in the database market, with specialist, multimodal and cloud database suppliers jostling for a slice of the pie