By Aaron Bugal, Field CISO, APJ, Sophos AI is fast becoming the new productivity engine in Malaysia’s corporate landscape. From copilots that summarise reports to chatbots that draft emails, employees are discovering clever ways to work faster and smarter. But in the rush to embrace innovation, a new blind spot has emerged: shadow AI. Shadow ... Read more ›
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The pandemic has no doubt halted countless annual industry-related events around the world — while most turn virtual, some just decided to wait out before hosting another physical event once again. Among those is SEMICON Southeast Asia, the region’s premier gathering of the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, SEMICON... Read more » Read more ›
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Graph data platforms are becoming increasingly adopted by organizations around the world. In Southeast Asia, more businesses are realizing the potential achievable through graph data platforms, especially when it comes to handling the challenges of modern data platforms. As graphs form the foundation of many modern data and analytics capabilities to find relationships between people,... Read more » Read more ›
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Semiconductor manufacturing in Malaysia has been going on for the last fifty years and is not showing any signs of slowing down. In fact, Malaysia is already positioned as one of the key countries in semiconductor manufacturing globally with many large fabs built over the years. The island of Penang, regarded as the Silicon Valley... Read more » Read more ›
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Creating new and innovative experiences with Zoom Up until a couple of years ago, participating in a video meeting was unusual for most people. Now, however, much of the world’s population doesn’t think twice about meeting over video, and even virtual events, such as trade exhibitions, are second nature. While many are now fluent in... Read more » Read more ›
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Last week, Amazon rolled out a new virtual shopping tool that uses AR that enables users to try on shoes before they buy them. In Asia, companies like Alibaba and Shopee have unveiled augmented reality tools to boost shoppers’ experience on e-Commerce platforms. It was in 2017 when e-commerce giant Amazon first launched a simpler... Read more » Read more ›
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"Malaysia has recorded a need for 20,000 professionals in the cybersecurity workforce by 2025," emblematic of the gaping cybersecurity skills shortage in the country and regionally. Read more ›
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Are digital banks the future of banking? Well, it seems to be headed that way in Southeast Asia. Malaysia has already awarded five digital banking licenses while Thailand has also signaled intent to enter the digital banking fray. In Singapore, digital banks have also started operating with China’s Ant Group launching its digital wholesale bank,... Read more » Read more ›
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India’s developer talent shortage has the potential to get even worse in the time to come. Higher compensation, remote or flexible working environments, as well as better benefits, are among the top factors that motivate people to leave jobs, especially for younger developers. 18% of respondents also cited a lack of time and resources to... Read more » Read more ›
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The super app is quickly becoming the app of the future for some organizations. In Southeast Asia, several large organizations have already launched their own versions of a super app to cater to the growing demand of their customers. A super app is basically a unified app that has everything a person needs. This includes... Read more » Read more ›
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Government in Indonesia is proposing that Tesla build a factory in Batang regency, Central Java, with an annual capacity of roughly 500,000 EVs. The location is considered suitable because it is near geothermal power sources estimated to be able to supply 400 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Indonesia aims to establish an integrated EV “ecosystem”... Read more » Read more ›
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The company’s CTO shared that there may be a time they would need to consider a standalone chip unit to tackle shortages. Nothing has been decided on a split as the company’s focus is currently on meeting internal chip demand. Like many semiconductor players, Japan’s largest auto supplier Denso Corp too has been responding to... Read more » Read more ›
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Everyone is excited about satellites, but which type of satellite really matter to them? Can a satellite network improve use cases around the world? Satellites have been around for more than half a century now, with Russia’s Sputnik 1 being the first satellite launched way back in 1957. Since then, the technology has evolved tremendously... Read more » Read more ›
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Major China mobile phone brands are seeing robust demand in Russia lately. Xiaomi, Realme and Honor alone accounted for almost half (42%) of Russia’s smartphone sales. South Korea’s Samsung even lost its spot as the market leader in May this year, with only 14% of devices sold versus 28% last year, while Apple’s share dropped... Read more » Read more ›
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Razer Fintech’s acquisition of PT E2Pay Global Utama expands the organization’s digital payment solutions into Indonesia, one of SEA’s fastest-growing digital economies. E2Pay is one of Indonesia’s very few digital payment players that has a comprehensive set of licenses across various payment gateway services, e-money, and remittance. The fintech arm of Singapore-based gaming-centric tech company... Read more » Read more ›
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For most governments, data protection is essential in safeguarding their citizens and also ensuring the information does not fall into the wrong hands. However, many countries around the world still struggle in implementing and enforcing proper data protection for their citizens. In Malaysia, there are several bodies that oversee the use of data, including how... Read more » Read more ›
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Article by Abhijit Sengupta, Senior Director and Head of Business for Southeast Asia and India, HERE Technologies With traffic congestion being a frequent pain point in many Southeast Asian countries, electric vehicles (EVs) have become the solution to tackling congestion and pollution by offering environmental-friendly and sustainable modes of transportation. As a result, interest in EVs... Read more » Read more ›
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Currently GrabMaps has been powering Grab services in seven out of the eight countries it operates in. The ride hailing giant plans to be fully powered by its own mapping technology by the third quarter of this year. It also plans to commercialize its technology, targeting Southeast Asian tech platforms, telcos, logistics companies, e-commerce platforms... Read more » Read more ›
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Mainland China saw its expenditure on cloud infrastructure grow 21% YoY to US$7.3 billion in the first quarter of this year–making up to 13% of global cloud infrastructure spend. The market leaders in China remained unchanged with the top four cloud service vendors being Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Tencent Cloud and Baidu AI Cloud. The... Read more » Read more ›
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Industrial cybersecurity is a prerogative that enterprises and governments that shouldn’t be taken lightly. In recent times, the number of cyberattacks targeting the manufacturing industry as well as critical infrastructures demonstrate the potential havoc and disruption that can be brought about by cybercriminals. While cyberattacks on critical infrastructures are normally brought about by state-sponsored hackers,... Read more » Read more ›
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Phishing emails are a big problem for all organizations today. Despite numerous training exercises on employees, many still fall prey to phishing emails and end up compromising the organization they work for. While some employees are now paying attention to the emails they receive, including the links in them, cybercriminals are also constantly coming up... Read more » Read more ›
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