iTnews Asia Team

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

Cyber attacks in APAC continue to keep going up

In May 2021, cyber attacks grew by another 53% between April and May 2021, with Japan seeing the highest rise at 40%.

Jun 4 2021 10:34AM

How to bridge the urban-rural broadband gap when 5G takes off

Addressing the digital divide in the Asia-Pacific region, Huawei offers policy recommendations on how to ensure a sustainable digital development as 5G starts taking off.

Jun 4 2021 8:09AM

Alibaba Cloud gets the data protection nod in three areas from IMDA in Singapore

The validation enables Alibaba Cloud to be a responsible stewardship of information and strengthen Singapore’s role as a trusted business and digital hub.

Jun 4 2021 8:06AM

Chema Aramburu joins Infor as Executive Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan

Aramburu brings with him 20 years experience in IT and cloud operations.

Jun 3 2021 3:59PM

AWS helps Siam Commercial Bank support thousands of small food vendors in Bangkok

A food delivery app built on AWS, Robinhood is part of a corporate social responsibility initiative of the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) Group.

Jun 3 2021 8:03AM

Japan’s Suntory Beverage & Food improves factory management with IoT platform

Working with Hitachi, Suntory plans to utilise and evaluate a next-generation factory model and plans to expand this model to its other factories.

Jun 2 2021 8:21AM

Pandemic increasing adoption of new payment methods in APAC

When it comes to payments, 94% of consumers are considering using emerging payment methods. In APAC, this rapid uptake on the use of QR codes, digital wallets, and cryptocurrencies exceeds the global average of 93%.

Jun 2 2021 8:11AM