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Information technology (IT) in India
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May 06, 2021
06
May'21
Wipro’s AI platform to improve vaccine safety
Wipro is partnering a stem cell technology firm on the use of its Holmes artificial intelligence platform to help researchers ascertain the safety and potency of vaccines
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May 05, 2021
05
May'21
Executive interview: Juergen Mueller on SAP’s tech strategy
SAP CTO Juergen Mueller offers a glimpse into the company’s thinking around delivering business applications as microservices, among other areas and updates in its technology strategy
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April 29, 2021
29
Apr'21
Intel seeks broader platform play with Ice Lake
Company is counting on performance improvements from its third-generation Xeon ‘Ice Lake’ chip and its broader platform strategy to regain its mojo in the market
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April 28, 2021
28
Apr'21
Red Hat eyes edge computing workloads
Open-source juggernaut has enriched its enterprise Linux and OpenShift offerings to support edge computing workloads better
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April 26, 2021
26
Apr'21
How Toffs is seizing Asia’s CDN market
Toffs Technologies is eyeing second- and third-tier cities in Asia as it bolsters its infrastructure and experiments with the use of home networks as content delivery networks
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April 22, 2021
22
Apr'21
Australia and India team up on critical technology
The first three projects under a joint research grant programme will focus on developing ethical and regulatory frameworks for quantum computing, AI and 5G
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April 19, 2021
19
Apr'21
Informatica streamlines APAC operations amid growing cloud business
Informatica has consolidated its operations in four key Asia-Pacific markets in a move that will enable it to better meet the demand for cloud-based data management software
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April 16, 2021
16
Apr'21
Teradata eyes cloud opportunity in APAC
The data warehouse software supplier has been positioning itself to capture the region’s cloud opportunities through not only R&D, but also efforts to support enterprises in their cloud journey
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April 07, 2021
07
Apr'21
VMware to ease hybrid cloud deployments
VMware is combining VMware Cloud Foundation and its Tanzu portfolio into a single software stack to simplify hybrid and multicloud deployment and management
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April 05, 2021
05
Apr'21
How Lenovo is tackling HCI workloads
Lenovo has teamed up with AMD to address mission-critical workloads such as in-memory databases as APAC organisations look beyond VDI in their hyperconverged infrastructure deployments
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March 30, 2021
30
Mar'21
Executive interview: Tearing down data silos
Alteryx’s senior vice-president for Asia-Pacific addresses some misconceptions about data analytics and what the company is doing to stake a bigger claim on the market
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March 29, 2021
29
Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: Recognising APAC’s top industry leaders
The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts to tap new business opportunities, improve efficiencies and solve pressing issues
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March 29, 2021
29
Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: Bharat Petroleum refines operations with a digital nerve centre
Bharat Petroleum has developed a digital nerve centre powered by the internet of things and artificial intelligence technologies to monitor the journey of its products
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March 29, 2021
29
Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: Jio Platforms taps machine learning to manage telco network
Why India’s largest telecom operator built its own machine learning platform to meet the growing data and signalling requirements of new networks
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March 29, 2021
29
Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: SIA taps blockchain for loyalty app
Singapore Airlines, winner of the transportation category in this year’s CW Innovation Awards APAC, expands its blockchain-based digital wallet into a broader digital lifestyle platform
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March 25, 2021
25
Mar'21
Bharti Airtel taps OpenStack to modernise telco network
India’s Bharti Airtel turns to OpenStack to ready its network for emerging technologies such as 5G and edge computing
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March 12, 2021
12
Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: Fighting fake Covid-19 vaccines with blockchain
A blockchain-based system developed by Singapore-based Zuellig Pharma can help governments and healthcare providers weed out fake vaccines and manage vaccine distribution and administration
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March 11, 2021
11
Mar'21
APAC cloud spending up by over 38% in 2020
Public cloud infrastructure services made up the lion’s share of cloud spending last year as APAC organisations strive to modernise their IT infrastructure amid the pandemic, study finds
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March 05, 2021
05
Mar'21
APAC leads in open source adoption
APAC organisations are using open source software to modernise their infrastructure and develop containerised applications, though security concerns linger on
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March 04, 2021
04
Mar'21
Veritas looks beyond NetBackup for growth in ASEAN
Veritas has seen increased demand for its availability tools as it looks to address backup and recovery requirements from cloud, database and VMware workloads
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March 02, 2021
02
Mar'21
How SAP is riding the rising tide of cloud
SAP’s newly minted president for Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s cloud traction and what is being done to ease the transition to S/4 Hana
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February 23, 2021
23
Feb'21
Bharti Airtel, Qualcomm team to advance 5G Open RAN in India
Subcontinent’s premier communication systems provider announces partnership with leading provider of communications chips and chipsets to accelerate the adoption of next-generation networks in India
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February 23, 2021
23
Feb'21
How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
Company’s GeoSpock DB is aimed at optimising queries of large volumes of geospatial data with scale and speed
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February 19, 2021
19
Feb'21
Oracle unveils final cog in cloud strategy
Oracle’s Roving Edge Infrastructure is getting interest from mining companies in Australia and manufacturers in ASEAN that are looking to run cloud-based workloads in edge locations
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February 18, 2021
18
Feb'21
Google Cloud partners Tata Communications in India
Tata Communications will offer managed services for Google Cloud that will include cloud architecture planning and workload migration
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February 17, 2021
17
Feb'21
Executive interview: Tapping APAC’s storage potential
Lenovo’s head of storage in Asia-Pacific singles out the region’s market opportunities and predicts that the healthcare sector will go full-fledged with flash storage in the next year
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February 09, 2021
09
Feb'21
Big data platform to speed up DNA analysis
Belgium’s Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre has developed a big data platform that can analyse DNA data up to 16 times faster than current techniques
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February 04, 2021
04
Feb'21
UiPath hires former cloud executive to head APAC business
Former Google and AWS executive Rick Harshman will lead UiPath’s business in Asia-Pacific, where adoption of robotic process automation is growing
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February 03, 2021
03
Feb'21
Tata Communications grows IoT footprint
India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos
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January 31, 2021
31
Jan'21
Indian firms see growing value of data
Half of Indian IT leaders see a permanent increase in value of data as their organisations come under threat from mounting cyber attacks amid the pandemic
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January 28, 2021
28
Jan'21
TCS rings in the new year on a roll
India’s Tata Consultancy Services recorded one of its strongest third-quarter earnings and grew its brand value amid a global pandemic
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January 22, 2021
22
Jan'21
Tech salary growth in APAC a mixed bag
The growing demand for IT pros to support digital transformation projects has not translated to higher salaries across the board, survey finds
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January 14, 2021
14
Jan'21
Banks and telcos lead big data analytics spending in APAC
Banks and telcos contributed nearly one-third of spending on big data analytics in the region, while the government and healthcare sectors will register the highest growth rates, new research finds
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January 14, 2021
14
Jan'21
APAC firms grapple with cyber security amid pandemic
Some aspects of cyber security have taken a backseat as companies across the Asia-Pacific region rush to shore up their infrastructure to cope with the demands of remote work
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January 11, 2021
11
Jan'21
APAC firms’ ‘future readiness’ a mixed bag
Led by firms in China, Singapore and Australia, just over a quarter of businesses in APAC fit the bill as a future-ready business, study finds
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January 04, 2021
04
Jan'21
Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC
Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its inaugural Innovation Awards in APAC to honour digitisation initiatives that have transformed organisations in seven industries
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January 03, 2021
03
Jan'21
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
5G roll-outs to continue apace in 2021
New 5G launches will be led by telcos in forerunner markets, but the industry’s near-term outlook will depend on the timing of an economic recovery
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
AWS eyes mainframe workloads
Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security
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December 02, 2020
02
Dec'20
How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities
Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water
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December 01, 2020
01
Dec'20
What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic
Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust
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November 30, 2020
30
Nov'20
IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget
Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world
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November 26, 2020
26
Nov'20
APAC plagued by APT, ransomware attacks
The Asia-Pacific region was a primary target of advanced persistent threat groups, mostly from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, that carried out 34 campaigns between June 2019 to June 2020
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November 18, 2020
18
Nov'20
How Aarogya Setu is addressing scale and security challenges
India’s contact-tracing platform leverages microservices, encryption techniques and cloud-based visibility tools to address scale and security requirements
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November 16, 2020
16
Nov'20
How Standard Chartered approaches cyber security
Bank uses security-by-design principles and conducts red-teaming exercises among other measures to fend off cyber breaches
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November 09, 2020
09
Nov'20
Global telcos defy previous performance expectations
Better-performing Asia-Pacific operators lead charge driving analyst to adjust upwards previous forecast for worldwide connectivity services market
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November 09, 2020
09
Nov'20
AWS expands footprint in India with Hyderabad region
Amazon Web Services is investing $2.8bn in a second cloud region in one of the fastest-growing public cloud markets in the Asia-Pacific region
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November 05, 2020
05
Nov'20
GSMA calls for whole-of-government approach to digital societies
Asia-Pacific countries need to take a whole-of-government approach and not regulate the telecoms industry in isolation to advance their digital societies