Resiliency investments grew fastest in Asia/Pacific, in line with the region’s overall response to the pandemic. International Data Corporation (IDC) has launched the Digital Resiliency Investment Index, which provides a composite view of the progress organisations are making in their investments towards digital resiliency. The initial Index results show that…
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Australian telco provides free tools to help businesses maximise digital acceleration. Australian businesses now have free access to tools that will help them digitise their business and succeed in today’s digital economy. The launch of the Telstra Digital Maturity tool at Vantage Remixed coincides with new economic modelling revealing billions of…
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Digital infrastructure will be key for APAC advantage. Malaysia’s accelerated digital economy coupled with increased digital behaviours during the crisis has brought the adoption of cashless payment methods to an inflection point – IDC estimates the volume of cashless transactions to double in 2020 as compared to the preceding year.…
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APAC businesses still feeling effect of COVID-19, as it impacts IT infrastructure planning. The latest Global Interconnection Index (GXI), study published by Equinix, shows that COVID-19 has already had a dramatic effect on how businesses are planning their digital infrastructure initiatives over the next three years. According to the report, digital service…
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Less than 50 per cent of companies surveyed said they were digitally ready Singapore and Hong Kong were the most digital ready countries in the APAC region, followed by Indonesia. The results were released by Singaporean multinational banking and financial services company DBS from findings of its “DBS Digital Treasurer…
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Gartner has identified long-term impacts and the need for IT leaders to learn about long-term impacts and reprioritisation of digital investments. Global research analyst firm Gartner has identified five areas of digital commerce that will change due to shifting customer buying behaviours and accelerated digital investment in response to the…
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Digital focus to help drive Singapore economy. Procter & Gamble has announced the iFuture digital capability program to further accelerate digital innovation in Singapore, supported by the Economic Digital Board. Through iFuture, P&G will work to advance smart capabilities and tools to position Singapore and P&G for resilience and future…
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Tech company will launch its company-wide DX project with 100 billion Japanese Yen investment Aiming to strengthen competitiveness in the digital age, Fujitsu has launched an internal company-wide DX project in October 2020. The project, dubbed Fujitra (Fujitsu Transformation) aims at a complete revaluation and shift in business processes, organisations, and…
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Businesses believe digital transformation taking longer than expected. ASEAN companies see hybrid Cloud as an ideal IT model but they’re struggling to adopt the technology, according to the latest report from created by independent market research firm Vanson Bourne, commissioned by enterprise Cloud service provider, Nutanix. Nearly all respondents (95…
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Post pandemic lockdown sees acceleration of digital projects. A new IBM study of global C-suite executives revealed that nearly six in ten responding organisations have accelerated their digital transformations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditional and perceived barriers like technology immaturity and employee opposition to change have fallen away –…
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