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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  APAC topped the world in number of cyber attacks in 2016

  The prevalent use of pirated software is one of the possible reasons for the APAC region’s poor showing in Trend Micro’s annual study on the state of cyber security

• March 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  Singapore’s maritime sector facing talent shortages in big data

  The skills gap in Singapore is putting big data analytics out of reach for port and logistics companies

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  Businesses blame rivals for DDoS attacks

  Industrial sabotage is considered to be the most likely reason behind a distributed denial of service attack, a study has revealed

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  UK IT professionals wanted in New Zealand capital city as part of recruitment campaign

  The government of New Zealand's capital city is looking for IT staff from around the world to address a skills shortage

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  ASEAN’s first nationwide IoT network debuts in Singapore

  Sigfox-based IoT network now covers 95% of Singapore, meaning enterprises can connect devices to the network nationwide

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology

  Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  APAC businesses turn to DevOps to improve app quality, security

  Security validation and metrics are some of the key trends in DevOps this year, according to CA Technologies

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Security spending leaving data vulnerable, study finds

  Cyber breaches are increasing despite increased security spending, a study shows, highlighting that security investment decisions are not aligned with actual cyber threats

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector

  Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  3D printing proves a disruptive force in Asean manufacturing

  3D printing adoption is set to accelerate in Southeast Asia after a delayed start

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Australian government technology suffers failure after failure

  Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Tech focus helps Singapore go second in globalisation index

  Singapore is the second most globalised economy in the world and its IT infrastructure is critical to this achievement

• December 06, 2016 06 Dec'16

  Internet of things gains momentum in Southeast Asia

  IoT has been much hyped in Southeast Asia, and organisations in the region are testing the technology's potential

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  IBM blamed for Australian census website crash

  Computer giant reportedly pays $30m to Australian government as reports are released from two inquiries into DDoS attacks on census website

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  Singapore Power deploys IoT platform

  Singapore Power is moving to a more advanced digital platform that will enable it to develop IoT-based services

• November 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Australia’s IFC Logistics virtualises storage to prevent further outages

  Australian logistics firm moved to virtualised storage through a managed service after a serious outage

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Australia and New Zealand IT pros on bigger salaries than UK equivalents

  Aussie IT pros are better rewarded than their counterparts in the UK, according to surveys

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Australian IT spending to be near A$85bn in 2017

  Australian CIOs must plan digital platforms that can connect to customer and business networks – or risk losing customers

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  More virtualisation to come in mature Australian market

  Australia has been hailed as a rapidly growing market for mobile virtualisation

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Demand rises for low-cost flash storage across Australia

  Flash storage gains popularity in Australia, as smaller organisations are attracted by lower prices and higher capacity

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Bangkok Airways takes customer service to the cloud

  Airline is the latest Southeast Asian organisation to harness cloud-based software to improve customer services, deploying the Oracle Service Cloud

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Pizza Hut Hong Kong rips up traditional CRM rule book

  IT director of parent company Jardine Restaurant Group has transformed the way Pizza Hut interacts with customers in Hong Kong and plans the same in Myanmar and Vietnam

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  Australian council removes costly bottleneck with traditional storage architecture

  Redland City Council chose to return to a traditional storage architecture when it was struggling to get rates notices out in good time

• September 05, 2016 05 Sep'16

  Mobile device use feeds card fraud in Asean region

  Card fraud is rising in Asean countries, with the high use of mobile devices a contributing factor.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Westpac bank launches Databank data protection service

  Australia's Westpac bank is offering organisations that share customer data a service that it says securely locks down personal information

• August 22, 2016 22 Aug'16

  Bangkok Hospital recognised for its use of electronic records

  Private hospital in Thailand is recognised for its effective use of IT by a global accreditation body

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  PwC Australia uses gamification to teach cyber security lessons

  With the number of cyber incidents identified by Australian organisations more than doubling in the past year, PwC is using an online game to give enterprises first-hand experience of what it means to face a cyber attack

• August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16

  Singapore’s DBS Bank signs up to Amazon cloud

  The latest move in the cloud journey of DBS bank in Singapore is an agreement with Amazon Web Services

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Skills shortage and poor IT infrastructure hinder tech adoption by Asean governments

  EIU report highlights governments’ desire for better use of data, including cloud access

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Standard Chartered takes global delivery network to next level

  Bank to invest $3bn in global delivery network, with particular focus on scaling up Malaysian centre

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Thailand’s TMB Bank modernises IT through the cloud

  Bank used a move to Office 365 as a starting point for its transformation into a cloud-first organisation

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Lower average cost of Australian data breaches is not a sign of comfort

  The average cost of a data breach to Australian organisations dropped in 2015, according to research

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Singapore to pioneer tropical datacentre

  If successful, trial would prove that datacentres can function optimally at temperatures of up to 38°C and humidity of up to, or exceeding, 90%

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  New Zealand calls for tech specialists

  New Zealand needs more IT professionals, and is hitting its targets through a mix of training existing residents and attracting new ones

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Singapore banks adopt voice biometrics for user authentication

  Banks in Singapore are rolling out biometric technology to improve customer services by speeding up the authentication process

• June 12, 2016 12 Jun'16

  Philippines government data breach is a warning to Asean region

  Security is a rising concern in the Asean region, with fears fuelled by incidents such as the recent hacking incident in Manila

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Unlicensed software rife among Asean computer users, says BSA

  The Asean region has the highest levels of unlicensed software use, according to the 2016 Global Software Survey from the Business Software Alliance (BSA)

• May 24, 2016 24 May'16

  Philippines expands tax payments with mobile system

  The Philippines tax office is enabling people to access more services via their mobile phones

• May 12, 2016 12 May'16

  Software-defined storage the power behind Monash University microscopes

  Australian academic institute uses the technology to help it deal with huge – and still growing – storage demands

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Australian health sector an easy target for cyber criminals, says IBM

  A push to encourage greater adoption of electronic health records has raised the spectre of online record theft

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Singapore smart city chief delivers vision to the world

  The Singapore government minister running the city state's smart nation project tells the world about the country’s smart nation vision

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  Real-time data helps manage traffic in Philippines

  OpenTraffic smart data platform provides free GPS information for better analysis of travel speeds and journey times in Metro Manila and Cebu City

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Tech-savvy Asean populations shake up enterprise IT, says AIA CTO

  A young, urban and tech-savvy population in the Asean region has forced enterprises to rethink their IT strategies

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Singapore is second most cloud ready country in Asia-Pacific

  Broadband quality, data privacy and pro-business regime makes Singapore the second most cloud ready country in the Apac region

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online

  Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  Singapore online grocer RedMart uses cloud ERP to drive growth

  Online retailer RedMart turned to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) when its existing system struggled to keep up with business growth

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Singapore SME makes HR analytics affordable for other small companies

  A small supplier in Singapore is offering other SMEs a SAS-based HR software shared service