Companies increasingly perceive data as a strategic resource
In 2016, surveys from Microsoft, PwC and Strategy& showed Asian and global firms treating data as a strategic resource, while many lacked a strategy to use it.
Predictions: AI, IoT and blockchain to dominate headlines in 2018
In December 2017, vendors forecast that AI, IoT, blockchain, cloud and security would shape 2018 in Asia-Pacific IT. Here are their predictions and what later reports showed.
Cloud computing trends for 2019: what analysts and vendors predicted
Predictions for cloud computing in 2019: hybrid cloud, Google Cloud, service mesh, serverless and open source deals, and what Forrester later said happened.
8 Enterprise Software Predictions for 2015: What Was Forecast and What Followed
Enterprise software predictions for 2015 on hybrid cloud, subscription pricing, mobile CRM and in-memory ERP, and how the cloud and ERP market moved afterwards.
Multi-cloud is the modern tenet of the digital age: Nutanix’s Dheeraj Pandey in 2018
In 2018 Nutanix chief Dheeraj Pandey argued multi-cloud would hide behind virtualisation and called for HCI as a service. His argument, and his 2020 exit, in context.
MasterCard partners VAT IT on cloud-based automated VAT recovery for card payments, 2015
In 2015 MasterCard partnered VAT IT on VAT Cloud, a cloud-based automated VAT recovery service for corporate card payments in Asia Pacific, covering 24 countries.
Future cyber security threats and challenges: what the Internet Society’s 2017 report warned of
The Internet Society’s 2017 Global Internet Report, Paths to Our Digital Future, warned of state attacks, a security divide and IoT risk. Its cyber security findings.
What you need to know about the Singapore Cybersecurity Bill, 2018
Singapore’s 2018 Cybersecurity Bill set duties, penalties and licensing for critical information infrastructure owners. What it required and how it was amended since.
iPhone Security Flaw 2010: Using a PIN Won’t Help You, Researcher Warned
In May 2010 a researcher reported that a four-digit PIN did not protect data on the iPhone 3GS from someone with physical access, a concern for business users.
Snapshot: The state of digital transformation in over 100 companies, Zscaler’s 2018 survey
In 2018 Zscaler reached out to 111 companies in Singapore and Hong Kong on digital transformation, cloud and Office 365. Here are the survey’s main findings.