End-user spending on public cloud services in India to total US$7.3Billion in 2022

Double-digit growth in public cloud expected. End-user spending on public cloud services in India is forecast to total $7.3 billion in 2022, an increase of 29.6% from 2021, according to a recent forecast by Gartner, Inc. “Public cloud services adoption has accelerated since the onset of the global pandemic. The…

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Curtin University creates a new digital platform foundation

Collaborates with AWS to transform digital experiences. As part of a multi-year strategic agreement, by the end of 2022, Curtin will be moving the vast majority of its IT systems and data into a digital platform hosted on AWS. This will enable automated IT management, provide new digital services for…

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Half of cloud data centres will deploy robots with AI capabilities by 2025

Robots to help alleviate staff shortage challenges plaguing data center industry. By 2025, half of cloud data centres will deploy advanced robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities, resulting in 30 per cent higher operating efficiency, according to Gartner, Inc. “The gap between growing server and storage…

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Huawei to transform digital retail and enhance customer experiences

Smart Retail 360 initiative to drive digital transformation. On a mission to breathe new life into the recovering and revamped industry of retail, Huawei Cloud has partnered with international industry players USEA Global, Advocado, 4Paradigm, and YonYou under the Smart Retail 360 initiative to drive digital transformation efforts of brick-and-mortar retail stores…

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Alibaba Cloud to launch data center in South Korea

Also eyes Thailand for data center opening. Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today announced it will launch its first local data center in South Korea in the first half of 2022 to offer South Korean customers more secure, reliable and scalable cloud services, underlining…

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Zenith Partners invests in tech to manage the tech maze

Tech financial solutions firm moves from AWS to Azure. Finding the right financial product can feel a little like navigating a maze of high hedges; just when you think you’re there, another impenetrable barrier pops up and you’re back reading the fine print. Zenith Partners Group wants to simplify the…

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Immaturity in enterprise SaaS management despite rapid SaaS adoption

Lack of standardised processes and clearly defined roles in SaaS management. The latest release of IDC’s Worldwide Black Book: 3rd Platform Edition reveals that Asia/Pacific* ICT Spending, including IT spending in addition to telecom services and new technologies such as AI, Robotics, Cloud, Analytics, and IoT, will increase by 9.3% in 2021…

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Commonwealth Bank is migrating to the cloud at speed and scale

Digital engagement is a key differentiator. Commonwealth Bank’s digital transformation, including the adoption of cloud technology and the migration of 95 per cent of its compute to the public cloud, has been recognised at the recent VMware Customer Excellence Awards. At the recent virtual awards ceremony, the bank took home the 2021 Digital Transformation award. To date, CBA has successfully migrated over 2,300 virtual machines (equating to…

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MDEC to drive digital agenda with launch of twelfth Malaysia plan

Focus on reducing the digital divide and attracting high quality digital investments. Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead digital economy agency, welcomes the emphasis on digital and technology for the nations development in the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (12MP) announced by YAB Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday. The five-year…

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