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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges

  More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Weak IT and SecOps collaboration in ANZ opens doors to cyber attacks

  The weak collaboration between IT and security teams in Australia and New Zealand is exposing their organisations to data loss, business disruption and other potential consequences of cyber attacks

• June 03, 2022 03 Jun'22

  How digital twins can improve datacentre operations

  Singapore’s Red Dot Analytics has built an AI-powered digital twin platform that lets datacentre operators simulate their operations to manage their carbon footprint and energy consumption, among other uses

• June 02, 2022 02 Jun'22

  Indian stock exchange taps data analytics

  The National Stock Exchange of India is tapping data analytics to speed up and improve regulatory decision making

• June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

  How Pfizer is leveraging technology in healthcare

  Pfizer uses predictive modelling to recruit patients for clinical trials and supercomputers to identity candidate molecules that go into antiviral drugs, among other technology use cases

• May 31, 2022 31 May'22

  Singapore doubles down on quantum technology

  The city-state is shoring up its quantum talent and quantum device manufacturing capabilities in a bid to advance its knowhow in the emerging technology

• May 30, 2022 30 May'22

  Analysts weigh in on Broadcom-VMware deal

  VMware customers in APAC will need to assess their exposure amid uncertainty over the impact of the mega deal on the market

• May 27, 2022 27 May'22

  NUS students learn to handle agitated patients through VR

  Medical and nursing students at the National University of Singapore’s medical school will soon don virtual reality headsets to learn how to handle agitated patients

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  SoftIron readies Sydney manufacturing facility

  Software-defined storage supplier SoftIron is making hardware appliances in Australia to improve supply chain resilience and address security concerns of government customers

• May 25, 2022 25 May'22

  Rubrik charts data security path

  Backup and recovery software provider Rubrik now sees itself as a cyber security company that helps organisations recover from ransomware and other data security threats

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  ICO orders facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete all data about UK residents

  UK data watchdog fines facial recognition company Clearview AI £7.5m for multiple privacy breaches. The firm, which offers services to law enforcement, faces growing pressure from regulators and legal action around the world

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  Bad bots make up a quarter of APAC’s web traffic

  Bots that run automated tasks have been responsible for stealing personal information among other malicious activities in the Asia-Pacific region, study finds

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  How Ivanti views patch management with a security lens

  Bringing development, operations and security teams together will help organisations to improve their visibility of IT assets and vulnerabilities while keeping threat actors at bay

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Singapore opens security testing centre

  Joint centre set up by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and a local university will facilitate security testing and train security evaluation talent

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Veeam to continue growth momentum in APAC

  Veeam expects its backup offerings that protect ‘strategic workloads’ such as Microsoft 365 and Salesforce to continue driving its growth momentum in the region

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Veeam outlines data protection vision

  Veeam is looking to achieve an “outsized market leading position” by tapping its strengths in data protection and doubling down on innovation to help enterprises secure emerging workloads

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Australian CISOs least prepared for cyber attacks

  Australian CISOs are under pressure and feel the least prepared globally to deal with the consequences of a cyber attack, study finds

• May 16, 2022 16 May'22

  Keeping Singapore’s critical systems secure

  Tracy Thng offers a glimpse into her work in strengthening the cyber resilience of 11 essential service sectors in Singapore

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Organisational silos hampering integration efforts in Asia

  Many organisations in Asia still approach integration in silos, choosing to build hard coded integrations that tend to be brittle and more prone to failure

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  IBM lived up to its neutrality promise to Red Hat

  Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier claims IBM has lived up to its commitment to maintain the neutrality of Red Hat three years on

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  SAP ‘optimistic’ about S/4 Hana in APAC

  A top SAP executive is confident that more of its customers in Asia-Pacific will adopt S/4 Hana this year, as the company shores up integration of its ERP software with other business applications

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  How one Australian firm is creating smarter menus

  Me&u’s smart menus are intelligent enough to recommend food items based on customer preferences, and even help to reduce food waste and alleviate bartender workloads during peak periods

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  Malaysian government inks agreement with Google Cloud

  The cloud framework agreement with Google will make it easier for Malaysia’s public sector agencies to access Google Cloud services through a single government contract

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  India’s IT services market grew at record pace in 2021

  Growing investments in cloud, artificial intelligence and cyber security have been a boon to India’s IT and business services market

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  How Rimini Street is growing its footprint in ASEAN

  Rimini Street is expanding its reach in ASEAN as more companies, such as Malaysian carmaker Proton, look for cheaper software maintenance options

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  How PB Traffic is preventing traffic light theft

  New Zealand’s PB Traffic has deployed an IoT-based tracking system to gain oversight of its portable traffic light systems and prevent theft

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  5G finds voice as Nokia, Optus claim first 3CC carrier aggregation standalone 5G data

  Voice-over-5G market shows strong growth as tech provider and Australian operator establish 3 components carrier data sessions using a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone and Nokia’s 5G AirScale portfolio on Optus’ 5G network

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Inside UnaBiz’s bid for Sigfox

  Singapore-based UnaBiz has made a successful bid for the French low-power wide area network technology supplier, in a deal that will advance its vision of a unified IoT world

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Naver outlines global AI ambitions

  South Korean internet giant Naver has built a global research network to advance and apply its artificial intelligence capabilities across its services

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  Coralogix makes foray into cyber security with Snowbit

  Observability platform supplier Coralogix has set up a cyber security venture and a global security resource centre in India to tap the growth opportunities in the subcontinent

• April 25, 2022 25 Apr'22

  Mimecast makes deeper push into ASEAN

  Mimecast opens regional office in Singapore and is looking at setting up a datacentre in Southeast Asia as it makes a deeper push into the region

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  How Adnovum is leveraging its Swiss roots

  Software company Adnovum is leveraging its strengths in identity and access management and its Swiss heritage as it expands into new markets and areas such as zero-trust security

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  Alibaba Cloud eyes VMware workloads with new cloud service

  The Alibaba Cloud VMware Service is aimed at Chinese enterprises that are looking to move their VMware workloads to public cloud, perform disaster recovery and reduce their on-premise datacentre footprint

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  How PropertyGuru is approaching technology integration

  Property tech firm PropertyGuru has invested in capabilities such as DevOps and authentication that can be applied across different platforms that it has acquired over time

• April 18, 2022 18 Apr'22

  Singtel expands datacentre footprint in Indonesia

  Singtel’s datacentre platform will host selected datacentre assets from Indonesia’s Telkom as part of the telco’s move to grow its datacentre footprint in key regional markets

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Hybrid work catching on in India

  More tech workers in India now enjoy flexi-work arrangements and higher salaries, but talent retention remains an issue in the subcontinent, study finds

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  More ANZ organisations warm to DevSecOps

  About four in 10 organisations in Australia and New Zealand are undertaking the transition to development, security and operations, while a further 36% plan to do so in 2022, study finds

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Singapore to start licensing cyber security service providers

  Those providing penetration testing and SOC services will need to apply for a licence under a new licensing regime that is expected to safeguard consumer interests and improve service standards

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  APAC enterprises are reducing their datacentre footprint

  Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are moving from their own datacentres into co-location facilities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and lower their carbon footprint

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  AirAsia taps Google Cloud to bolster its super-app

  AirAsia is setting up a cloud centre of excellence with Google Cloud to shore up its super-app and build capabilities in site reliability engineering and machine learning operations

• April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22

  APAC organisations to spend more on AI

  The higher investments in AI will be led by the region’s banking industry which is harnessing AI systems to mitigate risks and detect fraud

• April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22

  Tech talent retention challenges looming in ASEAN

  Less than a third of IT professionals in Southeast Asia plan to stay in their current jobs despite earning more this year, study finds

• April 01, 2022 01 Apr'22

  Singapore enterprise comms and collaboration spend set for steady growth

  The widespread enterprise adoption of remote operations that bolstered the demand for comms and collaboration products and services is set to persist

• April 01, 2022 01 Apr'22

  How X2M Connect is spreading the IoT word

  Australian IoT technology provider X2M Connect has been making headway in key Asian markets, where sustainability and air and water quality are gaining more attention

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  How a woman CIO rose up the ranks in a Japanese firm

  Henrietta Yaw draws on her people-oriented approach to management which has served her well in her decades-long career at Fujifilm Business Innovation

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Australia to spend A$9.9bn on intelligence and cyber capabilities

  The Morrison government is investing in a landmark package of measures to shore up the intelligence and cyber security capabilities of the Australian Signals Directorate

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  How India organisations can mitigate cyber threats

  Organisations in India will need to invest more in cloud security, gain more visibility into their systems and improve security awareness among employees to fend off cyber attacks

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation

  The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  CW Innovation Awards: Plugging supply chain gaps

  StratMed’s Integer platform is facilitating data exchanges between healthcare providers and their suppliers to improve transparency in India’s healthcare supply chain

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  CW Innovation Awards: How Telekom Malaysia scaled its RPA initiative

  Telekom Malaysia has been driving automation efforts across the company, not only to serve customers more efficiently, but also to improve a slew of back office functions