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Database management

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Singapore shores up data protection capabilities

  The Singapore government has developed a skills framework for data protection officers and is looking to certify organisations under a regional cross-border privacy rules system

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  TfL launches wireless device tracking to gather Tube data

  Transport for London aims to use passenger movement data to make using the London Underground a more pleasant experience

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  ASEAN CIOs learn to navigate the data economy

  A group of IT leaders in Southeast Asia will converge in Edinburgh this July to delve deeper into issues that have been holding back efforts to become better data-driven organisations

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Oracle results: Revenue flat, cloud progress claimed

  Full-year 2018-19 results show revenue flat to slight, but executives claim cloud headway and progress on autonomous database uptake

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Gartner: Blockchain lacks functionality needed by enterprise

  Gartner has found there is generally a lack of understanding of how blockchain can be used in the enterprise

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises

  The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Salesforce completes Pardot fix after 12 days’ disruption

  Plug was pulled on 17 May after a data script went wrong. Most users have had full access since 18 May, but 10 services remained down

• May 28, 2019 28 May'19

  SAP extends Hana’s reach beyond enterprise applications

  The benefits of Hana Cloud Services are clear to Asia-Pacific customers, although actual adoption will boil down to cost

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Singapore proposes data portability provisions

  The Personal Data Protection Commission is seeking public feedback on proposed provisions that will let consumers move their personal data across organisations

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Huawei debuts AI-powered database

  Huawei is using reinforcement learning to deliver self-tuning and self-healing capabilities for the latest iteration of its GaussDB database

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  How APAC firms can tame the data beast

  Companies and data management experts across Asia-Pacific reveal how they are tackling data management challenges that have been compounded by growing cloud usage and compliance requirements

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Amadeus deploys cloud-native shopping application on Google cloud

  Amadeus has moved off mainframes and is redeveloping its software to be cloud native. Its Master Pricer is the first of its core application to be deployed on Google

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Australian firms grapple with business-IT gap

  The growing chasm between business and IT has hit Australia more than other countries, according to a study on the state of digital transformation initiatives

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  How D+1 keeps payroll woes at bay

  The Singapore-based F&B business behind the Yolé frozen yogurt chain has consolidated its payroll data into a single database powered by Unit4’s HR management system

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  Redis Labs swaps out open source to protect against public clouds

  While Redis remain open source, higher value modules are now covered by a commercial agreement which limits commercialisation of Redis-based products