Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is partnering with real-time data company DataStax to help develop the next generation of big data talent in Singapore. The collaboration involves the use of DataStax Astra DB, built on Apache Cassandra […]
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Phuket commissions Tencent and Thipparath to build COVID-19 care platform
Thaliand’s Phuket Provincial Administration has commissioned a project to develop a central platform for managing COVID-19 care. Entrusted to Thipparath Business Group and Tencent Cloud to build, the platform serves as an online central communication […]
(ISC)² rolls out entry-level cybersecurity certification pilot programme
As IT security is a major concern for organisations, demand for cybersecurity professionals is high. (ISC)² aims to help increase the pool of such professionals with the launch of its entry-level certification pilot programme in […]
NVIDIA to accelerate quantum breakthroughs with new hybrid platform
Quantum research and development (R&D) has received a boost with the announcement of the NVIDIA Quantum Optimized Device Architecture (QODA). The unified computing platform aims to make quantum computing more accessible with a coherent hybrid […]
ShopBack opens regional hub in Singapore
ShopBack has opened its new Campus headquarters in Singapore. Serving a regional hub, the new office building features Y-shaped cluster seating arrangements to encourage team unity and foster collaboration, and an assembly area for company […]
i-Care to improve patient experience and quality of life
Tencent Cloud and Millennium Technology Services (MTS)’s subsidiary Invincible Technology have collaborated on the i-Care digital solution that aims to improve patients’ experience and quality of life. Based on Tencent Cloud’s intelligent cloud service, the […]
New Relic revamps channel strategy with Partner Stack
New Relic is availing the New Relic Partner Stack enhanced programme for cloud providers, channel partners, managed service providers, and technology partners. The programme equips channel partners with training and accreditation programmes, marketing campaigns, personnel […]
SAS acquires Kamakura
SAS has acquired private-held Kamakura, which provides specialised software, data and consulting for financial organisations to manage financial risks. The acquisition will position SAS to deliver a suite of integrated risk solutions, particularly around asset […]
Tech titans co-found open programmable infrastructure project
Dell Technologies, F5, Intel, Keysight Technologies, Marvell, NVIDIA and Red Hat are among a growing number of tech companies that are co-founders of The Linux Foundation’s Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) Project. OPI aims to foster […]
Kofax buys Tungsten
Kofax has acquired Tungsten, a global business-to-business e-invoicing network that facilitates and streamlines complex invoice-to-pay processes. Tungsten provides a platform for onboarding of suppliers, PO exchange, invoice processing, e-invoicing, compliance, and payment processing. Through its […]
Shifting the DPU paradigm
In October 2020, NVIDIA introduced the DOCA-supported data processing unit (DPU), a data-centre-infrastructure-on-a-chip architecture that enables breakthrough networking, storage and security performance. Australia’s Monash University is one of the early adopters testing the DPU. Entelechy […]
Neo4j allies with Deloitte on SEA service delivery
Neo4j is teaming up with Deloitte Consulting Southeast Asia on delivering a range of services to customers in Southeast Asia (SEA). Under the agreement, Neo4j will provide product and technical support to Deloitte and eventually […]
Couchbase adds Google Cloud support for Capella
Couchbase has added Google Cloud support for its Capella Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offering. This gives customers more flexibility on Capella deployment, improving alignment with applications and supporting hybrid and multi-cloud strategies from a single platform. Capella […]
Arm race resumes
Qualcomm is eyeing a stake in Arm, according to reports. It plans to bring together a consortium to acquire the UK chip designer. This move comes after NVIDIA’s US$66 billion bid for Arm fell through […]
Hitachi unveils Lumada Inspection Insights
Hitachi has launched the Lumada Inspection Insights end-to-end portfolio of digital solutions for the inspection, monitoring and optimisation of critical assets. The portfolio enables customers to automate asset inspection, support sustainability goals, improve physical security […]
NVIDIA’s Arm-based Grace chips gather momentum in Taiwan
The momentum is gathering for the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip and Grace Hopper Superchip. Taiwan’s leading computer makers are set to introduce dozens of server models powered by the Arm-based chips for a wide range […]
Pure Storage and Snowflake combine on increasing data accessibility
Pure Storage and Snowflake are partnering to develop a solution that increases data accessibility for global customers with on-premises data. Pure Storage FlashBlade is a dynamic, high performance unified file and object platform purpose-built for […]
Equinix expands Singapore data centre to meet rising demand
Equinix has invested US$86 million to expand its SG5 IBX data centre to meet increasing demand for Singapore’s digital infrastructure. As the company’s fifth data centre in Singapore, SG5 IBX is a nine-story facility located […]
Tech Data partners with Yugabyte on cloud-native database
Tech Data has formed a partnership with Yugabyte on growing the cloud-native database market in Asia Pacific (including Japan). Transformative trends such as mission critical microservices, cloud apps, edge, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications […]
Singtel and Telkom collaborate on regional data centres and fixed broadband
Singtel and Telkom have signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on regional data centres and a fixed mobile convergence strategy in Indonesia. The Singapore telco is focusing on establishing a data centre platform to […]
Avaya and Alcatel-Lucent team up on accelerating cloud transformtion
Avaya and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) have formed a strategic partnership that cross-sells Avaya’s OneCloud CCaaS (Contact Centre as a Service) composable solutions and ALE’s digital networking solutions. Avaya OneCloud CCaaS provides advanced AI, identity and […]
Mimecast opens SEA regional office in Singapore
Mimecast has established an office in Singapore as its regional hub for Southeast Asia (SEA). SEA is a strategic growth market to the email security and cyber resilience company. Organisations in the region are experiencing […]
DataStax adds real-time data streaming capability to Astra DB
DataStax has introduced a change data capture (CDC) function for its Astra DB multi-cloud database built on Apache Cassandra. Powered by advanced streaming technology built on Apache Pulsar, CDC processes and sends database changes in […]
NVIDIA launches Arm-based Grace CPU superchip
If there’s any doubt about NVIDIA’s relationship with Arm following the unsuccessful acquisition, the newly-announced NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip provides a clear and resounding answer. Based on Arm Neoverse, the discrete data centre CPU is […]
NVIDIA hops onto next generation of accelerated computing architecture
After Pascal, Volta and Ampere comes Hopper, the next generation of NVIDIA’s accelerated computing architecture. Announced by Founder and CEO Jensen Huang at his GTC keynote this morning, Hopper is expected to deliver a massive […]
Accenture launches metaverse business
Accenture has announced the launch of the Accenture Metaverse Continuum business group which will be led by Paul Daugherty, group chief executive – Technology and chief technology officer at Accenture, and David Droga, CEO and […]
StaffAny rolls out workforce management solution for startups
Singapore-based StaffAny has launched Start Up Plan to provide digital HR and operations to startups with up to 25 employees. The workforce management solution is available free for all businesses within their first year of […]
Travel now, pay later with Malaysia Airlines
Travellers from Malaysia and Singapore and soon Hong Kong can choose to travel first and pay later with Malaysia Airlines. This follows the establishment of a regional partnership between the airlines parent company Malaysia Aviation […]
SGTech and techUK sign MOU on tech ecosystem collaboration
SGTech and techUK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on their tech ecosystems, and to promote and foster trade on areas such as digital trade facilitation, artificial intelligence, cyber security, digital identities […]
Hitachi Vantara rolls out hybrid cloud products and services
Hitachi Vantara has introduced a slew of hybrid cloud products and services for data-driven organisations to automate and simplify their infrastructure and operations. First off is the Virtual Storage Software Block (VSS Block) software-defined data […]
Cabital launches secure fiat gateway
Cabital has launched the Cabital Connect secure fiat on-ramp and off-ramp gateway for cryptocurrency exchanges that makes it easy for their users to buy leading cryptocurrencies. The business solution for cryptocurrency platforms allows the use […]
IBM and SAP team up on hybrid cloud
IBM and SAP have teamed up to make it easier for enterprises to embrace a hybrid cloud approach and move mission-critical workloads from SAPsolutions to the cloud for regulated and non-regulated industries. Moving workloads and […]
NVIDIA’s Arm deal off
Seventeen months after NVIDIA announced its intention to acquire Arm, the deal has been called off. Rumours of the end of the agreement were swirling this morning with the media working on overdrive to confirm […]
Snowflake names new SVP for Asean and India
Snowflake has appointed Sanjay Deshmukh as Senior Regional Vice President for Asean and India. Sanjay will drive customer success, strengthen partnerships and consistently increase brand equity. His responsibilities include developing and executing strategic plans to […]
Huobi Incubator partners with DFINITY on Web3 development
Huobi Incubator is partnering with DFINITY Foundation to provide end-to-end support for Internet Computer-based Web3 dapps, DeFi, games, NFTs, social media, and metaverse projects. DFINITY is a non-profit organisation that is a major contributor to […]
Kyndryl and PureStorage forge global alliance
Kyndryl and Pure Storage are teaming up globally, combining Kyndryl’s expertise and operational experience with Pure’s storage technology of Pure to deliver mission-critical capabilities to enterprises. Under the global alliance, Kyndryl will become a key […]
MetricStream introduces ConnectedGRC
MetricStream has announced ConnectedGRC solutions that helps organisations tackle business challenges related to risk, compliance, audit, cyber risks, and environmental, social, governance (ESG). The new solutions provide a single, intuitive platform that enables enhanced collaboration, […]
Meta builds massive AI research supercomputer powered by NVIDIA
Meta has just taken AI up another notch with its newly-designed and built AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) which is believed to be among the fastest AI supercomputers running today with 760 NVIDIA DGX A100 systems […]
Global IT spending to rise 5.1% in 2022
In a sign of economic recovery despite the ongoing pandemic, global IT spending is expected to hit US$4.5 trillion in 2022, up 5.1 percent from 2021, according to Gartner. There are high expectations that digital […]
DigiCert acquires Mocana
DigiCert has acquired Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity provider Mocana for an undisclosed fee. Following the transaction, DigiCert will be able to provide IoT manufacturers and operators with a comprehensive platform for managing security across […]
LG Electronics joins IBM Quantum Network
LG Electronics has joined IBM Quantum Network to advance industry applications of quantum computing. Being part of the network gives LG Electronics access to IBM’s quantum computing systems, quantum expertise and the Qiskit open-source quantum […]
NVIDIA acquires Bright Computing
NVIDIA has acquired Bright Computing which develops software for managing high performance computing (HPC) systems. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Bright Computing is used by more than 700 organisations worldwide, including Boeing, Johns […]
Intel sells NAND and SSD business to SK hynix
Intel has completed the first closing of the US$7 billion sale of its NAND and SSD business to SK hynix. The deal includes the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China and the transfer of […]
Thai research agency builds SEA’s largest HPC system
Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is serious about its mission to accelerate science, technology and innovation development in the country. It is deploying a whopping 704 NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs for […]
Boomi names new CEO
Boomi has appointed David Meredith to replace the retiring Chris McNabb as Chief Executive Officer effective January 31, 2022. He joins from Everbridge, where he held a similar position and let the company to rapid […]
Neo4J forms Asean partnerships
Neo4j has expanded its partnership network with Malaysia’s Abyres Enterprise Technologies and iEnteprise Online, and Singapore’s ABeam Analytics and KewMann. These alliances will enable partners to provide their customers with all of Neo4j’s graph data […]
Cloudflare expands firewall capabilities, introduces migration programme
Cloudflare is expanding its Zero Trust firewall capabilities to help companies secure their entire corporate network. With the new cloud firewall functionality, CIOs can better secure their entire corporate network, apply Zero Trust policies to […]
Informatica Cloud Data Marketplace delivers data democratisation
Informatica has announced the Cloud Data Marketplace that lets organisations share data, improve productivity and make more informed decisions. Cloud Data Marketplace allows onboarding of curated data assets from any source, across multi-cloud and hybrid […]
See the future with Earth-2 supercomputer
Earth-2 was first mentioned by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at the close of his GPU Technology keynote address earlier this week. It’s obviously a topic that’s close to his heart because he has written a […]
ForgeRock unlocks passwordless cloud migration
Moving to the cloud usually means more passwords are needed to authenticate and secure access. However, this is a major stumbling block for enterprises planning a cloud migration. New passwordless features in ForgeRock Identity Cloud […]
7 key announcements at GTC
True to form, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a stirring keynote address at GTC yesterday. Clad in his usual black leather jacket, he announced a million developments (or at least, it felt like it) in […]
GIC, Google and SoftBank take stake in DCG
Digital Currency Group (DCG) has received more than US$700 million from investors such as GIC, Google’s Capital G and SoftBank, bringing its value to US$10 billion. The parent company of several digital asset players itself […]
Zendesk to buy Momentive
Zendesk will acquire Momentive, which owns the SurveyMonkey platform, with the deal targeted to be completed in the first half of 2022. The companies’ respective sizable customer bases and complementary capabilities are expected to provide […]
Infineon strides ahead with innovation partners
Infineon Technologies has expanded its innovation ecosystem with the inking of collaborations with CapitaLand Investment and Hyundai Motor Group. Having already nurtured 11 start-ups in its Co-Innovation Space, the semiconductor giant will now partner the […]
Developing a DX platform for Japanese companies in SEA
Vietnam’s FPT Software is collaborating with Industrial Growth Platform (IGPI Singapore) to develop a digital transformation (DX) platform for Japanese companies to invest and support industrial reform in Asean. Through this platform, investors will provide […]
Hitachi Vantara reveals hybrid cloud data storage vision
Hitachi Vantara has outlined its vision to extend its storage virtualisation capabilities to deliver a distributed hybrid cloud data fabric. The new hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions will help organisations cost-effectively meet the demands of enterprise, […]
Thoughtfull raises US$1.1m to fuel SEA growth
Healthtech startup ThoughtFull has raised USD 1,100,000 in a seed fund to drive its expansion into Southeast Asia. This round of investors include The Hive SEA, Flybridge, Vulpes Investment Management, and several family offices and […]
STT enters Japan data centre market with 2 Tokyo centres
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is marking its entry into the data market in Japan with two data centres in Tokyo to be developed by and leased from Goodman. With a combined 60,000 […]
The future of ERP: How automation is redefining work
By Andy Brockhoff, President of APAC at Unit4 The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably accelerated digital transformation worldwide. Technology is more ingrained in our daily lives than ever before, and we’re spending even more time in […]
Ripple devotes US$250m to support NFT projects
Ripple has set aside a US$250 million fund to provide creators with the financial, creative and technical support needed to explore and craft premium non-fungible token (NFT) and other tokenisation projects on the XRP Ledger. […]
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