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Information technology (IT) in India

July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22
Most APAC banks to spend more on cloud this year

More than nine in 10 banks across Asia-Pacific are increasing their cloud spending in 2022 after years of hesitation due to initial regulatory hurdles
July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22
LogRhythm bullish on growth in APAC

LogRhythm expects its business in the region to grow by over 20% this year thanks to demand from emerging economies where cyber security investments have not kept pace with cyber threats
July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22
How Lenovo is making the transition into services

Although Lenovo is late to the as-a-service game, it is making headway through its One Lenovo and services-led transformation strategies, says a top company executive
June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22
India gears up for 5G but challenges remain

The country’s upcoming spectrum auction marks the start of larger scale deployments of 5G in the subcontinent, but telcos will need to find a way to address high infrastructure costs and monetise their investments

June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22
How MSD is harnessing AI

MSD’s global lead for artificial intelligence discusses what it will take for the technology to realise its full potential in healthcare
June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22
China’s Cyclone Robotics eyes APAC market

One of China’s largest suppliers of robotic process automation software has made a foray into Asia-Pacific, leveraging its bot management and ‘human-in-the-loop’ capabilities
June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22
Developers grapple with open source software security

Software developers are taking longer to fix vulnerabilities and many do not know about the dependencies of open source software components they are using, study finds
June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22
APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges

More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure
June 02, 2022 02 Jun'22
Indian stock exchange taps data analytics

The National Stock Exchange of India is tapping data analytics to speed up and improve regulatory decision making
June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22
How Pfizer is leveraging technology in healthcare

Pfizer uses predictive modelling to recruit patients for clinical trials and supercomputers to identity candidate molecules that go into antiviral drugs, among other technology use cases

May 30, 2022 30 May'22
Analysts weigh in on Broadcom-VMware deal

VMware customers in APAC will need to assess their exposure amid uncertainty over the impact of the mega deal on the market
May 25, 2022 25 May'22
Rubrik charts data security path

Backup and recovery software provider Rubrik now sees itself as a cyber security company that helps organisations recover from ransomware and other data security threats
May 24, 2022 24 May'22
Bad bots make up a quarter of APAC’s web traffic

Bots that run automated tasks have been responsible for stealing personal information among other malicious activities in the Asia-Pacific region, study finds
May 23, 2022 23 May'22
How Ivanti views patch management with a security lens

Bringing development, operations and security teams together will help organisations to improve their visibility of IT assets and vulnerabilities while keeping threat actors at bay
May 18, 2022 18 May'22
Veeam to continue growth momentum in APAC

Veeam expects its backup offerings that protect ‘strategic workloads’ such as Microsoft 365 and Salesforce to continue driving its growth momentum in the region
May 17, 2022 17 May'22
Veeam outlines data protection vision

Veeam is looking to achieve an “outsized market leading position” by tapping its strengths in data protection and doubling down on innovation to help enterprises secure emerging workloads
May 13, 2022 13 May'22
Organisational silos hampering integration efforts in Asia

Many organisations in Asia still approach integration in silos, choosing to build hard coded integrations that tend to be brittle and more prone to failure
May 11, 2022 11 May'22
IBM lived up to its neutrality promise to Red Hat

Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier claims IBM has lived up to its commitment to maintain the neutrality of Red Hat three years on
May 11, 2022 11 May'22
SAP ‘optimistic’ about S/4 Hana in APAC

A top SAP executive is confident that more of its customers in Asia-Pacific will adopt S/4 Hana this year, as the company shores up integration of its ERP software with other business applications
May 09, 2022 09 May'22
India’s IT services market grew at record pace in 2021

Growing investments in cloud, artificial intelligence and cyber security have been a boon to India’s IT and business services market
April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22
Coralogix makes foray into cyber security with Snowbit

Observability platform supplier Coralogix has set up a cyber security venture and a global security resource centre in India to tap the growth opportunities in the subcontinent
April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22
How Adnovum is leveraging its Swiss roots

Software company Adnovum is leveraging its strengths in identity and access management and its Swiss heritage as it expands into new markets and areas such as zero-trust security
April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22
Hybrid work catching on in India

More tech workers in India now enjoy flexi-work arrangements and higher salaries, but talent retention remains an issue in the subcontinent, study finds
April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22
APAC enterprises are reducing their datacentre footprint

Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are moving from their own datacentres into co-location facilities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and lower their carbon footprint
April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22
APAC organisations to spend more on AI

The higher investments in AI will be led by the region’s banking industry which is harnessing AI systems to mitigate risks and detect fraud
March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22
How India organisations can mitigate cyber threats

Organisations in India will need to invest more in cloud security, gain more visibility into their systems and improve security awareness among employees to fend off cyber attacks
March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation

The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022
March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Plugging supply chain gaps

StratMed’s Integer platform is facilitating data exchanges between healthcare providers and their suppliers to improve transparency in India’s healthcare supply chain
March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Driving new revenue with data insights

GLS Group beefed up its enterprise resource planning system to deliver data insights that support real-time decision making and drive new revenue
March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22
Edge computing implementations still in their infancy

It’s still early days for enterprise implementations of edge computing, with one analyst likening it to the early days of cloud
March 14, 2022 14 Mar'22
More Tableau-Salesforce integrations on the cards

Tableau and Salesforce are looking to deliver more ‘pre-integrated’ offerings that embed analytics capabilities into the latter’s portfolio of software-as-a-service applications
March 11, 2022 11 Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Weikfield bags analytics rewards

The success of Weikfield Food’s analytics initiative is underpinned by small successive deployments to overcome resistance from users and ensure requirements are met
March 07, 2022 07 Mar'22
India’s Mahindra Group makes cloud move

The Indian conglomerate will migrate SAP S/4 Hana and its data warehouse to Google Cloud and build up its DevOps capabilities
March 01, 2022 01 Mar'22
Cloud suppliers eye APAC space industry

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are working with local governments and supplying cloud technologies to support the region’s growing space industry
February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22
Cloudflare: Our network is our product

Cloudflare’s chief product officer explains why its network is its product and how it protects organisations against cyber threats
February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22
IBM opens cyber security hub in India

Big Blue’s new cyber security hub, comprising a cyber range, software development facilities and a security operations centre, will serve enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region
February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22
India warms to telehealth amid pandemic

Covid-19 has accelerated adoption of telehealth services in India as more healthcare providers look to offer medical treatment and assistance without risking infections
February 14, 2022 14 Feb'22
India to invest $1bn in quantum computing

India plans to invest $1bn over the next five years to advance its capabilities in quantum technology, but it will need to have a tailored approach and to address the skills gap to succeed
January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22
Google inks $1bn deal with Bharti Airtel

The wide-ranging deal covers Google’s equity investment in Airtel, as well as efforts to spur cloud adoption and lower barriers to smartphone ownership
January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22
TigerGraph roars into APAC

The graph database technology supplier is approaching the region with a solution-based strategy and partnering with universities to grow local capabilities
January 24, 2022 24 Jan'22
India’s cyber security industry doubles in size amid pandemic

Revenues from cyber security products and services reached $9.85bn in 2021 thanks to rapid digitalisation and regulatory attention on data and privacy
January 19, 2022 19 Jan'22
Trellix looks to democratise access to XDR in APAC

The company formed from the merger of FireEye Enterprise and McAfee will team up with managed service providers, among other efforts, to democratise access to extended detection and response capabilities in the region
January 17, 2022 17 Jan'22
Top three questions about the Log4j vulnerability

Singapore’s Ensign Infosecurity answers the top three questions about the impact of the Log4j vulnerability
January 13, 2022 13 Jan'22
RBL Bank taps Google Cloud to drive digital agenda

The private lender will tap Google Cloud to power its customer acquisition engine and improve customer data management and analytics, among other areas
January 03, 2022 03 Jan'22
How APAC firms can stay ahead of cyber threats

Organisations will need to develop behavioural detection, machine learning and threat hunting capabilities to keep pace with the onslaught of cyber attacks
December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21
IT Priorities 2022: Cloud-first mindset growing in India

Nearly half of organisations in India are expected to spend more on cloud services, underscoring the growing cloud-first mindset that is taking root in the subcontinent
December 13, 2021 13 Dec'21
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022
December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21
APAC banks gear up on cloud, but challenges remain

Public cloud spending by financial institutions in the region is rising even as they grapple with legacy IT challenges and cost concerns
December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21
India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022

Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce
November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21
Inside Informatica’s cloud journey

Informatica’s chief product officer talks up the company’s journey back to the public market and where Asia-Pacific fits in its growth strategy