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 responsible use of AI has always been important for organizations deciding how much technology should they invest in. Over the years, enterprises, be they large or small, have been investing in AI technology as it promises better business outcomes. However, some organizations were still struggling with having responsible AI. For example, when security agencies... Read more » Read more ›
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The US is inching closer to imposing a total ban on the sale of American tech to Huawei. The commerce department had notified some companies that it would no longer grant licenses to any group wanting to export American technology to Huawei. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has been in the crosshairs of the United States... Read more » Read more ›
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Article written by Matthew Lynn, Director, Cloud Computing, APJ, Akamai The move to the cloud – which underpins so much of business technology today – is often motivated by an organization’s desire to drive cost reductions, as well as reap its agility and scalability benefits. While these benefits are real, many organizations have discovered that... Read more » Read more ›
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One of the challenges faced by businesses in Malaysia when it comes to cloud computing is talent shortage. Compared to Singapore, Malaysia is still in the early stages of its cloud computing journey. Enterprises’ adoption of cloud computing is increasing rapidly in Southeast Asia. In Malaysia, the cloud computing industry is projected to grow to... Read more » Read more ›
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Achieving network visibility crucial for IT modernization success, avoiding downtime and security breaches. Read more ›
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JD.com is closing its e-commerce services in Indonesia and Thailand, marking an end to its presence in this region after a bruising year for China’s retail and tech sector. The Beijing-based company has faced stiff competition from longtime rival Alibaba, which operates Lazada in Southeast Asia, TikTok, and Indonesia’s Tokopedia. In the final quarter of... Read more » Read more ›
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TikTok may face a US ban as it continues having problems, despite the social media app doing its best to meet the demands of the American government. Former US President Donald Trump said he would ban the app in the US in 2020, supposedly because the app was collecting the personal data of Americans. TikTok,... Read more » Read more ›
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Baidu Inc. is set to join the AI chatbot craze with the launch of a ChatGPT-like service in March. The news of the upcoming AI chatbot has caused the company’s shares to rise by 5.8%. Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots have gained immense popularity in recent years, especially with the advent of cutting-edge AI language models... Read more » Read more ›
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Southeast Asia remains to be the fastest growing digital economy in the Asia Pacific region. Kaspersky’s latest report found that businesses in the SEA region are primarily outsourcing security functions to MSSPs in order to improve efficiency. As the frequency of cyberattacks on businesses increases, organizations are investing in improving their security infrastructure to protect... Read more » Read more ›
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Article by Ravi Rajendran, Vice President, APJ, Cohesity The retail industry continues to be radically reshaped by the shift to e-commerce, driven by digitization, with online ‘pure play’ retailers going from strength to strength and ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers prioritizing online operations and looking to leverage the data they collect physically through new in-store technology.... Read more » Read more ›
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In 2022, Chinese smartphone brand Vivo retained the first spot with a 19.2% market share, followed by Apple at 18.0% and OPPO at 17.5% Read more ›
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A Singapore-based tech startup developed Bondee to create a virtual world where users can design avatars, share their moods, statuses, and daily lives, and add friends to chat and interact with online. Bondee’s computing, storage, networks, databases, and data analytics are powered by AWS. Earlier this month, Singapore-based tech firm Metadram launched a virtual avatar... Read more » Read more ›
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The FBI has been in successful in taking down the Hive ransomware group that has targeted more than 1500 victims in over 80 countries around the world. The FBI was able to infiltrate Hive’s network in July 2022 and provided over 300 decryption keys to Hive’s victims. Hacking hackers is one way of taking down... Read more » Read more ›
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60% of Asia-based companies with over 1,000 employees will increase their FinOps maturity with granular chargebacks, benchmarking, and multiple cloud optimization by 2024 45% of companies will improve resiliency, reduce repetitive IT operations tasks, and move to a fully autonomous digital infrastructure by 2027 The future of cloud computing is expected to be focused on... Read more » Read more ›
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Worldwide shipments of used smartphones, including officially refurbished and used smartphones, are estimated to reach 413.3 million units by 2026. IDC believes trade-in programs are the driving factor for the global new and used smartphone market. In today’s day and age, a smartphone is seen more as a necessity than a luxury — but for... Read more » Read more ›
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Data Privacy Day falls on January 28th, emphasizing the significance of safeguarding personal data The digital economy is already worth around US$ 3 trillion, growing at an unprecedented speed and scale Data Privacy Day, observed annually on January 28th, serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting personal information and the potential consequences of... Read more » Read more ›
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Secureworks conducted an analysis and found that COBALT SAPLING is likely the group behind both the Moses Staff and Abraham’s Ax hacktivist identities According to Rafe Pilling, a researcher at Secureworks Counter Threat Unit, the group’s activities appear to be motivated by politics Cyber warfare has become an increasingly important tool for countries to gain... Read more » Read more ›
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ASML CEO Wennink said China accounted for around 15% of sales in 2022 and will be at a “similar” amount this year, despite US chip export restrictions. The Netherlands and Japan, home to key suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, are apparently close to joining a Biden administration-led effort to curb exports of the technology to... Read more » Read more ›
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According to the 2023 Digital Transformation and Next-Gen Tech study by Broadridge Financial Solutions, a majority of financial services firms now view digital transformation as essential to their business and are already looking to the next wave of technology to help get ahead. Read more ›
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Despite the planned layoffs, which would impact 1.5% of its workforce, IBM still plans on hiring more within “higher growth areas”. The reduction in workforce is related to the spinoff of Kyndryl business and part of AI unit Watson Health, which in turn will cause a charge of US$300 million in the January-March period. Another... Read more » Read more ›
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