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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • 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

  • October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

    Aetos to deploy Singtel MEC for security operations

    Security firm Aetos will use Singtel’s multi-access edge computing platform to run applications such as surveillance robots, drones and video analytics at its security command centre

  • October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21

    Australian organisations lack maturity in responsible AI

    Most Australian organisations are still in the early stages of their responsible artificial intelligence efforts despite growing use of AI by businesses and consumers, study finds

  • October 04, 2021 04 Oct'21

    How GYG Singapore moved to paperless contracts

    The Singapore franchisee of Mexican cuisine specialist Guzman y Gomez has turned to electronic agreements and digital signatures to ease the administrative burden on its HR team

  • September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

    NUS and Thales to develop quantum technologies

    The National University of Singapore and Thales have joined hands to test quantum technologies for commercial applications in security and sensing

  • September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

    AWS launches programme to advance health equity

    The $40m global health equity programme will fund projects that improve health outcomes for underserved communities

  • September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21

    APAC IT spending to grow by 9.3% in 2021

    Organisations across the region will spend more on technologies such as AI and IoT this year, as part of their long-term investment plans to improve operational efficiency and customer service

  • September 26, 2021 26 Sep'21

    What it takes to attract and retain women in cyber security

    The narrowing gender gap may be a cause for cheer, but more needs to be done to curb discrimination, and attract and retain women for cyber security roles in Asia-Pacific

  • September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

    How Australia punches above its weight in cyber security

    Australia is playing to its strengths in niche areas such as governance and deep tech to punch above its weight in the cyber security industry

  • September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

    Stax to expand in New Zealand, Southeast Asia

    Australia’s homegrown cloud management platform is setting its sights on neighbouring markets amid growing cloud adoption across the region

  • September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

    DBS eyes AI and blockchain talent

    Singapore-based bank DBS is looking to hire 150 developers and engineers skilled in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain through its hackathon programme

  • September 20, 2021 20 Sep'21

    ASEAN organisations face observability gap

    Organisations in Southeast Asia are grappling with a hodgepodge of observability tools and have some way to go before they can achieve full visibility over their technology stacks

  • September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21

    NTT and Equinix lead APAC co-location market

    The two datacentre service providers are leading the pack in co-location services in the Asia-Pacific region thanks to their growing business from hyperscale cloud suppliers

  • September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21

    Australia and Singapore have higher incidences of insecure databases

    Five-year longitudinal study by Imperva shows the proportion of databases with at least one known vulnerability in Australia and Singapore are among the world’s highest

  • September 13, 2021 13 Sep'21

    RPA adoption still in its infancy in Asia-Pacific

    While there have been successful deployments of robotic process automation in mature markets, adoption of the technology is largely in its infancy across Asia-Pacific, says a regional Blue Prism executive

  • September 13, 2021 13 Sep'21

    Portcast secures $3.2m, eyes global expansion

    Logistics startup Portcast will use its pre-Series A funding to expand globally and bolster its cloud-based service with prescriptive AI capabilities

  • September 09, 2021 09 Sep'21

    APAC organisations must do more to harness analytics potential

    Organisations in the Asia-Pacific region still lack the necessary workforce and process capabilities that are required to realise the full benefits of data analytics initiatives, a study finds

  • September 07, 2021 07 Sep'21

    OT security in APAC remains work in progress

    Two operational technology security experts shed light on the state of OT security in the region, and what’s being done to address skills, competency and organisational challenges

  • September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21

    How NZ schools are tapping managed network services

    Using managed network services has freed up time and resources for New Zealand school teachers and alleviated the pressure and challenges of maintaining technology infrastructure

  • September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

    NUS researchers develop brain-inspired memory device

    A team of researchers led by the National University of Singapore have developed a brain-inspired molecular memristor that can be configured to perform a range of computing tasks

  • August 29, 2021 29 Aug'21

    Mainland Chinese businesses lead tech adoption in APAC

    Chinese firms are more likely than others in Asia-Pacific to tap on artificial intelligence and business intelligence among other technologies to drive innovation

  • August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

    How Zendesk is gearing up for growth in APAC

    Zendesk has its eye on Japan and the enterprise segment while building up its partner ecosystem to grow its business in the Asia-Pacific region

  • August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

    Alibaba tops global AI challenge

    Alibaba’s AliceMind algorithm recorded a higher accuracy rate than humans in answering questions related to images in the global VQA challenge

  • August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

    How Australia’s Octopus Deploy is simplifying DevOps

    Brisbane-based startup Octopus Deploy recently secured $172.5m in venture funding to advance its goal of simplifying software deployments for DevOps teams

  • August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

    NAB partners AWS, global banks on open finance

    Australia’s NAB teams up with three other banks and AWS to run an open global finance challenge that will see participating teams prototype new digital banking services

  • August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

    Facebook develops Asia-Pacific, African subsea connectivity

    With the tasty title of Apricot, social media giant unveils role in project to develop ultra-fast connectivity under the sea in key Asian region, while it announces expansion of existing partnership to boost African sea network