Data centre investment surged to new highs in 2021. The rapid surge in data demand, fuelled by continued growth in cloud computing and social media use, is driving increased investor interest in Asia Pacific data centres, with investment in the sector soaring to record levels in 2021, according to the latest…
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Business impact of the CDO role to be discussed. Chief data officers (CDOs) who met revenue-generation objectives and data monetization goals were more successful in their role than those who primarily focused on enablement projects, such as data governance, according to the Gartner, Inc. seventh annual Chief Data Officer Survey.…
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Forrester surveyed more than 2,000 executives, decision-makers, and rank-and-file workers. Enterprises in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) understand the broad and deep value of improved data skills and literacy. Yet, APJ decision-makers and rank-and-file workers surveyed disagree sharply about the adequacy and reach of existing data skills training. Nearly 80…
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77 per cent of Asia Pacific youth aspire to work in the green economy within the next 10 years. Three out of four young people in Asia Pacific aspire to get a green job within the next decade, outpacing youth elsewhere in the world in gravitating towards careers – and…
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Microsoft regions in India have added 1.5M jobs to the economy over five years. Microsoft today announced its intent to establish its latest datacentre region in Hyderabad, Telangana. This strategic investment is aligned with Microsoft’s commitment to help customers thrive in a cloud and AI-enabled digital economy and will become…
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But glaring deficiencies in consumer laws remained. The development of new upfront rules that force dominant digital platforms to treat their users fairly is the important next step in reforming Australia’s consumer protection laws, ACCC Chair Rod Sims said today. Delivering the 2022 Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture, Sims applauded the…
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Analysts caution that centralization should not be seen as an organizational panacea. Sixty per cent of marketing organizations have centralized some or all their functions, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. Chief marketing officers (CMOs) cited operational excellence issues — such as prioritization, workflows, and collaboration — as the…
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ET purchase decisions are no longer solely made and influenced by IT. Fifty-three percent of organizations report their board of directors are among the main decision makers for emerging technology (ET) investments, just behind chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs), according to a recent Gartner, Inc. survey. Gartner surveyed 500 global…
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Datacentre firm receives its business license as a WFOE from Shanghai authorities to provide technology services in China Pico, a provider of technology services for the financial markets community, continues to extend the reach of its globally comprehensive technology solutions with the formation of a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE), British…
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Charts out US$1B expansion in China. Princeton Digital Group (PDG), Asia’s leading data center provider, today announced it has secured USD 230 million debt refinancing from China Merchants Bank, as part of its $1 Billion expansion plan in China. The refinancing validates PDG’s momentum, with confirmation of the completion of…
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