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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • January 12, 2022 12 Jan'22

    Macquarie joins NSW government’s cloud supplier panel

    New South Wales state agencies will be able to access Macquarie’s sovereign cyber expertise and secure cloud, network and datacentre services

  • January 11, 2022 11 Jan'22

    Proofpoint acquires Singapore data security startup

    Proofpoint’s acquisition of Dathena will bolster its data loss prevention capabilities, enabling organisations to better understand information risk through the use of AI

  • January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

    Inside Kyndryl’s Southeast Asia playbook

    Kyndryl will focus on building local partnerships and tapping opportunities in managed cloud services, among other areas, to stake a claim on the region’s managed services space

  • January 09, 2022 09 Jan'22

    Singapore retailer hit by data breach

    The personal data of OG’s basic and gold members stored in a database managed by a third-party service provider was reportedly compromised

  • December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

    How to scale up your AI initiatives

    Executive sponsorship, a strong data foundation and having ‘analytics artists’ are among ways to scale up AI initiatives beyond the pilot stage

  • December 13, 2021 13 Dec'21

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

    Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022

  • December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21

    Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face espionage and hacking charges, court rules

    High Court overturns decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder after US government gives assurances over his treatment

  • December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21

    Singapore and UK sign digital trade deal

    Described as the world’s most comprehensive digital agreement between two countries, the deal supports the UK’s bid to join Trans-Pacific Partnership to build trade connections with 11 Indo-Pacific markets

  • December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

    NEXTDC opens edge datacentre on the Sunshine Coast

    NEXTDC’s SC1 facility is the first in a series of edge datacentre sites that will provide low-latency services to regional businesses and global linkages

  • December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

    AWS re:Invent 2021: Four key takeaways for ASEAN firms

    AWS’s third-generation Graviton processor and other offerings in edge computing, machine learning and digital twin technologies are of relevance to organisations in Southeast Asia

  • December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

    APAC banks gear up on cloud, but challenges remain

    Public cloud spending by financial institutions in the region is rising even as they grapple with legacy IT challenges and cost concerns

  • December 05, 2021 05 Dec'21

    Australia’s NSW to build A$40m digital twin

    The spatial digital twin brings together government data sources to provide insights for urban planners and residents to support decision-making and see into the future

  • December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

    NUHS to tap edge supercomputing to crunch AI workloads

    Singapore’s National University Health System will tap edge supercomputing resources to train AI models in a range of healthcare-related AI applications by mid-2022

  • December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

    India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022

    Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce

  • November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

    How Maxim’s Group is using Oracle Cloud

    The Hong Kong-based F&B operator is using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to run its VMware workloads and datawarehouse to improve resilience and productivity

  • November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

    ICO warns facial recognition company Clearview AI it could face £17m fine over privacy breaches

    The UK’s information commissioner has issued a preliminary decision to fine Clearview over £17m for breaching UK data protection law and invited the company to make representations

  • November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

    Singapore telcos get more 5G spectrum

    Singtel, M1-StarHub and TPG will be getting 2.1GHz spectrum to support the growth of 5G services in the city-state

  • November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

    Inside Informatica’s cloud journey

    Informatica’s chief product officer talks up the company’s journey back to the public market and where Asia-Pacific fits in its growth strategy

  • November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

    GovTech to enhance Government on Commercial Cloud

    GCC 2.0 will include improvements in user onboarding and provide single credential access to public cloud services and engineering tools, among other areas

  • November 16, 2021 16 Nov'21

    Medtronic ups ante in digital health

    Medtronic wants a slice of the burgeoning digital health market and is teaming up with startups and other organisations in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare ecosystem to raise its game

  • November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

    IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future

    Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future

  • November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

    Singapore ups ante in AI with sectoral programmes

    Singapore launches two national AI programmes to bolster adoption of AI by financial institutions and the public sector

  • November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

    Oracle eyes startups with Singapore cloud region

    Oracle is targeting startups and going beyond its enterprise stronghold with its first cloud region in Southeast Asia

  • November 08, 2021 08 Nov'21

    Splunk’s cloud shift is paying off in APAC

    Splunk’s Asia-Pacific business is growing faster than the rest of the company, but it’s not resting on its laurels

  • November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

    Inside Krungsri Bank’s open API journey

    Thailand’s Krungsri Bank has been harnessing open application programming interfaces to enable its partners to build new services in a strategy that has won over customers from rival banks

  • November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

    Adelaide healthcare network digitises manual processes

    The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has digitised manual processes in more than 20 speciality areas to improve patient experience and alleviate the workloads of frontline staff

  • November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

    Dell rolls out financing arm in Singapore

    Dell Financial Services will offer flexible and consumption-based payment options in local and regional markets as more enterprises consume and operate IT infrastructure via an as-a-service model

  • November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

    India’s tech workforce braces for hybrid work

    A Nasscom study reveals that India’s tech workers and their employers are planning to return to offices thrice a week, paving the way for hybrid work

  • October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

    How GitHub is driving secure software development

    GitHub’s first chief security officer offers a glimpse into the company’s efforts to help developers and organisations embrace secure software development practices

  • October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

    AWS to open cloud region in New Zealand

    Cloud giant will invest NZ$7.5bn in New Zealand over the next 15 years through the new Auckland cloud region

  • October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

    Lacework expands into ANZ, eyes APAC market

    DevSecOps supplier Lacework’s expansion into Australia and New Zealand will pave the way for a broader move into the Asia-Pacific region

  • October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

    Singapore-developed chatbot to provide genetic counselling

    National University Cancer Institute, Singapore’s chatbot will kickstart the counselling process for patients who have a higher risk of contracting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

  • October 24, 2021 24 Oct'21

    The future of data analytics

    The rise of no-code and event-driven architectures are among the developments that will shape the future of data analytics, according to Tibco’s regional chief technology officer

  • October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

    APAC organisations warm to zero trust

    Two-thirds of APAC organisations have a zero-trust strategy even as they grapple with the lack of skills and other organisational challenges, study finds

  • October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

    Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South Korea

    Chinese cloud supplier is expanding its regional datacentre footprint to Thailand and South Korea in 2022 alongside technology investments that include a custom Arm-based server chip

  • October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

    VMware refines cross-cloud strategy

    VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie

  • October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

    Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trials

    Singapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases

  • October 17, 2021 17 Oct'21

    Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore

    The AI chipmaker is looking to expand its sales teams and hire more engineers to support customer deployments in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia

  • October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

    HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC

    HPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services

  • October 11, 2021 11 Oct'21

    UnaBiz raises $25m in Series B funding

    Regional IoT tech supplier will use the funds to strengthen its foothold in key markets and develop new products and services

  • October 11, 2021 11 Oct'21

    Malaysia’s highway authority improves DR capabilities

    The Malaysian Highway Authority is now more resilient against cyber attacks through a local disaster-recovery-as-a-service offering powered by Veeam software

  • October 11, 2021 11 Oct'21

    Singapore refreshes cyber security strategy

    The city-state updates its national cyber security strategy to shore up the security of critical infrastructure and enterprises while growing its cyber security industry, among other goals

  • October 08, 2021 08 Oct'21

    How Zoom is growing its APAC business

    Zoom is driving its growth in Asia-Pacific by embedding business processes into video communications, supporting the hybrid workplace and expanding its headcount in the region

  • October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21

    How VMware is tackling the Indian market

    VMware is eyeing growing opportunities in India around cloud-native application development, remote work as well as 5G and edge computing, says VMware president Sumit Dhawan

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