iTnews Asia Team

Indonesia ministry aspires to jumpstart AI talent pool

About 3,000 students in the country are expected to be trained to help them grow their digital skills in 2021

Feb 18 2021 8:57AM

Laura Houldsworth appointed as Senior VP & GM of SAP Concur Asia Pacific Japan and Greater China

Prior to her new role, Houldsworth was previously the MD for SAP Concur Southeast Asia

Feb 17 2021 8:57AM

Myanmar shuts down the internet, indefinitely, again

In 2019, Myanmar also blocked internet connectivity for about three months. Authoritarian governments have used the control of the internet as a weapon to stifle dissent and prevent the people from organising protests.

Feb 17 2021 8:47AM

ADB: Digital Technologies will play a vital role in Asia’s COVID-19 recovery

There will be about 65 million new jobs created every year in the Asia Pacific region until 2025 from increased use of digital technologies

Feb 17 2021 8:42AM

Three in five China smartphone users now on 5G

5G smartphone adoption in the country has been the most aggressive globally

Feb 16 2021 9:23AM

Singapore Press Holdings modernises wireless networks in digital transformation drive

The network upgrade will create operational efficiencies and bolster security across thousands of users and devices from a single management pane

Feb 16 2021 8:48AM

China Mobile expands global network with new Frankfurt data centre

The data centre will act as both an International Network Exchange hub and an Internet Data Centre in Europe for China Mobile

Feb 15 2021 9:34AM

Panasonic India automates expense management, cutting delays and productivity losses

Using SAP Concur, Panasonic was able to accelerate approvals and shorten the reimbursement cycle by 50% on average to 7-10 days

Feb 15 2021 9:17AM

Singtel’s third-party file-sharing vendor hacked

Customers and stakeholders will be contacted once Singtel is able to identify if relevant information were compromised

Feb 11 2021 1:04PM

Thailand government banks on science and tech to boost economy and social development in 2021

A new innovation hub is being built in Rayong, a city in the east coast of the gulf of Thailand

Feb 11 2021 9:36AM

Vymo picks Shigeru Harasawa as Japan president

Harasawa has held leadership positionsin Netezza, DataStax, DataRobot, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle.

Feb 11 2021 9:29AM

South Korea takes the global crown for world’s fastest 5G download speed

While 5G users can experience much higher speeds they still make up a small proportion of users globally

Feb 11 2021 9:25AM

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