FPT has set up the first Salesforce Center of Excellence (CoE) – Data AI Innovation in Asean in partnership with Salesforce to turbocharge financial institutions’ shift to agentic enterprises. Located at FPT Tower in Hanoi, […]
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Cyberport and Telkom University partner to boost HK tech in Asean
Hong Kong’s Cyberport and Indonesia’s Telkom University are collaborating to accelerate the expansion of Hong Kong technology enterprises into Southeast Asia and Belt and Road markets. The partnership will leverage Cyberport’s innovation ecosystem and Telkom […]
CMU, IBM and NUS combine to advance AI and quantum research
Chiang Mai University (CMU) has teamed up with IBM and the National University of Singapore (NUS) on the IBM-NUS Research and Innovation Centre and the IBM Quantum Network. Under the agreement, the partners will advance […]
Sophos appoints Asean, Greater China and Korea MD
Sophos has appointed Malis Selamat as Managing Director for Asean, Greater China and Korea, entrusting her with leading strategic growth efforts and driving the expansion of Sophos’ market footprint across these key regions. With more […]
MongoDB names VP of Asean and India
MongoDB has promoted Sachin Chawla to Area Vice President of Asean and India. With more than 20 years of experience in sales, including leadership roles at Amazon Web Services and BMC Software, Sachin joined MongoDB […]
Cohesity appoints Asean Sales VP
Cohesity has appointed Lim Hsin Yin as the new Vice President of Sales for Asean, where she will lead overall business strategy, sales operations and growth strategy across the region. Backed by more than three […]
Microsoft to empower 2.5m in Asean with AI skills
Two and a half million people by 2025. That’s the commitment that Microsoft has made to equip Asean with AI skills. To be implemented in partnership with governments, non-profit and corporate organisations, and communities across […]
Pentera appoints Netpoleon as distributor in Asean/ANZ
Pentera has appointed Netpoleon as distributor for its automated security validated solutions in Asean and Australia and New Zealand. Pentera emulates real-world adversary techniques that allows organisations to test with ease the integrity of all […]
Databricks appoints Asean GM
Databricks has appointed Cecily Ng as Vice President and General Manager for Asean as part of its regional expansion strategy. With 20 years of experience in the technology industry, Ng is responsible for leading and […]
SAS appoints Asean Head
SAS has named Derek Seow as its new Head of Asean to lead the regional team’s drive towards growth and profitability. Seow will also oversee the streamlining of operations to ensure efficient business operations and […]
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 […]
MonetaGo and IBM team up on secure financing solution deployment
MonetaGo and IBM are partnering to deploy the recently-announced global secure financing solution in Asean. Digitising key trade finance processes will create opportunities for financial institutions to collaborate in new ways while maintaining privacy of […]
Ecozen impresses at inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge
Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are not usually associated with food and agriculture but five startups have shown that such technologies can play a major role in minimising food loss. Some 1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost worldwide each year.
SenseTime makes triple signing in Singapore
China artificial intelligence (AI) company SenseTime has inked memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National Supercomputing Centre of Singapore (NSCC) and Singtel.
Vietnam only bright spark in Asia PC market
Vietnam is the only growth market for PCs in Asia in Q4, according to IDC. A total of 610,000 PCs were shipped during this period, bringing annual total to 2.13 million units, a two-percent increase over 2014.
In the second half of 2014, promotions of Windows 8.1 with Bing notebooks and the slow but steady growth of convertibles led to an increase in volumes that helped to stabilise the PC market.
“While it helps to prevent the drop of PC shipment in Vietnam, aggressive moves from vendors generally took down the price further that impacts the margins too. Looking at 2015, we’re still expecting a resilient PC spending added with small but growing gaming market to keep the market stable,” said Yen Phan, Market Analyst for PCs at IDC Vietnam.
APAC PC market matches Q2 expectations
The Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market grew two percent from last quarter and declined 10 percent year-on-year in Q2 to reach 24.3 million units, coming in marginally higher than IDC’s initial forecasts, according to the research firm’s preliminary results.In India, shipments to an ongoing large education project came in earlier than expected, adding about 100,000 units to the commercial PC segment. Thailand’s coup d’état, on the other hand, resulted in a steep double-digit annual decline as channels were wary to take in shipments. Microsoft’s Bing programme is ramping up in the region’s emerging markets, with Malaysia being the first to come in strong this quarter.
“The ongoing economic slowness in the emerging markets sets the tone of the overall PC demand and inhibited the region’s year-on-year growth. There are pockets of optimism coming from mature markets such as ANZ, Singapore, and Hong Kong, where the smartphones and tablets near saturation. However, the region’s growth has been adversely impacted with the rise of large-screen smartphones in China and most ASEAN countries,” said Handoko Andi, Research Manager for Client Devices Research of IDC Asia/Pacific.
IDC: Indonesia a growing market despite global PC slump
Despite the reported decline of PC shipment globally, IDC believes that Indonesia will grow slightly in the coming years.
According to IDC WW Smart Connected Devices (PC) tracker, the trend of the PC market is moving towards flat to negative growth in China, India, and ASEAN.
“While the slowdown is a global phenomenon we have to accept as fact, it does not necessarily signal the beginning of the end for the PC market in Indonesia,” noted Wilhendra Akmam, Research Manager at IDC Indonesia.
ZTE wins GSM-R contract from Nanning Railway Bureau
ZTE has won a GSM-R (GSM for Railways) contract from Nanning Railway Bureau. ZTE’s new generation SDR-based GSM-R system has passed European Integrated Radio Enhanced Network (EIRENE) specifications and received a certification from TÜV Rheinland, […]
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