iTnews Asia Team

Google Cloud and Axiata partnership aims to spur digital adoption

Asia is home to over one million SMEs looking to tap the opportunities in some of the world’s fastest growing Internet economies.

Jun 18 2021 8:06AM

Andrew Charlton picked to lead Accenture’s Sustainability Services

Appointment comes at a time where sustainability and climate change have risen to the forefront as a critical C-suite agenda.

Jun 18 2021 8:02AM

ZTE and China Unicom launch network orchestration trial

Claimed to be the first in the industry done commercially, the trial shows that spectrum sharing can boost throughput and provide a better user experience.

Jun 17 2021 8:38AM

Equinix partners Singapore’s GIC to add $9.3 billion to xScale portfolio

The xScale portfolio of 32 facilities will provide more than 600 megawatts of power capacity when fully built out.

Jun 17 2021 8:31AM

McDonald's falls prey to data breach in South Korea and Taiwan

The burger chain revealed that a small number of filed were accessed, but it was not ransomware and no customer payment information was stolen.

Jun 16 2021 8:06AM

Singapore digital users lax on cyber security

Singapore businesses are also increasingly reliant on digital channels for customer engagement and service delivery, greatly increasing their cyber security risks.

Jun 16 2021 8:04AM

Companies remain exposed to unmanaged BYOD risks during pandemic

A Bitglass study reveals that security resources are being stretched from COVID-19’s surge in remote work and the increased use of personal mobile devices. A rethink by organisations is necessary.

Jun 16 2021 8:02AM

DataStax picks Singapore for regional HQ

Supporting the expansion is Dutta who will be responsible for the DataStax’s growth across APAC, and Morton who is the technical expert for Apache Cassandra.

Jun 15 2021 8:03AM

Curriki accelerates social innovation in partnership with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs

The collaboration led the Curriki team to compress six months of development work in six weeks.

Jun 15 2021 8:01AM

New cyber threat group targeting diplomats

The group targets servers with internet-exposed ports by exploiting poorly enforced file-upload security or unpatched vulnerabilities.

Jun 14 2021 8:15AM

GitLab acquires UnReview to further advance its user experience on its DevOps platform

The acquisition is a step towards furthering machine learning capabilities on GitLab’s Dev section.

Jun 11 2021 8:41AM

ONE Championship utilises Brightcove to stream content on its ‘ONE Super App’

With Brightcove, ONE cuts its content management time in half, and increases video watch time by 300%.

Jun 11 2021 8:37AM

Sage appoints Arlene Wherrett as Vice President and Managing Director for Asia Pacific

Wherrett will be responsible for managing Sage’s growth trajectory and expansion in the cloud enabled and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software market across Asia Pacific.

Jun 11 2021 8:33AM

Logistics firm Haulio builds a stronger presence in Thailand

Since starting an early-stage pilot in 2020, Haulio has onboarded over 150 trucking companies with a network of more than 3,000 container trucks in Thailand.

Jun 10 2021 8:03AM

Cyber criminals in Malaysia are posing as Lazada agents

Since February, a fraud syndicate in Malaysia has been responsible for almost US$50,000 in financial losses for its victims.

Jun 9 2021 8:07AM

Finaxar enhances tech competencies to help SMEs digitise their finance

Singapore financial Institution embeds digitisation into the business DNA to drive both innovation and growth.

Jun 9 2021 8:05AM

Alibaba Cloud pumps in US$1 billion to grow APAC digital talent and start-ups

With this sizeable investment, Alibaba plans to build additional facilities and provide training to digitally upskill talent and provide opportunities for tech entrepreneurs to thrive.

Jun 9 2021 8:03AM

Who dares wins: Companies that went big on tech are growing revenue 5 times faster

Those who have grown revenue exponentially during COVID share a common trait – they are actively shifting their IT budget from operations-related activity to innovation-related activity.

Jun 9 2021 8:03AM

India IT services companies expect to grow 15% this year, 1.5x faster than 2020

While salary hikes will raise costs, they will be offset through higher offshoring and better utilisation rates.

Jun 8 2021 8:05AM

Victor Ng set to be BlackLine’s Regional Vice President for Asia

Ng will be overseeing the North and South East sales and business development amidst growing demand for automation and efficiency in a company’s finance journey.

Jun 7 2021 8:37AM