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June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25
How breaking things builds resilient systems

To prevent and recover from outages in today’s complex, cloud-native world, enterprises must proactively and deliberately inject failure into their systems though chaos engineering practices
June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25
Cisco reimagines infrastructure for the AI era

Cisco is betting on an AI-driven, agent-based future for infrastructure management with AI Canvas and a raft of network security capabilities at its Cisco Live 2025 conference
June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25
Open source a ‘force multiplier’ for AI innovation

From powerful large language models to the next wave of AI agents, the open-source community is driving innovation and setting the agenda for the entire field, according to leaders at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China
June 05, 2025 05 Jun'25
How GitLab is tapping AI in DevSecOps

GitLab CISO Josh Lemos explains how the company is weaving AI, through its Duo tool, into the entire software development lifecycle to enhance efficiency and automate incident response

June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25
Open source adoption faces reality checks

Industry leaders lauded the power of open source to drive innovation but warned that its adoption requires significant effort, due diligence and a clear understanding of inherent complexities and licensing challenges
June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25
How Mistral is driving growth through open source and enterprise AI

Company CEO Arthur Mensch details how the French startup is balancing its open source ethos with a strong enterprise focus and delivering efficient, customisable AI to solve business problems and expand its global reach
May 30, 2025 30 May'25
Cloud migration demands contractual safeguards and clear strategy

Cyber security experts urge organisations to define clear objectives, understand shared security models and implement strong data governance when migrating workloads to the cloud
May 28, 2025 28 May'25
Infor bets on ‘micro-verticalisation’, sees uptick from SAP customers

Infor’s head honcho in Asia-Pacific and Japan details how the company's deep industry focus and cloud-native business applications are driving growth and attracting customers, including those rethinking their SAP roadmaps
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
May 20, 2025 20 May'25
Dell unveils disaggregated infrastructure strategy

Dell makes push for disaggregated infrastructure, aiming to offer enterprises the independent scaling of three-tier architectures with the operational benefits of hyperconverged systems
May 19, 2025 19 May'25
Gartner: Most firms not tapping cloud’s full potential

Organisations have not fully leveraged the full potential of cloud and must navigate emerging trends such as artificial intelligence, multicloud complexity and security perceptions to stay competitive
May 18, 2025 18 May'25
AI’s thirst for power pushing enterprises into supercomputing

The compute and energy demands of large-scale AI are turning enterprise AI infrastructure into supercomputing, though the search for a killer app and concerns over initial infrastructure costs remain
May 14, 2025 14 May'25
New security paradigm needed for IT/OT convergence

Industry leaders and policymakers highlight growing cyber threats from the integration of IT and operational technology systems, calling for collaboration and regulatory frameworks to protect critical systems, among other measures
May 07, 2025 07 May'25
Bill Gates hails ‘stunning’ AI progress, urges focus on global equality

The Microsoft co-founder underscored AI’s transformative potential in healthcare, education and agriculture while highlighting the need to ensure its benefits reach lower-income nations
April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25
Juniper doubles down on AI as HPE deal faces scrutiny

Juniper’s ANZ chief highlights strong enterprise adoption of the Mist networking platform, with AI-powered automation delivering cost savings and operational benefits for customers
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