Rise in workers’ use of collaboration tools since 2019

Digital workplace technologies will be essential for enabling innovation in a hybrid workforce. Nearly 80 per cent of workers are using collaboration tools for work in 2021, up from just over half of workers in 2019, according to the Gartner, Inc. Digital Worker Experience Survey. This is an increase of…

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Zoom opens first data centre in Singapore

Remote conferencing tool still popular despite security concerns. Numerous media reports state that American technology company, Zoom has a new data centre in Singapore, one of its first in the Southeast Asia region. The Singapore data centre brings Zoom’s total to 18 sites across the globe, with the vendor expanding…

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Taiwan Govt urged to ban Fortinet, Zoom, state media outlets

DPP legislator wants ban of products due to close ties to China. Several Taiwan-based media outlets have stated Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin Chun-hsien urged the government to ban the purchase of and remove Fortinet security and Zoom communications products manufactured in China. According to the media outlets the…

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McAfee finds surge in criminals attacking cloud services and tools

Cybercrims not wasting time in taking advantage of the surge in cloud adoption. As the world works through the current COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are turning up the pressure for organisations to secure their data, as workers are forced to work outside of the normal office environment. According to McAfee’s latest…

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DTAC to optimise network in Thailand

Mobile provide finds spike in mobile traffic Thai-based mobile phone provider, Total Access Communication Public Company (DTAC), plans to optimise its network capacity following traffic spikes due to increase in work from home employees. The company has established network contingency plans, focused on expanding MIMO technology to triple network capacity,…

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