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Information technology (IT) in India

• July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23

  NUS researchers develop biological camera to store images

  NUS researchers have built a biological camera to store and organise images on live cells, potentially shaking up the data storage industry

• July 10, 2023 10 Jul'23

  How Confluent is maintaining its edge in event streaming

  Confluent co-founder Jun Rao talks up the company’s business and how it competes with hyperscalers and other suppliers of managed Kafka services

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  How Vedanta is harnessing tech in aluminium production

  India’s largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium is using industrial internet of things devices to improve emissions control and robotic process automation to improve efficiency, among other digitisation efforts

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  How Fastly thinks differently about CDNs and the edge

  Fastly is counting on its developer chops and different approaches towards security and other areas to compete with its rivals

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Lenovo ups ante on AI infrastructure investments

  Lenovo is investing $1bn over three years to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure offerings, including services to help organisations deploy and tap AI capabilities in a responsible manner

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  How an ML engineer cut his teeth in AI

  Machine learning engineer Saurabh Agarwal talks up his career journey in artificial intelligence and what it takes for one to succeed in the field

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Cyber attacks against APAC commerce sector surpass 1.1 billion

  Retailers, hotels and travel-related organisations in the region saw over a billion cyber attacks last year amid the surge in e-commerce activity and online travel bookings

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  How Dell is easing edge deployments

  Dell’s NativeEdge platform could make it easier to deploy and manage edge computing applications and infrastructure through validated designs for industry-specific applications use cases

• June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23

  How India’s DICV is tapping smart manufacturing

  Daimler India Commercial Vehicles has deployed augmented and virtual reality, advanced sensors, data analytics and other technologies to improve manufacturing processes and customer fleet management

• May 30, 2023 30 May'23

  How Pendula is driving customer communications

  The Australian startup’s conversational messaging platform lets businesses draw on internal and external data to cross-sell and upsell their offerings while improving customer retention

• May 29, 2023 29 May'23

  Qlik CEO: We will remain agnostic

  Mike Capone assures customers that Qlik will remain agnostic following its acquisition of Talend and that its data analytics and integration tools will continue to work with rival platforms

• May 23, 2023 23 May'23

  Dell outlines growth strategy in APAC

  Dell Technologies is building on its momentum with Apex while eyeing growth areas such as edge computing and AI in a bid to expand its business in the region

• May 22, 2023 22 May'23

  Dell bolsters Apex to ease multicloud deployments

  In the biggest expansion of its Apex portfolio, Dell Technologies adds storage offerings and a trio of cloud platforms that integrate OpenShift, Azure and vSphere with Dell infrastructure

• May 19, 2023 19 May'23

  Navigating artificial intelligence: Red flags to watch out for

  Lou Steinberg, founder of cyber security research lab CTM Insights, flags up the risks of the growing use of AI, and what organisations can do to tame the technology for good

• May 17, 2023 17 May'23

  Pentera ups ante in penetration testing

  The Israeli startup, which expanded to the APAC region last year, scans for vulnerabilities and emulates cyber attacks through its automated security validation platform

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  APAC digital leaders score wins in innovation awards

  The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  CW Innovation Awards: How Mondelez is driving innovation

  The company behind Oreo biscuits is tapping low-code and no-code development, drones and blockchain, among other emerging technologies, to drive innovation and improve efficiency

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  CW Innovation Awards: Zuellig Pharma dispenses healthcare insights with data platform

  The regional pharmaceutical giant’s business intelligence-as-a-service offering is touted to plug data gaps and has helped one pharmaceutical client improve customer loyalty

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  CW Innovation Awards: SensorFlow reaps returns with re-architecture

  Smart building management specialist SensorFlow re-architected its entire platform to reduce cost, complexity and implement a real-time business intelligence dashboard for its customers

• May 15, 2023 15 May'23

  CW Innovation Awards: How open source mapping is bringing clean water to Andhra Pradesh

  The state government of Andhra Pradesh has digitised information on water supply pipelines and implemented a geographical information system to help deliver clean drinking water to rural communities

• May 12, 2023 12 May'23

  How Splunk is driving security automation

  Splunk’s head of security in APAC talks up the company’s efforts to ease the workloads of security analysts amid lower adoption of security automation and analytics in the region

• May 10, 2023 10 May'23

  How datacentre operators can fend off cyber attacks

  Applying zero-trust principles in the form of strong authentication controls and network segmentation can help datacentre operators to mitigate cyber threats

• May 08, 2023 08 May'23

  How lab grown neurons could power the future of AI

  Melbourne-based Cortical Labs’ lab grown neurons could speed up AI training in a more energy efficient way and its work has caught the eye of hyperscalers and Amazon’s CTO

• May 04, 2023 04 May'23

  Inside BlackBerry’s cyber security playbook

  BlackBerry’s president of cyber security discusses the company’s cyber security strategy and what it is doing to deliver an integrated set of capabilities for enterprises

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  How organisations can succeed with zero trust

  By starting small, taking a long-term view and prioritising the most critical assets in their zero-trust implementations, organisations will be able to reap returns from their investments in the security paradigm

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  Tech spending in India to grow by 9.6% in 2023

  Digital initiatives in the public sector along with investments in telecoms and other areas are expected to spur technology spending in India this year

• April 13, 2023 13 Apr'23

  How Agoda is shaping up to be a technology powerhouse

  Agoda’s CTO Idan Zalzberg explains why the online travel agency with a massive technology footprint prefers to run things in-house and not rely too much on public cloud services

• April 10, 2023 10 Apr'23

  How India’s Cropin is tapping the groundswell in agritech

  Cropin, one of the first movers in agriculture technology, has built an industry cloud platform that is now used by the likes of PepsiCo to maximise crop yields

• April 03, 2023 03 Apr'23

  CIO interview: Carter Busse, CIO, Workato

  Workato CIO Carter Busse talks up the company’s approach towards automation and its efforts to drive the technology across its business

• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  OVHcloud opens India datacentre

  The French cloud service provider has opened its first datacentre in India that will provide Indian businesses with access to local compute and storage capabilities

• March 21, 2023 21 Mar'23

  How Mimecast thinks differently about email security

  Mimecast CEO Peter Bauer believes the company’s comprehensive approach towards email security has enabled it to remain relevant to customers for two decades

• March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

  Inside AIA’s cloud adoption journey

  The Hong Kong-based multinational insurance firm has moved 86% of its IT infrastructure to public cloud to drive growth, productivity and efficiency

• March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

  How industry cloud platforms are shaping the future of business applications

  More than half of enterprises are expected to use industry cloud platforms that combine cloud-based infrastructure, platform and application services to accelerate their business by 2027

• March 13, 2023 13 Mar'23

  SolarWinds doubles down on APAC business

  SolarWinds teams up with key systems integrators in the APAC region to develop joint offerings as it bolsters its capabilities in observability and autonomous operations

• March 10, 2023 10 Mar'23

  Emerging markets lead growth in cloud spend in Asia

  Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are expected to lead the rest of Asia in growing their cloud spending in 2023, study finds

• March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

  How ForgeRock is tackling identity management

  ForgeRock CEO Fran Rosch has set the identity and access management software supplier on a path to deliver a frictionless identity experience without compromising security or privacy

• March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

  APAC IT leaders bullish on tech spending

  Over half of respondents in this year’s IT Priorities study have bigger IT budgets as they continue to make strategic investments in cyber security, cloud and automation, among other areas

• March 06, 2023 06 Mar'23

  How to get mainframe modernisation right

  Around a third of mainframe modernisation efforts fail, but that doesn’t need to be the case if organisations can harness the best of mainframe and distributed architectures, according to Rocket Software

• March 01, 2023 01 Mar'23

  APAC is proving to be ‘substantial growth engine’ for Rimini Street

  Rimini Street CEO Seth Ravin outlines growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific and discusses the company’s move up the support value chain

• February 27, 2023 27 Feb'23

  How Dell is future-proofing its business

  Dell Technologies is building a more resilient supply chain, investing in growth areas like edge and multicloud, and responding to shifts in consumption models to position itself for long-term growth

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  Teradata reports strong cloud earnings

  Teradata’s cloud-first strategy is starting to pay off, with the company reporting its strongest cloud earnings to date in the fourth quarter last year

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  How APAC organisations can harness the power of IoT

  In a panel discussion moderated by Computer Weekly, industry experts from across Asia-Pacific discussed the use cases, challenges and future developments in the internet of things

• February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

  How Syniti is honing its chops in data management

  A move to shed its back office image and a laser focus on data migration has been fuelling Syniti’s growth in data management

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  How to tame the identity sprawl

  Organisations should find a comprehensive way to gain full visibility into their digital identities and leverage automation to tame the identify sprawl

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Dell tells suppliers to diversify fab and backend facilities

  Dell calls for chip suppliers to diversify their fabrication and backend facilities by the end of 2024 to improve its supply chain resilience

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Akamai eyes cloud market with Connected Cloud

  Akamai marks foray into cloud computing with a distributed cloud computing platform that is touted to make it easier for enterprises to get applications and data closer to their customers

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  How Check Point is keeping pace with the cyber security landscape

  Check Point Software CEO Gil Shwed talks up the company’s growth areas, its approach to cloud security and the impact of generative AI on cyber security

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  India launches homegrown BharOS

  The homegrown Android-based mobile operating system could reduce India’s reliance on foreign software, but uncertainties around market adoption and software updates remain

• February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

  How artificial intelligence is playing a role in insect farming

  An AI engine developed by Singapore startup EntoVerse is helping cricket farmers improve yield by optimising environmental and other conditions

• January 30, 2023 30 Jan'23

  Noventiq eyes APAC IT services market

  IT services provider Noventiq has been expanding its presence in APAC through several acquisitions in India, and is eyeing a bigger slice of the region’s IT services pie