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Information technology (IT) in India

  • August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

    VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal

    Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers

  • July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

    Visibility and proactive stance needed to secure OT systems

    Critical infrastructure operators need to have more visibility into their IT and operational technology environment, and take a more active stance to fend off sophisticated adversaries, expert says

  • July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

    How NEC is transforming its business

    While NEC is known for its public safety systems, the company has been expanding into new areas including e-government, financial services and customer experience in Asia-Pacific

  • July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

    5G connections in APAC to surpass 400 million by 2025

    The number of 5G connections in Asia-Pacific will grow to more than 400 million by 2025, but a usage gap due to the lack of digital skills and affordability will still exist

  • July 15, 2022 15 Jul'22

    HPE expands private cloud capabilities in GreenLake

    HPE’s GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a managed service that provides flexibility in deployment models with automation capabilities for a cloud-like experience

  • July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

    APAC organisations renew focus on ERP

    Organisations in Asia-Pacific are looking to renew their enterprise resource planning systems as they emerge from the throes of the pandemic

  • 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