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• December 10, 2019 10 Dec'19

  APAC IT leaders lay out priorities for 2020

  Robotic process automation and data analytics are among the top priorities for IT leaders in the Asia-Pacific region in the new year

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Software architects struggle with relational database legacy

  Legacy relational database management systems were originally designed as systems of record, but they don’t work as well in modern, cloud-native designs

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  PLC flash: A solid state candidate for analytics and archives?

  We thought flash would end at QLC, but storage media makers are working on penta-level cell, which could push capacity to double figures, but at a further performance cost

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Can Oracle substantiate its cloud bluster?

  Larry Ellison talks aggressively about having more datacentres than AWS and how Oracle’s cloud sales are growing – but it may have to provide legal proof

• September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19

  How Malaysia is nurturing data analytics talent

  The Southeast Asian nation has spearheaded several programmes to build up its data analytics talent pool in efforts to improve efficiency and productivity of Malaysians

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Brexit disrupts FCA exploration into data use in wholesale banking

  The extra work for banks due to Brexit preparations has caused a delay to FCA work on the use of data in the wholesale banking sector

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Melbourne researchers uncover privacy lapses in transport dataset

  A team of University of Melbourne researchers has been able to re-identify individuals from a public transport dataset, raising serious privacy, safety and security issues

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  Oracle Generation 2 cloud service to debut in Australia

  The Sydney Generation 2 cloud region will be delivered from a new datacentre to meet demand for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous database services in Australia

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

  The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  London Stock Exchange eyes £22bn acquisition of Refinitiv to expand data capabilities

  The London Stock Exchange is looking at a huge tech acquisition to provide customers access to a wealth of data services built using the latest technologies

• 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

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals

  Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  No-deal Brexit could lead to data issues, MPs told

  Trade body TechUK is concerned smaller companies are far from ready for a no-deal scenario, while warning that leaving without a deal could lead to serious data issues for businesses

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Facebook’s objections to court concerns over privacy more about ‘optics’ than facts

  Facebook’s challenge to a High Court ruling that raises serious concerns about data transfers between Europe and the US is more about appearance than facts, lawyers for the Irish Data Protection Commission told Dublin's Supreme Court

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change

  They probably didn't see that coming... MongoDB's switch to server-side licensing may have backfired, as AWS launches an API-compatible version

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Ellison slates AWS Aurora as Oracle posts flat second quarter

  Oracle was late to the cloud, but CTO Larry Ellison is adamant that no one will swap out Oracle for Amazon

• December 11, 2018 11 Dec'18

  Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’

  Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  New forms of governance needed to safely and ethically unlock value of data

  Despite today’s abundance of data, most of it remains locked in silos, meaning new governance structures are needed to open it up and unlock its potential value to society

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  CDO interview: Aidan Millar, DNB

  Norwegian bank hires chief data officer to lead its data-driven transformation

• November 13, 2018 13 Nov'18

  Thailand’s Democrat Party holds election with blockchain

  The Zcoin blockchain was used to store file hashes of voting data and identities of voting members of Thailand’s main opposition party

• October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18

  Microsoft results show hybrid benefit to Azure growth

  The software company continues to push the benefits of on-premise Windows Server infrastructure alongside Azure PaaS

• October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18

  Oracle bullish on growth in ASEAN

  Enterprise technology juggernaut Oracle claims traction in cloud applications and growing interest in its cloud-based autonomous database service in Southeast Asia

• October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18

  Oracle Open World 2018: CEO Mark Hurd says SAP ERP customers will defect

  Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd opined at Open World that SAP ECC6 customers will defect, in some measure, to Oracle in preference to S/4 Hana

• October 08, 2018 08 Oct'18

  Geospatial Commission pumps £5m into unlocking value of location data

  Commission wants to unlock the value of location data held by its partners through the use of emerging technologies

• September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Marcella Flood, head of digital transformation, Allianz Care

  Insurance giant’s international healthcare division is dealing with legacy systems while working on a data-led transformation that is underpinned by standards

• September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18

  Snowflake making headway in Australia

  Cloud data warehouse supplier Snowflake has nabbed several Australian customers and is looking at delivering its software via the Azure cloud service next year

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Digital projects failing because of poor databases

  Legacy databases are unsuitable to run modern digitisation initiatives. Teams risk losing their jobs if their projects fail, warns Couchbase

• August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18

  GDPR harmonised with local laws in Nordic EU states

  Sweden provides an interesting challenge for the European Union’s data protection regulation due to its laws around freedom of press and free speech

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  What machine learning practitioners can learn from data warehousing

  Cloudera’s head of emerging business shares lessons that machine learning practitioners can learn from their cousins in data warehousing

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  How Splunk is ‘splunking’ data for APAC enterprises

  Splunk’s regional vice-president talks up the company’s business strategy and how its customers are using big data analytics in security and IT operations

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  British Muslim challenges use of intelligence databases for repeated police stops

  Muzaffar Abdullah is challenging police use of intelligence databases to repeatedly stop and question Muslims, after being arrested for refusing to answer questions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. His lawyers say he had been stopped at ...

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  Data locked in legacy systems curbs digitisation plans

  Maintaining access to data stuck in legacy systems is costly and limits IT’s ability to work on digital transformation initiatives

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  SAP outlines approach to data management

  Through its Hana Data Management Suite, SAP hopes to alleviate the challenges of managing data amid growing data security needs in an increasingly hybrid IT landscape

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Case study: Mercedes F1 team makes gains with Pure Storage all-flash

  Two years ago, the Mercedes AMG Formula 1 team deployed Pure Storage all-flash arrays in its datacentre and in mobile racks out on the circuit. It’s a bet that has paid off for the racing team

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  DCMS sets out plans for National Data Strategy

  A new centre for data ethics and innovations will drive UK government policy making regarding data sharing and use of public data

• May 17, 2018 17 May'18

  GlaxoSmithKline R&D creates data platform using Hadoop for the internal sharing of scientific data

  GlaxoSmithKline is making better use of the data it has about the development and trials of medicines through a Hadoop-based platform