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Information technology (IT) in Asia-Pacific

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  How India is moving towards net zero

  Home-grown companies and multinational firms are doubling down on sustainability efforts, but more needs to be done to improve datacentre efficiency and avoid greenwashing

• December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

  Crime Stoppers Tasmania debuts new reporting portal

  Reporting tool will enable the public to share crime-related information with law enforcement agencies to support policing in Tasmania

• December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2023

  Robotics, cross-cloud data mobility and cyber insurance are some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2023

• December 11, 2022 11 Dec'22

  How Zscaler is cracking APAC’s cloud security market

  Zscaler’s head in Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s growth momentum in the region and what it is doing to address areas where it can do better

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  Australia to develop new cyber security strategy

  New strategy to be developed by top cyber security experts aims to turn Australia into a global cyber leader, among other goals

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  How Databricks is easing lakehouse adoption

  Databricks is making it easier for organisations to adopt a data lakehouse architecture through support for industry-specific file formats, data sharing and streaming processing, among other areas

• December 07, 2022 07 Dec'22

  Vingroup to run SAP systems on Google Cloud

  The Vietnam conglomerate and EV maker is planning to migrate all its SAP systems to Google Cloud in a move that is expected to reap cost savings and improve product quality

• December 05, 2022 05 Dec'22

  How HashiCorp is driving cloud provisioning and management

  HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet talks up how the company is supporting cloud provisioning in a hybrid environment and its investments in Asia-Pacific to capitalise on the region’s growth potential

• December 04, 2022 04 Dec'22

  How Bosch is driving Industry 4.0 in India

  Bosch India is leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to detect manufacturing defects and plans to tap quantum computing for material simulation

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Communications runs in his blood

  Symbio Connect CEO Giorgio Mihaila has spent more than two decades in a career dotted with roles at major communications technology providers

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  AWS doubles down on data management

  Cloud giant Amazon Web Services declares a bold vision to eliminate the need to extract, transform and load data alongside other efforts to address business problems in domains like cyber security and logistics

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  How MongoDB is driving growth in ANZ

  MongoDB, which counts the likes of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as clients, has been driving skills development and investing in local manpower in Australia and New Zealand

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  AWS eyes mission-critical workloads in ASEAN

  Cloud giant AWS is eyeing more business from mission-critical workloads and the financial services industry in Southeast Asia as it readies itself for the next phase of growth

• November 26, 2022 26 Nov'22

  Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in six industries

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  Getting data analytics right

  Organisations will need to marry the art and science of data analytics to drive innovation in their analytics initiatives, according to Gartner

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  How Singapore’s OCBC is harnessing open source

  OCBC using the OpenShift container platform to modernise its applications, reduce its reliance on proprietary software and deliver new business capabilities

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Informatica CEO: ‘We’re the Switzerland of data’

  Informatica CEO Amit Walia talks up the company’s role as the ‘Switzerland of data’, helping organisations to manage data across different platforms as it transitions into a cloud-first supplier of data management tools

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Applying blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB in green energy trading

  Energy trading platform Powerledger has leveraged the power of blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB to make its mark in renewable energy trading in Australia

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Inside Singapore’s public sector IT strategy

  Adopting a platform approach with products that can scale across the board and building a strong engineering bench are some of the key aspects in Singapore’s public sector IT strategy

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  How Google and Mandiant are forging synergies in cyber security

  Google’s AI smarts and Mandiant’s intelligence on new and emerging threats could lay the foundation of proactive security

• November 13, 2022 13 Nov'22

  Metaverse could add up to $1.4tn a year to Asia’s GDP

  The metaverse may still be in its infancy, but sustained investments in the technology over the next decade could have a significant impact on Asia’s economy

• November 11, 2022 11 Nov'22

  Lenovo bolsters services play with PCCW Solutions

  Lenovo’s acquisition of PCCW Solutions brings sought-after capabilities in hybrid cloud and application modernisation as it expands its services footprint in Asia

• November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

  Optus earmarks A$140m to cover cost of data breach

  Optus sets aside A$140m as an exceptional expense for a customer remediation programme following a massive data breach that affected 10 million customers

• November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

  Why Sophos is bullish on managed security services

  Sophos has grown its managed detection and response business to more than $100m over the last three years as more organisations grapple with the increasingly complex cyber security landscape

• November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

  How organisations can right-size their data footprint

  More data is not always better, says Gartner, which is calling for organisations to focus on metadata and synthetic data to reduce their data liability and address privacy challenges

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Singtel, China Telecom Global to lead undersea cable consortium

  New Asia Link Cable system will connect Hong Kong and Singapore with the Philippines, Brunei, and Hainan in China

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  How Globe is driving data analytics with Snowflake

  The largest telco in the Philippines has moved its on-premise data warehouse to Snowflake to address scalability challenges and improve customer experience

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Aiven expands in APAC, builds new capabilities

  Managed service provider of open source databases and data platforms Aiven grew its business in Asia-Pacific by over 100% over the past year, and is now building new capabilities in data warehouses and other areas

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  Why technology change is slow at larger firms

  Firms that commit to a single cloud provider and a lack of investment in improving developer productivity can drive up costs and slow down the pace of change, technology leaders say

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Alibaba Cloud debuts cloud-powered laptop

  Alibaba Cloud launches a cloud-powered laptop that will enable mobile workers to crunch compute-intensive workloads without the need for more powerful machines

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  How Elastic is going beyond enterprise search

  Elastic has been doubling down on the security and observability capabilities of its open-source platform, going beyond its roots in enterprise search

• October 31, 2022 31 Oct'22

  SoftIron’s HyperCloud to ease private cloud deployments

  SoftIron claims its technology stack fully automates the provisioning of storage, compute, networking and infrastructure services, providing a fully functioning, multi-tenant cloud

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  Singapore’s met service to get new supercomputer

  The Meteorological Service Singapore is getting a new Cray supercomputer to improve weather forecasting and tropical climate research

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  Medibank breach casts spotlight on data security

  Health insurer Medibank Private recently suffered a major data breach involving the personal and health information of millions of customers, once again casting the spotlight on data security in Australia

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  How to attract more women into software development

  Having role models, support systems and upskilling opportunities are just some of the ways to attract and retain more women coders in the industry, according to a panel of women tech leaders and professionals

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  Australia budget closes in on digital divide, cyber resilience

  Australia’s latest budget is geared towards providing better broadband connectivity in regional and rural areas, shoring up the cyber security posture of its businesses and plugging tech talent shortages, among other areas

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  When technology lets you sleep easy

  Indian mattress supplier Duroflex has taken a leaf out of mattress design in its technology implementation to double its growth in an industry dominated by unorganised players

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Global digital trust market to double by 2027

  The global market for digital trust technology is expected to double to $537bn by 2027, up from $270bn today as demand for cyber security and other capabilities continues to grow

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  AWS to open cloud region in Thailand

  Amazon Web Services is planning to launch a Bangkok region, following the debut of CloudFront Edge locations and Outposts in the past two years

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  Singapore extends cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices

  The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore is extending its cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices to encourage medical device manufacturers to adopt a security-by-design approach to product development

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  Oracle: We’re punching above our category

  Oracle claims to have debunked the misnomer that Oracle Cloud is only good for Oracle workloads and that its efforts to support and interoperate with other platforms has been driving growth

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Oracle expands cloud infrastructure portfolio, eyes partner cloud market

  Oracle Alloy will enable partners such as systems integrators, telcos and other service providers to offer a full set of cloud services that can be tailored to the needs of specific markets and industries

• October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

  Australia becoming hotbed for cyber attacks

  Research by Imperva shows an 81% increase in cyber security incidents in Australia between July 2021 and June 2022, including automated attacks that doubled in frequency

• October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

  Alibaba Cloud readying dedicated cloud regions for private datacentres

  The hybrid cloud offering will provide enterprises with a dedicated Alibaba Cloud region in their datacentres with multiple availability zones

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  Indonesia’s NeutraDC outlines global ambitions

  Formed from the consolidation of Telkom’s infrastructure assets, NeutraDC has set its sights on being a global player in datacentre and connectivity services

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  With Java 19, Oracle boosts developer productivity with an eye on the future

  Major features in Java 19 will make it easier for Java developers to build applications that interface with non-Java code, among other capabilities in the 10th edition of the platform’s six-month release cadence

• October 10, 2022 10 Oct'22

  How Cloudflare is staying ahead of the curve

  Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince talks up what has changed since the company’s first business plan was written in 2009 and how it keeps pace with the fast-moving network security landscape

• October 07, 2022 07 Oct'22

  Australia to amend telecoms regulations following Optus breach

  Amendments to Australia’s telecoms regulations are in the works to temporarily allow sharing of individuals’ identifier information between telcos and financial institutions

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Equinix to open new datacentre in Indonesia

  Equinix’s new facility in Indonesia follows a slew of datacentre builds that have been sprouting up in Jakarta to cater to the country’s growing digital economy

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  India telcos chart revenue growth with cloud and OTT services

  Telcos in India are eyeing new revenue streams from cloud and content services, but whether they can successfully monetise the offerings remains to be seen