Tough times ahead for smaller cloud players in Asia
IDC predicts more competition due to slashing of prices by major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) in the region.
Mt. Gox has filed for liquidation in Japan, says report
A long, convoluted road lies ahead for what was once the world's largest exchange for Bitcoin.
LinkedIn tackles China with a startup approach
China has been a tough market for U.S. Internet companies to crack, but LinkedIn has high hopes it can buck the trend and increase its user base in the country to as high as 50 million over the next five years.
Lenovo leads world PC market with rapid growth: Gartner
Gartner estimates that Lenovo EMEA shipments will grow 35.6 per cent in the first quarter.
Chinese Bitcoin exchange readies fallback plans amid crackdown worries
Chinese Bitcoin exchanges have been on alert since media reports emerged claiming that China is readying another crackdown on the virtual currency
Hong Kong ICT Awards 2014 announced
MTR’s Integrated System for Engineering Works Management wins best business solution grand award
WGSN INstock helps Hong Kong’s fashion retailers make better buying decisions
The market analytics solution provides instant in-market intelligence.
Tata revenue, profit up on strong outsourcing demand
India's largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services, is boosting hiring and offering wage hikes after reporting strong revenue and profit growth in its recently concluded fiscal year.
Guardian, Post win Pulitzers for NSA spying coverage
The Washington Post and the U.S. edition of the Guardian newspaper have each won a public service Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the leaks by Edward Snowden that revealed the extent of surveillance on ordinary citizens.
TripAdvisor reaches 100 million downloads milestone
TripAdvisor is now the world’s most popular app: Distimo
CoreOne Technologies extends its services in AP via Equinix
CoreOne Technologies does so by deploying in one of Equinix’s IBX data centres in Singapore.
TCS gives social insights in the Indian elections
Launches a gamified app on the Android platform to analyze social conversations.
As pings go silent, Robotic sub joins search for Malaysian jet
Autonomous underwater Bluefin-21 dives this morning into hunt for missing Flight 370.
Big data drives 47% growth for top 50 public cloud companies
Public cloud is a US$15.1 billion quarterly market, according to TBRI
Motorola’s Enterprise Business sold for US$3.45 Billion to Zebra Technologies
The US-headquartered RFID and real-time location solutions company acquires Motorola’s Enterprise Business in an all-cash transaction
Samsung relaunches Knox 2.0
Mixed views on the market potential of the product.
U.S. NSA denies knowing about Heartbleed flaw for years
The U.S. National Security Agency, which has a cybersecurity mission in addition to surveillance, has disputed a report that it knew about the Heartbleed security vulnerability for at least two years before other researchers disclosed the flaw this month.
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UK's GCHQ appoints new director
Robert Hannigan was responsible for the UK’s first cyber security strategy
Kenya to spend $93 million on citizen database
After months of struggling to deal with undocumented immigrants, corruption and inefficiency, the Kenyan government is investing $93 million in a database that will contain all citizen information, shared across ministries.
Oracle identifies products affected by Heartbleed, but work remains on fixes
Oracle has issued a comprehensive list of its software that may or may not be affected by the OpenSSL (secure sockets layer) vulnerability known as Heartbleed, while warning that no fixes are yet available for some likely affected products.
Court rejects Lavabit appeal, cites improper procedural handling
A U.S. federal court has affirmed contempt charges against Lavabit, rejecting an attempt by company attorneys to argue new issues on appeal.
India's Infosys posts strong revenue, profit growth
The outsourcer brought back its first CEO to help revive the company.
Shortage of project managers sends businesses scrambling
When it comes to project management, many organisations find themselves understaffed and that's putting them at a competitive disadvantage, according to a study by ESI International.
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APPLICATIONSMalaysia's GHL Systems launches internet payment business
MDeC COO Ng Wan Peng helps to launch the new service, which offers differentiated solutions to suit all businesses of all sizes, said GHL Systems CEO Raj Lorenz.
Public Cloud benefits can no longer be ignored: Bulletproof
Cloud provider sees continued value and opportunities in the Cloud
DATA CENTERTata adds new data centre partners in Malaysia, Australia, Austria and Germany
Tata Communications has extended its data centre network by strategic partnerships with NEXTDC, Interxion and Pacific Link Telecom.
Developers get access to more Sony camera features
The Camera Remote SDK allows access to settings such as touch autofocus and exposure
Cebu Air and Abacus form partnership
Under the agreement, Cebu Pacific will be harnessing the power of Abacus’ Korean distribution grid to target the influential business to business (B2B) channel as well as provide them with tactical low cost fares.
INTERNETKKBox launches streaming music plans in Malaysia
The new digital music subscription plans are only available in Malaysia, says KKBox CEO Chris Lin.
EU Commission VP Neelie Kroes "outraged" as Belgium bans Uber
The ride-sharing app launched in Belgium two months ago.
Broadband Solutions offers unified solution for hotel phone and web access
Broadband Solutions developed an IP-based PABX framework for hotels that enables staff and guests make phone calls and access the internet.
Don't wait for Windows 9: How to get a Start Menu, windowed Metro apps today
Between the release of the PC-friendly spring update for Windows 8.1 and the newfound introduction of universal "buy once, play anywhere" Windows apps, Microsoft is doing all it can to spur the One Microsoft vision while, well, letting a PC be a PC and a tablet be a tablet. But, sadly, the most anticipated improvements have yet to arrive.
SECURITYWatchGuard's advanced, real-time APT Blocker
During a recent appearance at a Malaysia security summit, WatchGuard Technologies Security Strategy Director Corey Nachreiner said the new APT Blocker is an advanced reinvention.
9 things you need to know before you store data in the cloud
More and more businesses of all sizes are storing some or all of their data in the cloud. But before you move to an online storage provider, there are some things you should know (and ask) about cloud storage and recovery.
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Big data, big dilemmas
Isn’t this the truth? ‘Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them’.
Blurred Lines -- Living on the Edge of Digital and Physical Worlds
The “cyber physical” is changing the way we experience everyday life.
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SingTel, a Leader for Datacenter/Hosted Cloud Services
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