Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture strengthens data-driven agriculture ecosystem

From building a collaborative platform, capturing agriculture datasets to building machine learning models. The Ministry of Agriculture for the Republic of Indonesia recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to empower smallholder farmers with technology-oriented solutions that will help them increase income using ground-breaking, cloud-based technologies, machine learning…

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Businesses in India focus on unleashing the true value of data

India artificial intelligence predictions for 2021 and beyond. Organisations in India are embracing AI driven by improved internal efficiencies, competitive edge, and enhanced customer experience (CX). Driven by enterprise resiliency, leveraging tech has become existential in the journey to the new normal, states IDC’s latest report, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Artificial…

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APAC real estate companies rolling out tech innovation

Achieving levels of efficiency and insight from more sophisticated software Real estate companies have ramped up their investment in technology in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a survey of some of the biggest property players in Asia. The survey by research company Mingtiandi, in collaboration with technology company Yardi Systems,…

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Sponsored Content – ActiveEDR – The new kid on the cybersecurity block?

If history has taught us anything, Arthur muses, it is that new technologies become outdated pretty quickly as the threat landscape changes continuously. When threats began to emerge in the 90s, many businesses moved to install anti-virus protection. These new products were able to fight against a relatively small number… Read More

COVID-19 drives use of AI-enabled remote worker productivity tracking tools

A percentage of workers will try and game AI-driven tracking systems by 2023 By 2023, more than one-in-ten workers will seek to trick artificial intelligence (AI) systems used to measure employee behaviour and productivity. Such systems have seen a significant uptick in use in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, states Gartner’s…

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Augmented and virtual reality IT spending in APAC to reach US$28.8B

The industry that is leading the most projects/implementation in APeJ is education. The recently released IDC Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide forecasts Asia Pacific excluding Japan, spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) to grow rapidly at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47.7 per cent…

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Becoming an intelligent enterprise for APAC in 2021 and beyond

Organisations who will succeed in the next normal will be those that can learn fast from their changing environments. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted organisations’ need to stay resilient, and many firms are leveraging the benefits of becoming an Intelligent Enterprise to future-proof themselves against further disruptions. IDC recently released…

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OpenNetLab empowers AI-assisted networking research

The application of AI technology in the networking field, has many challenges. Microsoft has set up OpenNetLab, an open networking community and platform in collaboration with multiple universities in Asia, including academia from China, Korea and Singapore. OpenNetLab is a network research community project. Its aims to promote the application…

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Alinta Energy powers ahead

Cloud-based data warehouse and AI infused analytics. Alinta Energy is one of the first companies in Australia to use Azure Synapse Analytics, the recently released next phase of Azure SQL Data Warehouse which promises a limitless analytics service bringing together enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics. The Alinta Data…

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Hong Kong CIO talk cyber security

Speech by Victor Lam, JP, Government Chief Information Officer shares insights and knowledge of cyber security. The emerging technologies such as fintech, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) have presented both opportunities and challenges to enterprises. These technologies together with innovative ideas are catalysts for enhancing or even…

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