Practice and policy ensure a safer digital economy

Ranking of the world’s 20 largest and most digitally forward economies Produced by MIT Technology Review Insights in association with Code42, the Cyber Defence Index 2022/23 (CDI) is the first annual comparative ranking of the world’s 20 largest and most digitally forward economies on their preparation against, and response and…

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Singapore’s data centre industry to be digitally transformed

Singapore’s data centre industry moving towards decarbonisation Red Dot Analytics (‘RDA’) Pte Ltd and leading Singapore-headquartered environmental, social, and governance (‘ESG’) FinTech firm Hashstacs Pte Ltd (‘STACS’) have entered a strategic partnership to provide a holistic platform to transform Singapore’s data centre industry and shape a sustainable digital future. The partnership will be…

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Digital economy becomes new growth engine for China

China led the formulation and release of the G20 Digital Economy Development Three years into the COVID pandemic, the world economy, while facing mounting uncertainties and challenges, has undergone profound changes, with the digital evolution accelerated and the digital economy emerging as a new engine for economic recovery and growth.…

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Digital transformation in marketing

Roadmap 2022 spans 6 major marketing segments Miaozhen Academy of Marketing Science (MAMS) has recently released Digital Transformation in Marketing: A Roadmap 2022 (“Roadmap 2022”), a ground-breaking research report that is updated annually. This marks the second year that the roadmap has been released. Digital Transformation in Marketing: A Roadmap 2021, by systematically identifying paths for digital…

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Spending on compute and enterprise storage systems

Technical Applications will be the fastest growing workload The workload driving the largest share of enterprise IT infrastructure spending in the first half of 2022 (1H22) was Structured Databases/Data Management. Organizations spent $US6.3 billion on compute and storage infrastructure to support this workload in 1H22, which represents 8.5 per cent…

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Four ways to deliver digital dividends

Most organizations struggle with developing digital change CIOs and IT leaders must take action to accelerate time to value and drive top- and bottom-line financial impacts from digital investments, according to Gartner, Inc.’s annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives. “The pressure on CIOs to deliver digital dividends is higher…

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Mastercard to expand farm pass program

Digitally connecting 15 million people in remote communities Employing more than a quarter of the global workforce, agriculture accounts for 4 per cent of global GDP, totalling nearly $US4.5 trillion. At the heart of this value chain are more than 608 million smallholder farmers who produce around a third of the…

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Community partnerships to boost digital skills

The number of New Zealanders falling victim to scams is rising More New Zealanders will have access to face-to-face learning to improve their digital skills through three community partnerships announced today by the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ). BNZ is proud to be partnering with Arataki Systems, 360 Tautua Trust,…

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Southeast Asia’s $US300 billion digital economy

Southeast Asia is full of exciting promise as its digital economy continues to soar With Southeast Asia’s booming digital economy projected to surpass the $US300 billion mark by 2026, digital payments continue to present tremendous growth opportunities for businesses, according to a new IDC report commissioned by global payments platform 2C2P and global membership association for payments…

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