Information technology (IT) in ASEAN
Read the latest news and trends about information technology (IT) in the ASEAN region, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam. Find valuable resources on IT management topics, including security, data storage, backup and recovery, networking, data centre, cloud computing, mobile technology, virtualisation, big data, virtual machines and more.
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News
21 Aug 2025
Dell builds on $50m Singapore investment with new AI hub
Dell Technologies has opened an AI innovation hub to speed artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and upskill 10,000 students and mid-career professionals in Singapore Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2025
Without a data strategy, AI will just scale your chaos
Snowflake’s chief data analytics officer, Anahita Tafvizi, explains why a data strategy focused on governance, consistency and accuracy is the only way to build artificial intelligence that users will trust Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2020
Why GovTech is building its own robotics stack
Singapore’s Government Technology Agency has developed a robotics technology stack that will power robots using capabilities from commercial suppliers and the open source community Continue Reading
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Opinion
04 Jun 2020
Why trust is the new currency
Businesses need to engender trust with customers amid the complexity of digital transactions involving multiple third parties, even as consumers are not fully cognizant of the importance of data privacy Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2020
Malaysian minister backtracks on spectrum allocation decision
Amid reports of a surreptitious decision to allocate spectrum to five Malaysian operators, the communications minister rescinds his own order, calling for a more transparent review of the allocation process Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2020
Keeping IT operations running for remote workers
Measuring employee experience and enabling self-service are some of the ways businesses can manage and empower a remote workforce Continue Reading
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News
02 Jun 2020
How to succeed at site reliability engineering
Adoption of site reliability engineering is growing in Asia-Pacific, but organisations need to have the right organisational structure and culture to succeed Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2020
Singapore’s contact-tracing app tops privacy study
Singapore’s TraceTogether is least intrusive in terms of privacy communications compared with similar apps in the region, study finds Continue Reading
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News
28 May 2020
How AI can improve food safety
Fujitsu has developed a computer vision model that recognises hand washing gestures to ease the enforcement of stricter food handling rules in Japan Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2020
PropertyGuru touts 3D virtual viewings with StoryTeller
Southeast Asian property portal PropertyGuru rolls out new capability in its FastKey platform that lets developers showcase properties to prospective buyers through 3D visualisation Continue Reading
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News
26 May 2020
Thailand gears up for 5G
Thai government forms 26-member committee to develop a roadmap for 5G adoption and address roadblocks related to the recall of unused spectrum from state agencies Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2020
Coronavirus: How MyIX is keeping Malaysians connected
Malaysia’s MyIX internet exchange has been classed as critical national infrastructure, with member telcos adding more capacity to meet the surge in demand for internet services Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2020
How machine learning can bridge the communication gap
Amazon Web Services has developed a machine learning model to translate sign languages into text in a showcase of assistive technology Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2020
Responsible Cyber acquires Secucial in S$7m deal
Singapore startup Responsible Cyber plans to bolster its Immune platform with access control management capabilities, and sets out to expand its global footprint Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2020
GitLab makes foray into Southeast Asia
GitLab expands in Southeast Asia with a Singapore presence to shore up its growing footprint across the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2020
Why a pandemic-specific BCP matters
Many organisations still do not have scenario-specific business continuity plans, which are helpful when the situation requires a customised response, such as a pandemic, according to Forrester Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 May 2020
CW APAC: Trend Watch – business response to coronavirus
With countries the world over reeling from the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, which has meant sweeping changes both economically and socially, Computer Weekly looks at how firms in the Asia-Pacific region have adapted to what has so quickly become the new normal. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 May 2020
Having it all: Customer contact trends for the 2020s
This is a guest post by Nicola Millard, principal innovation partner, BT The future isn’t at all what we expected. Ten years ago, we might easily have imagined the contact centre of 2020 as an ... Continue Reading
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News
14 May 2020
SK Telecom brings quantum security to the masses
The South Korean telco is readying the world’s first 5G smartphone equipped with a quantum random number generator chipset Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2020
Coronavirus: APAC organisations find scalability with cloud
Australia’s NSW Health and Indonesia’s HaloDoc are among a growing crop of Asia-Pacific organisations that are relying on cloud scalability to extend digital services to more users and customers Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2020
APAC firms still coming to grips with data protection
More governments in Asia are implementing data protection regimes, but challenges such as checkbox compliance and the lack of effective staff training remain Continue Reading
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News
06 May 2020
Open source community joins Covid-19 fight
Red Hat and others in the global open source community are doing their part to develop tools and other initiatives to help the world tide over the coronavirus outbreak Continue Reading
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News
05 May 2020
Singapore to test 5G in Industry 4.0 trial
Trial, spearheaded by IMDA, IBM, Samsung and M1, will test the use of 5G, along with AI and IoT technologies, in manufacturing Continue Reading
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News
05 May 2020
Building security and privacy into contact-tracing apps
Governance and data decentralisation are among measures that organisations can take to allay security and privacy concerns over contact-tracing apps, according to RSA Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2020
Coronavirus: Using computer simulation to minimise cross-infection
The architects behind China’s largest makeshift hospital turned to computer simulation to model the airflow regulated by ventilation systems in a bid to minimise cross-infection Continue Reading
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News
30 Apr 2020
Red Hat-VMware rivalry intensifies with OpenShift virtualisation
New virtualisation features in OpenShift point to an emerging Kubernetes platform war between Red Hat and VMware Continue Reading
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News
29 Apr 2020
IMDA to issue 5G spectrum to Singtel and StarHub-M1 venture
Singapore’s telco regulator will award 5G spectrum to major operators whose proposals have exceeded its requirements in some cases Continue Reading
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News
28 Apr 2020
APAC edge computing market set to grow
China and Japan will account for the lion’s share of Asia-Pacific’s edge computing market as more organisations in the region look to streamline processes and improve productivity Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2020
How Vonage is riding the e-commerce wave in Asia
The surge in online sales across Asia has boosted demand for cloud-based communications services as more e-commerce players look to integrate text messaging, voice and video into customer engagement platforms Continue Reading
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News
24 Apr 2020
Dark data is contributing to carbon emissions
Almost six million tonnes of carbon dioxide will be pumped into the atmosphere this year as a result of dark data, Veritas research finds Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2020
How DBS is reaping the dividends of digital transformation
At DBS Bank, the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the value of technology and the investments it made over the past decade to modernise its technology stack Continue Reading
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News
21 Apr 2020
When data protection is not enough
Organisations should take a holistic approach to data protection and cyber security in what the CEO of Acronis deems a “cyber protection” strategy Continue Reading
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E-Zine
17 Apr 2020
CW ASEAN: Trend Watch on advances in Malaysia’s digital infrastructure
In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at Malaysia’s successes and challenges in modernising its infrastructure and other digital transformation initiatives Continue Reading
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News
16 Apr 2020
Coronavirus shines spotlight on mobile connectivity
Mobile operators in Asia-Pacific are playing their part in the fight against Covid-19, even as some of them are facing roadblocks in rolling out 5G networks Continue Reading
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News
16 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Indian IT sector takes hit
India’s IT market will see slower growth this year though opportunities abound in artificial intelligence and cyber security Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2020
Inside Alibaba’s NLP labs
Alibaba is among a growing crop of technology companies that are rising to the challenge of solving the toughest problems in natural language processing Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2020
How Singapore’s Niometrics is changing network analytics
By extracting granular data and emphasising privacy protection, Niometrics’ network analytics technology is being put through its paces in a variety of use cases Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2020
The growing stature of open source in APAC
From being users of open source software to contributing their own codes to the community, enterprises in Asia-Pacific are becoming active participants in the open source ecosystem Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Apr 2020
How APAC firms are coping with the Covid-19 outbreak
The air of change looms large in companies operating in the Asia-Pacific region, with some doing better than others in keeping the lights on amid the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2020
Malaysia’s telemedicine vision gets fresh boost
Tech startup DoctorOnCall has built a virtual health advisory platform for people to consult doctors amid the coronavirus outbreak, catalysing Malaysia’s telemedicine blueprint, which was conceived over two decades ago Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2020
Interpol warns of more ransomware attacks against healthcare sector
Purple notice issued to alert police forces around the world of ransomware attacks against hospitals and other healthcare institutions Continue Reading
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News
03 Apr 2020
Singapore researchers get priority access to HPC resources
Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre is fast-tracking access to its high-performance computing resources for researchers working on Covid-19-related projects Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Apr 2020
How ‘servitisation’ is shaping the semiconductor industry
This is a guest post by Kelvin Lim, chief operating officer of Innovative Global Solutions & Services 2020 was supposed to be the year for rapid transformation in the global semiconductor ... Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Apr 2020
Malaysia’s business continuity planning readiness a mixed bag
Larger Malaysian enterprises have BCP in place, but SMEs lag behind and will find it harder to weather the Covid-19 storm Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2020
CDN and cloud suppliers join routing security initiative
Akamai and Amazon Web Services are among a group of cloud and content delivery network providers to participate in a global initiative to address the security threats to internet routing systems Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2020
Huawei to boost Kunpeng ecosystem in cloud play
Chinese tech giant will shell out $200m this year to build an ecosystem around its Arm-based processor to bolster its position in the cloud computing market Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2020
Developed APAC states most exposed to cyber risks
Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand have the highest exposure to cyber risks, but they are also the most prepared to deal with cyber attacks, study finds Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2020
Coronavirus takes toll on IT spending in Asia
The economic fallout from the Covid-19 outbreak is expected to slash the growth rate of the region’s IT industry to just 1.2% this year Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2020
Australia inks digital economy pact with Singapore
Australia’s digital economy agreement with Singapore will pave the way for data transfers and other digital trade opportunities Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2020
Singapore government to open source contact-tracing protocol
Singapore’s Government Technology Agency is contributing the source codes of the BlueTrace protocol that powers its contact-tracing app Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Mar 2020
APAC tech suppliers tout wares amid Covid-19 outbreak
In the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, technology vendors all over the world have been touting their wares to help individuals, businesses and medical workers tide over this ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2020
Prudential turns to AI to secure computer networks against cyber attacks
Prudential, the UK’s largest listed insurer, is turning to artificial intelligence to protect its computer networks in the US, Asia and Africa from malware hackers and internal threats Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2020
Nutanix expands virtual desktop service in APAC
Nutanix has expanded its Xi Frame virtual desktop service to five more cloud regions in Asia-Pacific amid the Covid-19 outbreak Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2020
How Malaysia’s Affin Hwang is harnessing data analytics
The Malaysian financial institution has been tapping data analytics to better profile its customers, increase sales leads and identify new customer segments Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Mar 2020
AI and machine learning is not the future, it's the present
This is a guest post by Raju Vegesna, chief evangelist at Zoho For many, artificial intelligence (AI) is a distant and incomprehensible concept associated only with science fiction movies or ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2020
Inside Oracle’s cloud strategy
Oracle may be late to the cloud infrastructure and platform game, but it believes it has what it takes to carve out a bigger slice of the Asia-Pacific’s cloud market Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2020
Google to open new cloud regions in India and Australia
New cloud regions in Delhi and Melbourne underscore Google’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of Asia-Pacific’s cloud computing market Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2020
Horangi and Tokio Marine team up on cyber security services
Singapore-based Horangi will provide penetration testing, among other cyber security services, to Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore’s cyber risk insurance clients Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2020
Singapore among world’s top sources of online threats
Singapore remained a hotspot for originating cyber attacks in 2019, with 11 million attacks launched from servers in the city-state Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2020
How Asia’s tech firms are helping to stem the Covid-19 outbreak
Data analytics and robots are being deployed in China and other Asian countries that have been hardest hit by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak Continue Reading
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News
27 Feb 2020
IT Priorities 2020: ASEAN firms on the frontline of digital transformation
Southeast Asian companies plan to spend more on infrastructure and cyber security, but the growth in IT budgets appears to be slowing down Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2020
How tech suppliers are easing barriers to hybrid cloud adoption
The tech industry has risen to the challenge of helping enterprises ease their transition to hybrid cloud, but issues remain Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2020
Thai university to roll out data protection certification
Thailand’s National Institute of Development Administration is offering a certification programme to get organisations ready for the country’s data protection regime Continue Reading
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21 Feb 2020
Cloud and 5G to drive SD-WAN adoption in APAC, says Silver Peak
Cloud migration and 5G services will boost the uptake of SD-WAN in a region where some markets are still in the early adopter phase Continue Reading
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20 Feb 2020
Skymind has big plans for AI in ASEAN
Skymind Global Ventures’ $800m fund to tap artificial intelligence potential and talent includes focus on ASEAN’s AI ecosystem Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Feb 2020
Veeam readies Availability Suite V10, offers universal licensing
Veeam has taken the wraps off the latest iteration of its software to speed up backup and recovery, along with other features to help enterprises better manage their data in a hybrid cloud ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2020
China’s tech sector to shrink by 10% in Q1 amid virus outbreak
Hardware makers will be hit more badly than software houses, but the decline in China’s ICT market will be limited to the first quarter Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Feb 2020
From Pixar to GovTech: The inside story of Singapore’s AI whizz
After nearly a decade at Pixar, GovTech’s Chong Jiayi is leading a team of experts to solve hard problems in robotics and artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2020
GitHub eyes Indian market, forms local subsidiary
GitHub is staffing its local office with engineers and sales teams to tap the growing use of its software development platform by developers and enterprises in India Continue Reading
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11 Feb 2020
Tencent Cloud gains multi-tier cloud security certification
China's Tencent Cloud joins major cloud suppliers in securing tier three of Singapore’s Multi-Tier Cloud Security standard in a bid to grow its presence in Asia Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2020
How Huawei’s AI smarts is helping to unravel the cosmos
This is a guest post by Zhang Dixuan, Atlas datacentre domain general manager at Huawei’s intelligent computing business department The quest for knowledge has driven us to discover the highest ... Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
ASEAN’s tech talent crunch pushing up IT wages
Higher IT salaries were seen across the board in the region, with more than half taking home a bigger pay check last year Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2020
OVHcloud eyes Indian market in APAC expansion
French cloud infrastructure supplier OVHcloud is investing more in India over the next few quarters as part of its regional expansion plan Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2020
India’s 2020 budget to boost local tech sector
A flurry of investments in quantum computing, datacentres and broadband connectivity is expected to shore up India’s technology industry from this year Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2020
Inside DXC Technology’s APAC playbook
DXC Technology’s CTO for Asia-Pacific talks up efforts to support the region’s enterprises that are in varying stages of digital transformation Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2020
Interpol uncovers cyber crime operation in Indonesia
An Interpol-coordinated cyber operation leads to the arrest of three people in Indonesia who allegedly used a JavaScript-sniffer malware to steal payment card details of online shoppers Continue Reading
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24 Jan 2020
Singapore’s StarHub and M1 team up in 5G licence bid
The two telcos are working towards the 17 February 2020 closing date for 5G proposals Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2020
Singapore updates model AI governance framework
Second edition of Singapore’s artificial intelligence governance framework includes new guidance, use cases and a self-assessment guide Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2020
Will 5G turn Langkawi into world’s first smart island?
Malaysia telco TM is set to transform Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago with a 5G testbed that will pave the way for 5G services across the country Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2020
Inside NetApp’s transition into a data management firm
NetApp’s leaders in Asia-Pacific discuss the company’s pivot into data services and its traction in the region Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2020
Thailand gets ready for data protection law
Thailand’s personal data protection law comes into effect in May 2020, subjecting organisations to new rules that safeguard the personal data of individuals Continue Reading
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E-Zine
15 Jan 2020
CW APAC: Trend Watch – digital disruption
Adoption of new technologies is growing rapidly and transforming the business landscape. In this handbook, focused on digital disruption in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how business and IT leaders can implement a coherent and cohesive approach to digital transformation. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2020
How container applications are shaping storage management
Persistent storage, backup and recovery were not on the minds of those behind container applications, but that is starting to change Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2020
Maxis and Huawei team up on 5G as Malaysia outlines spectrum allocation plan
Maxis's partnership with Huawei to develop 5G use cases and services comes on the heels of Malaysia's recently announced spectrum allocation plan Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2020
Travelex to begin restoring foreign exchange services two weeks after ‘Sodinokibi’ attack
Travelex says it is making “good progress” in its recovery and is to begin restoring electronic foreign exchange services, but is silent about whether it has agreed to pay hackers a $6m ransom to decrypt computer files Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2020
APAC retailers warm to AI amid roadblocks
Retailers in the Asia-Pacific region believe artificial intelligence is key to their success, but lack the skills and infrastructure needed to harness the technology Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jan 2020
The rise of 5G, entertainment in cars and increased focus on privacy
This is a guest post by Srinivasan CR, chief digital officer, Tata Communications No matter how much technology keeps evolving, making predictions about the future is always a risky business. But ... Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2020
Travelex hackers threaten to sell credit card data on dark web
Sodinokibi cyber gangsters have threatened to sell Travelex customers’ private data on a Russian underground cyber crime forum if it fails to pay a $6m ransom Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2020
2019: a whirlwind year for AI in APAC
Asia-Pacific is proving to be a magnet for entrepreneurial activity from AI firms, though the escalating US-China trade tensions have put one firm in a tough situation Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2020
Cyber gangsters demand payment from Travelex after ‘Sodinokibi’ attack
Cyber criminals are demanding payment to decrypt Travelex’s computer files after a devastating malware attack. New questions have been raised about the security of Travelex’s computer network after it emerged the company waited eight months to patch vulnerable VPN servers Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2020
Why enterprises should care about DevOps
Besides supporting cloud-native software development, DevOps’ biggest gains lie in legacy systems, says Puppet’s field CTO Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jan 2020
Supply chain vulnerabilities rear their ugly head – again
In yet another example of the risks of supply chain vulnerabilities, Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (Mindef) recently disclosed that the confidentiality of its personnel's personal data could have ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Jan 2020
How Darktrace is riding the AI boom
Cyber security firm known for its artificial intelligence smarts doubled its headcount across Asia-Pacific last year in key markets including Australia and South Korea Continue Reading
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02 Jan 2020
Inside Qlik’s data management playbook
Qlik CEO Mike Capone talks up the company’s transition into a data management company, its traction in APAC and what it is doing to put data analytics into the hands of more workers Continue Reading
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31 Dec 2019
Huawei gets India green light as it reports strong sales growth for 2019
Comms technology giant finishes challenging 2019 with solid commercial performance and permission to supply 5G technology in one of the world’s largest internet markets Continue Reading
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31 Dec 2019
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2019
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2019 Continue Reading
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30 Dec 2019
StarHub and U Mobile conduct 5G SA roaming trials
Leading Asian telcos team up to gather 5G roaming insights and establish key aspects, such as the right network configurations and settings, to ensure optimum experience when 5G rolls out commercially Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2019
Managed services to be prime driver of APAC enterprise mobility
Managed mobility services set to account for one-third of overall enterprise mobility revenue in the Asia-Pacific region by 2023, equivalent to US$5.3bn Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Dec 2019
CW APAC: Buyer’s guide to hybrid cloud
There is no doubt that the world is moving towards cloud, with even the most hardened sceptics having been converted and tentatively taking their first steps on a cloud journey. In this handbook, Computer Weekly offers advice on how best to manage hybrid cloud infrastructure. Continue Reading
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19 Dec 2019
APAC region to drive global enterprise VR adoption through to 2030
Analyst predicts that the enterprise virtual reality sector will take off over the next decade, boosted by direct government investment in the APAC region Continue Reading
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18 Dec 2019
Spirent lands at China’s Daxing International to assure critical communications
Beijing airport seeks to create an unrivalled technology experience for passengers and airport personnel Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Dec 2019
IDC predicts 2020: What it takes for digital transformation to succeed
This is a guest post by Simon Piff, vice-president of security practice at IDC Asia-Pacific The essence of IDC’s predictions for 2020 is about efficiency, velocity and productivity in this era of ... Continue Reading