Singapore creates a CTOaaS to create a digital future for the country

They will help SMEs to identify and access resources they need to digitally transform. As part of the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) goal of architecting Singapore’s Digital Future, IMDA will introduce a new Chief Technology Officer-as-a-Service (CTOaaS) initiative under the SMEs Go Digital programme. The CTOaaS will help SMEs…

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Support for Malaysia’s Digital Economy Blueprint

This includes the goal to create a hyper-scale data centre with an expected investment of RM15 billion. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) welcomes the launch of the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint (MyDIGITAL) that YAB Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced last week. The agency is excited about this initiative and…

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Singapore seeks digital innovations to bring a stronger economy

Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance of Singapore delivered the country’s budget for 2021 financial year. Budget 2021: Emerging Stronger Together sets out the Government’s plans to continue to tackle our immediate challenges, and build a stronger Singapore that is economically…

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Ep 13 – Living The Life In Tech – Evan Davidson, Vice President – APJ and Jim Walter, Senior Threat Researcher at SentinelOne

In this episode we are joined by Evan Davidson, VP APJ, SentinelOne and Jim Walter, Senior threat researcher, SentinelOne Evan and Jim discuss the importance of ActiveEDR within the current remote working evolution and some of it’s limitations. Given the proliferation of attacks, incident response is more critical than ever…

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Customer service focus will be on digital channels and capabilities in 2021

Insight into customer service and support priorities. Seventy percent of customer service and support leaders plan to dedicate the largest budget allocation to digital channels and capabilities in 2021. According to a recently released survey by Gartner, transitioning to self-service channels and bolstering digital capabilities remains a top priority for…

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Going digital, faster to address key areas hurt by COVID-19

Organisations are investing heavily in technology to address immediate concerns. Pre-COVID-19, private and public organisations were on a journey towards a digital business model, travelling at varying speeds. But the scale of the pandemic has forced a dramatic acceleration, both in the speed of change and the required investment in…

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APAC 5G enterprise market to witness massive growth by 2024

Mega trends fuel industry transformation. COVID-19 pandemic is driving the need for critical and vital broadband, remote work solutions, and 5G to support remote work. Given the strong demand for connectivity, the potential revenue for the Asia-Pacific 5G enterprise market is expected to grow exponentially. To support future applications, enterprises…

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How to harden Linux workstations and servers

Control which applications are allowed (or denied). The Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released a strategy to help mitigate cyber security incidents on Linux workstations and servers. According to the ACSC Implementing application control within Linux environments can be achieved using the File Access Policy daemon (fapolicyd). The fapolicyd framework…

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