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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

    Aussie businesses ramp up security spending

    Australian organisations are set to spend A$6.2bn on security and risk management in 2025, a 14.4% jump from the previous year, driven by the rise of AI and a growing threat landscape

  • March 03, 2025 03 Mar'25

    Singapore’s HomeTeamNS hit by ransomware attack

    The non-profit organisation suffered a ransomware attack that affected some servers containing employee and member data, prompting an investigation and enhanced security measures

  • March 02, 2025 02 Mar'25

    AWS boosts telco cloud offerings with new Outposts

    Amazon Web Services debuts new Outposts racks and servers that extend its infrastructure to the edge to support network intensive workloads and cloud radio access applications

  • February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

    Alibaba Cloud open sources video foundation models

    The Chinese tech giant releases Tongyi Wanxiang 2.1 family of video foundation models as open source, including a smaller version enabling video creation on standard laptops

  • February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

    South Korea plots to become home to world’s largest AI datacentre

    Construction of a datacentre that is projected to be 3GW in size is set to start later this year in South Korea

  • February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

    CPX 2025: Check Point CEO talks up hybrid mesh security

    At CPX 2025 in Bangkok, Check Point CEO Nadav Zafrir outlined a vision for network security centred on hybrid mesh architecture and AI-powered capabilities

  • February 14, 2025 14 Feb'25

    Lenovo CSO: AI adoption fuels security paranoia

    Doug Fisher, Lenovo’s chief security officer, outlines the company’s approach to security and AI governance, and the importance of having a strong security culture to combat cyber threats amplified by the use of AI

  • February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

    MongoDB expands Sydney operations to support local growth

    MongoDB is doubling down on its Australian presence with a new Sydney office, housing engineering, support and go-to-market teams focused on R&D and tackling the region’s legacy technology challenges

  • February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

    Amazon opens Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore

    Amazon has launched a 360,000 sq ft Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, housing both Amazon and AWS employees

  • February 09, 2025 09 Feb'25

    Allianz PNB Life modernises insurance operations with cloud

    Philippine insurer implements a cloud-based health insurance policy management system from DXC Technology to reduce policy issuance times and speed up product launches

  • February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

    Malaysian public sector embraces generative AI

    Nearly half a million civil servants set to get access to Google Workspace with Gemini to improve delivery of public services

  • February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

    APAC organisations to ramp up tech spending in 2025

    Organisations across the region are prioritising cyber security, customer experience and application development, even as they navigate cloud repatriation and a growing skills gap in AI and security

  • February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

    India Budget: Tech takes centre stage with AI and infrastructure boost

    India has earmarked significant investments in artificial intelligence, global capability centres and digital public infrastructure while boosting training and education in its latest budget

  • February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

    New Relic extends observability to DeepSeek

    The observability tools supplier now offers enhanced monitoring for DeepSeek models to help businesses reduce the costs and risks of generative AI development

  • February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

    Australian government doubles down on AWS

    Federal government signs three-year whole-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services, expanding access to cloud services for all levels of government

  • January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

    How Zebra is empowering frontline workers through tech

    Zebra Technologies’ CEO Bill Burns discusses the company’s growth strategy and how it is enhancing frontline worker capabilities through machine vision, artificial intelligence and robotics

  • January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

    Inside CyberArk’s security strategy

    CyberArk CIO Omer Grossman talks up the company’s security-first ethos, the importance of an assumed breach mentality and how the company is addressing threats from the growing use of AI

  • January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

    Zebra gallops ahead in APAC, driven by automation and e-commerce

    Zebra Technologies is riding the wave of e-commerce and automation in APAC, fuelling strong growth with RFID technology, tablets and scanners that boost business productivity and efficiency

  • January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

    How smartphones are transforming global health

    Shyam Gollakota, winner of the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, is bringing medical care to underserved communities through with smartphone-based diagnostic tools

  • January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

    APAC businesses face surge in email attacks

    Sophisticated phishing and business email compromise campaigns are increasingly targeting organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, research reveals

  • January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

    Takeda opens innovation centre in Bengaluru

    Global biopharmaceutical giant Takeda opens its first Asian Innovation Capability Centre in Bengaluru to speed up drug discovery and development

  • January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

    Global IT spending to soar in 2025

    S&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy

  • January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

    Cohesity CEO on Veritas integration and IPO plans

    Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shares his vision for integrating Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, uniting 12,000 customers, driving AI-powered innovation and building a public-ready company

  • January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

    NBN boost: A$3bn to upgrade internet speeds for millions

    The Australian government is investing A$3bn to upgrade Australia’s fibre-to-the-node network, bringing faster internet speeds to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses

  • January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

    Gramedia speeds up inventory checks with RFID

    Indonesian bookstore giant has sped up inventory checks, minimised shrinkage and improved customer experience with RFID-powered checkout kiosks and exit gates

  • January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

    AWS plants flag in Thailand with new cloud region

    Amazon Web Services’ latest regional expansion brings its cloud services to Thailand, promising a $10bn boost to the nation's GDP and support for more than 11,000 jobs per year

  • January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

    Indian public cloud market set to hit over $25bn by 2028

    India’s public cloud services market is expected to surpass $25bn in the next three years, driven by digital transformation, generative AI and multicloud strategies

  • January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

    How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy

    StarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud

  • January 05, 2025 05 Jan'25

    Digital Edge secures $1.6bn to fuel regional expansion

    Singapore-based datacentre provider has raised over $1.6bn in equity and debt financing to meet growing demand for cloud and AI infrastructure across Asia

  • December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

    Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024

    The 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming

  • December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

    Top 10 India stories of 2024

    India embraced AI in 2024, developing its own large language models, boosting supercomputing capabilities and applying the technology across sectors from healthcare to governance

  • December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

    Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2024

    Southeast Asia’s 2024 tech landscape saw major companies embracing AI, shifts in open source and the emergence of local large language models to address the needs of a diverse region

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    VMware customers seek alternatives amid licensing changes

    Research reveals that while most VMware customers are satisfied with their current software, they are exploring alternatives due to concerns over rising costs

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market

    The technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market

  • December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

    Google Cloud’s Agentspace to unlock enterprise data

    Agentspace uses AI agents to automate workflows and connect to multiple data sources to perform tasks and deliver insights, boosting enterprise productivity and efficiency

  • December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

    Freshworks rides Asia’s digital wave

    The enterprise software firm’s exponential growth in the region is driven by demand for streamlined customer and employee experiences by its mid-market customers

  • December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2025

    Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to focus on securing their AI workloads, invest in energy efficient infrastructure and rethink their platform strategy, among other tech trends in the new year

  • December 09, 2024 09 Dec'24

    Inside Prudential’s AI strategy

    Prudential is leveraging AI across its operations, from enhancing customer interactions and streamlining internal processes to empowering its workforce through upskilling initiatives

  • December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

    Grab deepens AWS partnership to fuel AI ambitions and growth

    Southeast Asian super app Grab names AWS as its preferred cloud provider to optimise costs, enhance infrastructure and support its growing AI workloads

  • December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

    AWS unveils new generative AI models

    The Amazon Nova family of GenAI models boasts faster speeds and lower costs, and caters to needs from text and image generation to video creation and multimodal applications

  • December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

    Australian utilities explore potential of AI

    Australia’s utilities sector is exploring and implementing AI to enhance grid stability, manage rooftop solar and prepare for the influx of electric vehicles

  • December 02, 2024 02 Dec'24

    AWS doubles down on ASEAN with cloud and AI investments

    The cloud giant is fuelling growth in Southeast Asia with new infrastructure, skills development programmes and a focus on generative AI, empowering startups and enterprises alike

  • December 01, 2024 01 Dec'24

    How SkyLab is democratising hybrid cloud management

    SkyLab is challenging the cloud status quo with its orchestration platform, which allows telcos and enterprises to seamlessly manage workloads across multiple cloud providers

  • November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

    Chulalongkorn University debuts GenAI platform

    Thai university teams up with Google Cloud to empower its community with responsible and customisable AI tools for research, learning and administration