iTnews Asia Team

Global cloud services market saw a banner year in 2020

Buoyed by spending by cloud service providers, 4Q 2020 was the largest quarterly expansion ever in dollar terms

Feb 11 2021 8:42AM

Pakistan’s Shifa International Hospital builds digital healthcare platform on Oracle cloud

The eShifa Home Health Services application allows professional healthcare services to be easily accessible

Feb 10 2021 2:07PM

South Korea ranked No.1 in Bloomberg’s 2021 global innovation index

The country has now topped the index for seven of the nine years since the index was published

Feb 10 2021 9:33AM

Getting ITE students in Singapore ready for their future careers

The next generation of workers needs to be tech-savvy, adaptive and agile. While in school, Adobe tools are helping them learn how to communicate and think creatively so they can graduate with the digital skills needed to succeed in their future careers.

Feb 10 2021 9:01AM

Vietnam telcos going ahead with 5G launches this year

However, applications are still limited and it will take an estimated two to three years before the majority of users start to embrace 5G services.

Feb 10 2021 8:54AM

The Philippines are the world’s most active Internet and Social Media Users

As of Jan 2021, the Philippines, Brazil and Colombia are the three leading online countries globally

Feb 10 2021 8:53AM

More than 15,000 Singapore companies embarked on transformation in 2020

Government support for digitalisation and financing also gave these Singapore companies an extra boost to manage the challenges from the pandemic

Feb 9 2021 8:59AM

EY makes blockchain solution available to users in China through the Blockchain Service Network

The increased availability of EY blockchain solutions is possible through the Financial Blockchain Shenzhen Consortium (FISCO) Blockchain Open Sources (BCOS) Platform

Feb 8 2021 9:55AM

Salesforce develops platform to help manage COVID vaccinations

Government agencies and public health providers are now able to manage mass vaccine administration efficiently

Feb 5 2021 9:23AM

Indonesia set to connect 2,700 villages nationwide with 4G technology

Project will bring internet connectivity to remote villages and rural areas

Feb 5 2021 9:21AM

IMDA announces new funding to boost 5G adoption and commercialisation

New fund continues Singapore’s plans to make the benefits of 5G more accessible to a wider pool of companies

Feb 5 2021 9:17AM

Global notebook shipments reach 60 million high in the last quarter of 2020

Shipments advanced over 25% to a 9-year high of 201 million units in 2020. This robust growth is expected to continue into 2021.

Feb 4 2021 9:27AM

Taiwan Star Telecom aims to double 5G subscriber base by this year

The carrier expects to have a total of 1,000 5G base stations across Taiwan’s six special municipalities

Feb 4 2021 9:22AM

M1 partners with Nokia to drive Singapore’s 5G ecosystem

M1 will be using Nokia’s 5G standalone Core to build a secure, containerised and cloud-native 5G standalone Core to enhance Singapore’s 5G ecosystem

Feb 2 2021 3:47PM

China aims to establish full 5G coverage by 2025

The country sees 5G network coverage as critical in the bid to strengthen its digital economy, as well as showcase integrated 5G applications such as VR and AR in real world environments

Feb 2 2021 12:25PM

China residents against use of facial recognition tech

Alibaba and the China government taking steps to prevent against intrusions into personal privacy

Feb 2 2021 9:18AM

Thailand IT spending to grow 5% this year

Enterprise software spending will see the largest growth of 13.6%

Feb 2 2021 8:43AM

Will digital documents and e-signatures become de rigueur for businesses in APAC?

The pandemic has wrought trenchant changes across industries and forced businesses to turn to digitisation, with digital documents becoming key to boosting their work productivity in 2020.

Feb 2 2021 8:37AM

APAC organisations unprepared for shift to remote working, says Cisco study

Asia Pacific is the region with the largest proportion of organisations to experience an increase in cyber threats globally.

Feb 2 2021 8:27AM

uCloudlink and Vision aim to power Japan’s digitisation efforts with better connectivity

The enhanced connectivity is an important enabler as Japan continues its pursuit of regulatory reform geared to digitalisation

Feb 1 2021 9:15AM