asia

Asia is proving to be a hot spot among the major cloud providers, with new investments happening on a seemingly weekly basis. And now, Microsoft has announced that it has expanded its Southeast Asia Azure Region in Singapore as part of its…

KPMG has achieved record global revenues of $29 billion for its 2018 financial year, with its leading growth market the Asia Pacific set for $1 billion in new investments. The Asia Pacific continues to be the Big Four quartet’s fastest…

A backpacker stranded in Thailand “may never walk again” after breaking her neck while diving into a pool. Family and friends of Sophie Wilson, 24, are desperately trying to raise £60,000 to pay for a specialist medical flight home to the…

A new study released by Polycom shows that an overwhelming majority of workers in the region find collaboration technologies help them to be more productive and to work smarter. The survey polled more than 2,000 workers across the region,…

Asia Pacific University (APU) has deployed Ruckus Networks’ indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access points, SmartZone™ network controllers and ICX switches, to deliver an exceptional digital experience for students at its existing and new…

MANILA • Driverless cars, sprawling parks, a state-of-the-art railway and disaster-proof infrastructure. These are just some of the highly anticipated features of New Clark City, a flagship project in the US$180 billion (S$246 billion)…

Singapore will face the highest rate of job displacement resulting from technological disruption in Southeast Asia, and the country is racing to introduce countermeasures. The government recently launched a new framework for the wholesale…

The digital economy in Southeast Asia is on track to hit $240 billion by 2025, which is $40 billion more than previous estimates, according to the latest e-Conomy Southeast Asia 2018 report from Google and Singapore-based Temasek, which…

A paper published recently by The Economist Corporate Network (ECN) shows that, as AI reorients the nature of work, business leaders demand workers to tap into their more “human” talents and approach tasks with an open and global mindset.…

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