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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

  • March 28, 2023 28 Mar'23

    Inside Group-IB’s cyber security playbook

    A focus on threat intelligence, fraud protection and its work with Interpol has enabled Group-IB to compete against bigger rivals in the market

  • March 27, 2023 27 Mar'23

    Most Singapore organisations operate distributed IT infrastructure

    More than two-thirds of organisations in Singapore use a mix of private and public clouds as well as on-premise and hosted datacentres, even as they face challenges with data management and complexity

  • March 23, 2023 23 Mar'23

    Podium taps ChatGPT for reputation management

    The customer interaction and payment specialist with operations in Australia has integrated ChatGPT into its platform to help local businesses respond to customer reviews on social media

  • March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

    OVHcloud opens India datacentre

    The French cloud service provider has opened its first datacentre in India that will provide Indian businesses with access to local compute and storage capabilities

  • March 21, 2023 21 Mar'23

    How Mimecast thinks differently about email security

    Mimecast CEO Peter Bauer believes the company’s comprehensive approach towards email security has enabled it to remain relevant to customers for two decades

  • March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

    Inside AIA’s cloud adoption journey

    The Hong Kong-based multinational insurance firm has moved 86% of its IT infrastructure to public cloud to drive growth, productivity and efficiency

  • March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

    How industry cloud platforms are shaping the future of business applications

    More than half of enterprises are expected to use industry cloud platforms that combine cloud-based infrastructure, platform and application services to accelerate their business by 2027

  • March 13, 2023 13 Mar'23

    SolarWinds doubles down on APAC business

    SolarWinds teams up with key systems integrators in the APAC region to develop joint offerings as it bolsters its capabilities in observability and autonomous operations

  • March 10, 2023 10 Mar'23

    Emerging markets lead growth in cloud spend in Asia

    Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are expected to lead the rest of Asia in growing their cloud spending in 2023, study finds

  • March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

    How ForgeRock is tackling identity management

    ForgeRock CEO Fran Rosch has set the identity and access management software supplier on a path to deliver a frictionless identity experience without compromising security or privacy

  • March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

    APAC IT leaders bullish on tech spending

    Over half of respondents in this year’s IT Priorities study have bigger IT budgets as they continue to make strategic investments in cyber security, cloud and automation, among other areas

  • March 06, 2023 06 Mar'23

    How to get mainframe modernisation right

    Around a third of mainframe modernisation efforts fail, but that doesn’t need to be the case if organisations can harness the best of mainframe and distributed architectures, according to Rocket Software

  • March 05, 2023 05 Mar'23

    FlashBlade//E to open up new opportunities in Australia

    Pure Storage’s FlashBlade//E will enable the storage supplier to target medical imaging and remote backup workloads and attract new customers in Australia

  • March 02, 2023 02 Mar'23

    AWS to open cloud region in Malaysia

    Along with a new infrastructure region, AWS plans to invest $6bn in Malaysia by 2037 as it continues to expand its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region

  • March 01, 2023 01 Mar'23

    Data breaches in Australia on the rise, says OAIC

    Cyber security incidents were the cause of most data breaches, which rose by 26% in the second half of 2022, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

  • March 01, 2023 01 Mar'23

    APAC is proving to be ‘substantial growth engine’ for Rimini Street

    Rimini Street CEO Seth Ravin outlines growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific and discusses the company’s move up the support value chain

  • February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

    Korea telecom giant SKT doubles down on AI

    SKT plans to broaden the use of AI across its business, from delivering AI-powered services to improving customer experience using generative AI models

  • February 27, 2023 27 Feb'23

    How Dell is future-proofing its business

    Dell Technologies is building a more resilient supply chain, investing in growth areas like edge and multicloud, and responding to shifts in consumption models to position itself for long-term growth

  • February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

    Teradata reports strong cloud earnings

    Teradata’s cloud-first strategy is starting to pay off, with the company reporting its strongest cloud earnings to date in the fourth quarter last year

  • February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

    ANZ CIOs flag priorities amid inflation concerns

    CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are concerned about inflation and plan to adjust their technology priorities to optimise resources and combat cyber threats

  • February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

    How APAC organisations can harness the power of IoT

    In a panel discussion moderated by Computer Weekly, industry experts from across Asia-Pacific discussed the use cases, challenges and future developments in the internet of things

  • February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

    Singtel eyes retailers with enterprise 5G offerings

    Singtel teams up with Apple’s enterprise solution partners to drive 5G adoption among retailers with industry-specific offerings aimed at improving retail operations and customer experience

  • February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

    Singapore organisations struggle to operationalise threat intelligence

    Organisations in the city-state were satisfied with the quality of their threat intelligence, but they struggled to operationalise the information due to talent shortages and other challenges

  • February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

    How Syniti is honing its chops in data management

    A move to shed its back office image and a laser focus on data migration has been fuelling Syniti’s growth in data management

  • February 17, 2023 17 Feb'23

    Singapore’s IHiS taps Google Cloud for API management

    Integrated Health Information Systems is using Google’s Apigee API management platform to provide access to data and applications across Singapore’s public healthcare system

  • February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

    How to tame the identity sprawl

    Organisations should find a comprehensive way to gain full visibility into their digital identities and leverage automation to tame the identify sprawl

  • February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

    Dell tells suppliers to diversify fab and backend facilities

    Dell calls for chip suppliers to diversify their fabrication and backend facilities by the end of 2024 to improve its supply chain resilience

  • February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

    Akamai eyes cloud market with Connected Cloud

    Akamai marks foray into cloud computing with a distributed cloud computing platform that is touted to make it easier for enterprises to get applications and data closer to their customers

  • February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

    SPTel launches Singapore’s first LoRaWAN network

    The LoRaWAN network and its solar-powered gateways will alleviate the need for businesses and IoT service providers to build their own network to hook up sensor devices

  • February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

    How Check Point is keeping pace with the cyber security landscape

    Check Point Software CEO Gil Shwed talks up the company’s growth areas, its approach to cloud security and the impact of generative AI on cyber security

  • February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

    India launches homegrown BharOS

    The homegrown Android-based mobile operating system could reduce India’s reliance on foreign software, but uncertainties around market adoption and software updates remain

  • February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

    How artificial intelligence is playing a role in insect farming

    An AI engine developed by Singapore startup EntoVerse is helping cricket farmers improve yield by optimising environmental and other conditions

  • February 05, 2023 05 Feb'23

    Australian organisations underinvesting in cyber security

    Over half of Australian organisations failed to invest enough in cyber security over past three years, though awareness is improving in aftermath of high-profile data breaches

  • February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

    BDx to open fourth datacentre in Hong Kong

    Big Data Exchange’s upcoming HKG8 facility will provide hyperscale and enterprise customers with fail-safe resiliency and connectivity in one of the region’s fastest-growing datacentre markets

  • February 02, 2023 02 Feb'23

    Symbio acquires Intrado Australia’s UCaaS business

    The all-cash A$5m deal will expand Symbio’s footprint in the UCaaS market and deepen its reach into enterprises and government entities

  • February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

    Reaping green dividends with data management

    Getting data management right has been pivotal for Singapore IoT startup SensorFlow to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions for its hotelier clients

  • January 31, 2023 31 Jan'23

    ATO renews major Macquarie deal

    The contract renewal will enable the Australian Tax Office to tap Macquarie’s security operations centre, among other services, to secure its IT environment and protect sensitive data

  • January 30, 2023 30 Jan'23

    Noventiq eyes APAC IT services market

    IT services provider Noventiq has been expanding its presence in APAC through several acquisitions in India, and is eyeing a bigger slice of the region’s IT services pie

  • January 26, 2023 26 Jan'23

    Zero-trust implementations remain work in progress

    Just one in 10 large enterprises are expected to have mature and measurable zero-trust programmes in place by 2026, study finds

  • January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

    Japan researchers develop new data encryption method

    Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have combined the best of homomorphic encryption and secret sharing in a new method to handle encrypted data