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Information technology (IT) in India

  • May 26, 2025 26 May'25

    Gartner: VMware users face multi-hypervisor future

    With two-thirds of organisations reportedly negative about Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes, Gartner analyst Michael Warrilow advises IT leaders of multi-year migrations and an inevitable shift towards multiple hypervisors

  • May 22, 2025 22 May'25

    How to tackle your infrastructure technical debt

    Gartner analysts explain how infrastructure and operations teams can address the accumulation of outdated systems and make a compelling business case for upgrades

  • May 22, 2025 22 May'25

    Agentic AI to drive heavy infrastructure demands

    As organisations begin to explore agentic AI, Dell’s Soo Mei May warns that scaling these intelligent systems will have higher compute, memory, storage and networking requirements, far exceeding those for generative AI

  • May 21, 2025 21 May'25

    Red Hat touts OpenShift Virtualization momentum

    Enterprises are increasingly adopting Red Hat’s OpenShift Virtualization, driven by Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes and a desire for a stable, AI-ready platform, company executives revealed at the Red Hat Summit this week

  • April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

    Kaspersky calls for cyber immunity amid growing cyber threats

    The rise of professional cyber crime groups and state-sponsored actors targeting critical infrastructure requires a move towards inherently secure ‘cyber immune’ systems, says Kaspersky CEO Eugene Kaspersky

  • April 25, 2025 25 Apr'25

    How AI workloads are reshaping datacentre design

    At Gitex Asia 2025, industry leaders discuss how the computational demands of advanced AI models are forcing a rethink of datacentre power, cooling and networking infrastructure

  • April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

    Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards

    Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025

  • April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

    CW Innovation Awards: Taking the big bang approach to reporting

    A company-wide SAP revamp has transformed Bosch Global Software Technologies’ financial and HR processes, delivering granular insights and streamlined operations

  • April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

    CW Innovation Awards: DBS AI assistant slashes call times and boosts productivity

    The bank’s in-house generative AI tool is streamlining customer service, reducing manual work and speeding up response times, improving both employee and customer experience

  • April 17, 2025 17 Apr'25

    Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance

    The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives

  • April 11, 2025 11 Apr'25

    Warranty fraud fuels hidden army of hardware hackers

    Widespread warranty fraud is not only costing companies billions but also creating a breeding ground for advanced hardware exploits, warns hardware hacker and researcher Bunnie Huang at Black Hat Asia 2025

  • April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

    India’s tech talent adapts to AI era

    IT professionals in India need to unlearn old skills and embrace artificial intelligence, automation and specialised domains as the country cements its position as a global tech hub

  • March 24, 2025 24 Mar'25

    APIs key to unlocking AI agent potential, says MuleSoft

    Most Asia-Pacific IT leaders have either implemented or intend to deploy agentic AI in the next two years, but success will hinge on the implementation of APIs that AI agents rely on

  • March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

    Snowflake founders reveal ‘cuckoo cloud’ vision that disrupted big data

    Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes reveal the journey that led to their data platform, their bet against Hadoop and why they still code on weekends to stay connected to their creation

  • March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

    Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

    The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence

  • March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

    Seaco charts course for unified security strategy

    Shipping container leasing giant consolidates security tools onto a single platform, leveraging AI and extended detection and response to improve security operations

  • March 17, 2025 17 Mar'25

    How Oracle is using AI to combat financial crime

    The tech giant is leveraging artificial intelligence to surface fraudulent financial transactions and improve the efficiency of financial crime investigations, offering relief to banks battling high costs and alert fatigue

  • March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

    Chinese espionage group UNC3886 targets Juniper routers

    Advanced persistent threat group UNC3886 deployed custom backdoors on end-of-life Juniper Networks routers, underscoring the need for timely patching and advanced security monitoring

  • March 07, 2025 07 Mar'25

    Managing security in the AI age

    Gartner experts offer guidance on harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its risks, from managing shadow AI to implementing security controls and policies

  • March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

    Going beyond search: Elastic’s observability and security play

    Elastic’s chief product officer Ken Exner talks up the company’s expansion into observability and security and how it balances innovation with community contributions and monetisation

  • March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

    Jio, AMD, Cisco and Nokia to build telecom AI platform

    India’s Jio Platforms, AMD, Cisco and Nokia have teamed up to develop an Open Telecom AI Platform aimed at improving the efficiency and security of telco networks through artificial intelligence and automation

  • 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 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

    Alibaba bets $53bn on cloud and AI

    Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveils massive three-year investment in a move to capitalise on the AI opportunity and position its cloud infrastructure as the backbone for future growth

  • February 23, 2025 23 Feb'25

    Check Point co-founder on AI, quantum and independence

    Gil Shwed, Check Point’s co-founder and executive chairman, discusses the company’s focus on artificial intelligence-driven security and his commitment to remaining an independent force in the cyber security market

  • February 20, 2025 20 Feb'25

    How organisations can secure AI agents

    Dan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents

  • 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 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

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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