The growing popularity of hybrid and multi-cloud strategies should be raising warning flags to businesses that must mandate securing this...

The hard part of leadership is not setting big audacious goals, it’s having to lay off people when you miss...

Failure on the part of CSPs to keep up with the threats will trickle down to their customers, which will...

According to Mandiant, the global median dwell time drops below one month – detection capabilities improve, but ransomware surges on

58% of developers cite security and development integration as the biggest challenge they face in adopting low-code development platforms.

COVID-19 raised the importance of HR and the CHRO in ensuring the survival of the business. HR is called upon...

As organisations move applications to the cloud, how is this changing the views of CIOs with regards to keeping the...

One of the trappings of digital transformation has been the empowerment of businesses to pursue innovation outside of the direct...

A good cybersecurity program should complement all relevant laws and regulations that are geared towards improved cybersecurity practices.

Many cloud services are not offered across multiple clouds or on-premise. This is where your architecture can save you. You...

Predictive modelling is collecting data from internal and external sources to better understand and predict the behaviour of customers.

This is how we can emerge from the pandemic in all of its dimensions: by recognizing that women are not...

Bringing the power of the cloud and AI to bear against data problems is a huge opportunity to help customers...

Veeam's Anthony Spiteri says the accelerated cloud adoption in Asia is fuelled by the need for employees to continue working...

Diversity in the workplace, particularly women in a leadership role not only brings a different perspective but helps reduce the...

Gartner says advanced technologies enable stronger protection and quicker detection of and response to incidents. But there is a caveat.

She acknowledged that while women leaders have found success in functional roles like human resources and customer support, the lack...

“I feel that women have paid a big part in digitizing and making companies in the digital transformation journey, much...

Technology is more skills-based versus the social networks, family, or academic pedigrees that influenced leadership decisions in the past. This...

Being a woman is no barrier to becoming a (technology) leader. Opensignal's Ceri Howes sees the pace of technology change...

“As a female leader, especially in a male-dominated industry, it is important to have confidence in your ideas, and presenting...

In today’s digitally transformative world, there are a growing number of women professionals who are successful at navigating a career...

The expanding supply chain complexity underscores the need for synergistic technologies from AI to real-time tracking. TMS adoption will reach...

“Having good tools in place so you can see every connection going out of the network and every user that...

Developing 100% secure automotive systems is not realistic, so automotive organisations need to consider and deploy appropriate measures for enabling...

In this PodChat for FutureCIO, Daniel Chu of ExtraHop talks about the three most common security mistakes CIOs make as...

In the ‘smart normal’ CIOs have to contend with a distributed environment with data being created outside of the data...

Anny Huang, head of Digital Business at NTUC Income, shares her experience helping push the digital envelope in Singapore's burgeoning...

As enterprises push the cloud envelope, they must not loose sight of the security angle regardless of whether they develop...

A relatively young newcomer to the Singapore workforce, Azai Sheerin has proven you can be successful early in your career....

Success for women executives is a journey that is a long time coming. Yet despite advances in culture, thinking and...

We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out...

The intent of ERP is to transform disconnected data into connected intelligence via the help of AI-integrated SaaS, leading to...

CIOs and CISOs draw up a clear strategy of what they want and need to do for their organisations. They...

CIOs need to think about how they harmonize the investments that they've made with the public cloud and within their...

ConplyAdvantage's Jaede Tan believes that compliance can be turned into a revenue generator by integrating the correct compliance steps.

GBG's Dev Dhiman says financial crime has reached a point where fraud attacks have grown in sophistication, enabled by digitalization,...

Labelled as Combination of Many Breaches (COMB), the 3.2 billion records now for sale is not a single breach but...

As more OT is being brought into more IT environments, it is being linked to more IT infrastructure –becoming a...

This Q3 2021 will see Amazon founder Jeff Bezos transition to the Executive Chair of the Amazon Board as Andy...

At the end of the day, the conversation that every organization needs to go through is what's the business value?...

We started publishing predictions for 2021 as early as October last year. As we close January, we list below a...

[email protected] was launched on May 17, 1999, to help search for extra-terrestrial – that’s right: ET – by using the...

Data responsibility does not disappear with the cloud and why companies need to double down on data protection as they...

Faced with demands to roll out products faster-to-market, companies are looking to buy into software OEM and/or low-code, no-code to...

Successful companies will come up with an end-to-end strategy for collecting, analysing and reporting data relevant to their products and...

COVID-19 has influenced what and how technology is being used in the workplace with employee safety and the ability to...

FRC estimates a market potential of HK$152 billion. However, challenges remain. Among those surveyed, 84% had heard of virtual banks,...

There's been a really big shift in needing to consider those kinds of commodity malware infections as just the beginning...

Group-IB's Dmitry Volkov advocates that cybersecurity be in the hands of those of provide users with services and process their...

CYFIRMA CEO Ritesh Kumar gives his take on the cybersecurity threat landscape in Asia in 2021 and some tips to...

Gartner predicts that by 2022, 50% of businesses will participate in event-driven business ecosystems. Sumeet Puri shares a business-friendly chat...

Tara Winters, head of Global Managed Services at FIS shares her thoughts on Asia’s shifting attitude towards outsourcing and cloud-based...

The Forrester survey noted that the top objectives of data and analytics programs are increasing efficiency, growing revenue, and improving...

What makes Zalora and its partners successful is not just the availability of customer insight but having access to real-time...

On behalf of CXOCIETY, I enjoin you to share with us your triumphs and tribulations as together we chart our...

Hong Kong's 8 licensed virtual banks hope to tap the HK$152 billion market opportunity as market penetration remains low but...

Digital has introduced a new priority - data. Protecting this data starts at the edge. Managing operational risks requires an...

When thinking about the edge, businesses should ensure that they treat the edge as a logical extension of their core...

In 2021, securing the enterprise presents new challenges to the CIO and CISO because the perimeter has moved outside the...

A Gartner survey of HR leaders show that 90% will allow employees to continue to work remotely even after the...

IT Ops should strike a balance between adopting a holistic, DevOps approach to cloud adoption and observability that co-exists alongside...

In the future of work, CIOs will need to consider how technology can sustain a distributed workforce model that reaches...

P&G is actively evaluating how we can better use technology to enable not only productivity but also a stronger sense...

Many CIOs are using the existing ERP system and innovating around the edges to derive much better value out of...

Being data-driven is an exercise in moving from treating data tactically to first starting to understand what your business priorities...

FutureCIO spoke to Sunil Chavan, vice president, FlashBlade for Asia-Pacific and Japan from Pure Storage, on how data use is...

Travis Callahan, co-founder and president at Ignatica, shares his views the opportunity and challenges facing the insurance industry in the...

Four SolarWinds tech geeks predict the technology trends to expect in 2021. Some of the predictions are already here in...

A joint ISACA-Frost & Sullivan survey provides an update on Singapore's cybersecurity position during the COVID-19, including drivers and concerns...

Salesforce's play to acquire Slack has one clear target - Microsoft. Is it enough to stave off the competition? Forrester...

As companies transform to become more data-driven, what do they need to do and how do they go about it...

What is the best way not to fall victim to a scam? To be invisible perhaps? Sherif El Nabawi, vice...

FutureCIO spoke to Anup Changaroth, Ciena CTO for APJ on why the CFO should be concerned with the development of...

Billie Setiawan, head of Enterprise Data Management, Data Analytics Lead; and Grace Winnee, vice president, Enterprise Data Management, at Bank...

COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated organizations' transition to an agile work environment that provides workers with secure access to corporate resources...

We are heading back to the workplace but it is not the same one we left during the lockdowns. It...

Proptech plays a key role in unlocking efficiencies across the entire design, construction and property supply chain while achieving the...

Despite billions in investment, outdated innovation processes threaten to derail AI progress, says Lux Research

In a hybrid future, the reimagination of work as an outcome, not a place, reinforces the value of hybrid as...

AI and automation won’t remove the need for Service Management, as users will still require these services to be provided....

IDC says rationalisation of legacy IT, both applications and infrastructure, is a critical prerequisite for successful business transformation.

Is AI trustworthy today? How far would you trust a machine or program to advise you on your next move?...

Greater than 50% of apps are always vulnerable for organisations that have not adopted DevSecOps. DevSecOps is critical for enterprises...

To become cloud-native, Brad Gray of Exclusive Networks suggests an enterprise must transform its culture, adopt microservices and automate as...

As cloud technology expands in both worldwide use and the complexity of offerings, some myths persist. Check Point created a...

Gopalakrishnan Kolathu, business development executive, IBM Services, shares his views on AIOps and how organisations can benefit advances in AIOps.

Pierluigi Cau, director of Solutions Engineering APAC at GitHub, offers his take on the security as part of the development...

Say “embedded software” and most often you will get a blank stare from people. Say “smart device” and you will...

IDC says “this crisis is providing a training ground for companies to consider the parts of the business that can...

Tristan Chiappini talks about the evolution of payments, and how start-ups like PPRO must evolve and differentiate themselves to find...

A cloud-based approach for security testing not only ensures that applications are developed faster but also help to increase visibility...

IDC says failure to better manage data will lead to a reduction in competitive advantage that could ultimately lead to...

Can't I just port my applications to the cloud without having to re-engineer the applications to be cloud-native? Why do...

Digitalisation has and will undoubtedly open various opportunities and innovations to meet the evolving needs of the consumer and how...

FutureCIO spoke to Vikram Subrahmanyam, Asia-Pacific chief information officer and head of operations & technology for Citi, on the everyday...

Low-code development is a paradigm shift to make you more relevant to where the market is moving towards. It comes...

Leonard Tan, Singapore country manager for OutSystems shares his view on low-code development platforms, the challenges, opportunities and approaches organisations...

FutureCIO spoke to Matt Young, senior vice president & head of Asia Pacific and Japan, and Jeff Smith, vice president...

3 Indonesia becomes first operator in Asia Pacific to try Nokia's Zero Drive Test assessment to enhance network quality and...

how advances around conversational analytics may finally help stop the frustrations caused when two parties in a conversational are talking...

The trend for cloud-based ERP will intensify with increased adoption across all organizations. Traditional ERP vendors had all moved their...

Hong Kong accounted for 54% of the total APAC data centre investment volume in 2020YTD, putting fourth most attractive data...

To be future-ready, organisations need to see data management through the lens of visibility, data consolidation and processing, compliance, business...

As Industry 4.0 drives the convergence of IT and OT, there are financial benefits for APAC executives to ensure both...

Callum Eade, Commvault’s vice president, Asia Pacific & Japan, shares his view around data protection and approaches to ensuring the...

Back in 2008, Patrick Debois and Andrew Clay Shafer drew the beginnings of DevOps while discussing the concept of agile...

In this episode of Podchats for FutureCIO entitled “How edge influences your customer engagement strategy” we dissect how businesses are...

How can an enterprise efficiently manage the security of their infrastructure given the accelerating threat landscape and the constraints imposed...

Gartner predicts that by 2023, AI will be one of the top workloads that drive enterprise infrastructure decisions.

People may accidentally buy fakes in an effort to save money. How to spot counterfeit devices are discussed here with...

This is a community problem that continues to exist. The victims are consumers and enterprises. The winners are threat actors....

The IBM eOpenHouse provides a platform for Singapore SMEs to take advantage of innovations in technology and learned experiences to...

In this episode of PodChats for FutureCIO, Ravi Saraogi, co-founder and president of Uniphore APAC talks about the role of...

With many businesses moving to the cloud, is there a need for on-prem storage? Pure Storage seems to think so....

As various countries begin easing lockdown measures, we are seeing more companies returning to the physical workplace – companies will...

Tools and solutions were already there before the COVID-19 pandemic; new capabilities are being added as companies face off-market and...

Data protection has evolved from being a support element to overall digital transformation, toone of the key pre-requisite before embarking...

AT a virtual press conference Ericsson executives continue to spin the story of 5G growth in 2020 despite markets slowing...

Regardless of the market, those people who can add value and generate success in business-critical roles can still command impressive...

The 2020 Hong Kong Encryption Trends Study by the Ponemon Institute concluded that the “new work-from-home normal” following the COVID-19...

Gartner forecasts strong revenue growth for global container management software and services through 2024 citing adoption of cloud-native applications and...

Dr. John Bates, CEO of Eggplant shares thoughts about the acquisition and what the value of such an acquisition was...

In this PodChats for FutureCIO: Digitization vs Digital Transformation, we cover questions that should be discussed, debated and argued during...

Shanhong Liu, a technology and telecommunications researcher for Statista, opined that the limitness applications of artificial intelligence (AI) – the...

We believe in “constructive disruption” – innovating to drive growth and create value for the people we serve and for...

Hong Kong banks lead the world in AI deployment and the quest for tech innovation, despite the lack of support...

The beginnings of modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be traced to a 1965 conference at Dartmouth College in Hanover. But...

As offices begin to power up their office infrastructure there is a need for IT and security teams to conduct...

It is easy to not see what an errant code can lead to, particularly when viewed from the bigger picture....

“We have seen ai providing conversation and comfort to the lonely; we have also seen ai engaging in racial discrimination....

Fitch Ratings recently revised its outlook for the life insurance industry in Asia-Pacific to negative from stable, attributing the revision...

Ohmyhome uses technology to bridge the gap between homeowners and home seekers, allowing them to communicate seamlessly and enable transactions...

"With substantial amounts of the economy closed due the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders need an agile strategy that allows the supply...

And we thought Zoom’s problems were limited to its inability to protect users using the communication platform, something its CEO...

We are in the middle of what is arguably one of the biggest disruptions in human history – COVID-19. Its...

Singaporean hacker, Samuel Eng, talks about challenges and opportunities in the cyber age.

In our episode “C-suite strategies for monetising data” we look at the conundrum facing business leaders – how do we...

Conversational AI is the process of enabling machines to have a conversation with the customers, with the end customers and...

FSIs that do not implement best practices may find themselves specially targeted by cyber threat actors looking to exploit weak...

There is always a struggle in development cycles to make sure you are ahead of the competition and unfortunately sometimes...

BPS and MPS will continue growing at a combined rate of 8.2% through to 2023 across APEJ according to IDC....

CrowdStrike’s 2020 Global Threat Report Communications has been one of the focal areas of interest since 2019 as consumers, enterprises,...

Business leaders are asking IT to accelerate business transformation using cloud. But how to do this when the COVID-19 lockdown...

Most business continuity practices are designed around disruption due to infrastructure failure because of calamities like fire and typhoons -...

IT must interpret what product marketing is telling them and bring together technologies, including applications, to enable the creation of...

5G is almost here. I say ‘almost’ because we have yet to see broad deployment by major mobile operators across...

Focusing too much on the ARPU story and not enough on the “what we got” angle is a waste of...

There is the view that hackers are malicious and intending to harm businesses although companies have started to embrace bug...

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 378,041 cases of COVID-19 have been reported since 31 December...

SCB launched nexus – “a market-first platform to connect community builders such as start-ups, investors and accelerators to the Bank”.

For CIOs the question is weighing the value of VPN on a private network against VPN on the internet (Thousands...

Data is sexy, data storage isn’t. Does anyone even care what network storage is these days? There is still interest...

When you go online and do a search, you use a concept pioneered by Karen Spärck Jones, a computer scientist...

While conversations about gender diversity and fairer rights have risen up the business and political agenda in Asia, women are...

The inherent vulnerabilities associated with healthcare devices, such as a lack of encryption of sensitive data as well as hard-coded...

Most everyone will agree the strategy and execution rests largely on the CMO. But for winning sales leaders, CX is...

Full transparency and real-time visibility across all aspects of the organization is a must. Members of the C-suite must work...

Creditdonkey says “27 million business cards are printed daily”. That is an extremely large number when you consider the number...

The report claims Hong Kong enterprises set to jettison traditional datacentres for the hybrid cloud but before that, they will...

IDC says the impact od VOVID-19 will mainly be confined to the first quarter, to fade in the second quarter,...

Data usability challenges continue to hinder productivity while a majority of CRE leaders believe automation will impact jobs and transform...

Enabling Real-time Faster Payments and high-volume transactions has been a core area of investment for Standard Chartered in line with...

A lot of businesses will start to have applications which are inherently event-driven, the mindset is already changing. In that...

Governments are struggling in many areas, following disruptions including changes in leadership, reorganizations and funding shortfalls. This will affect government...

Towards the end of 2019 and at the onslaught of 2020, predictions about the state of cybersecurity have been rich...

In 2019, ecommerce continues to spike as consumers experience the convenience of shopping online, accept the relative safety of mobile...

Anaplan commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI)...

Gartner predicts that by 2020, 100% of large enterprises will report to the board of directors the company’s state of...

Industries that are experiencing keen competition, or where market dynamics are hard to predict, these companies see open source not...

Australian retail chain Coles Supermarkets is investing in the Infor Nexus supply chain commerce network to streamline imports and reduce...

Technology continues to be the biggest catalyst for jobs in Hong Kong, as companies look for highly skilled digital leaders...

Competitive intelligence as identifying what your competitive landscape looks like, who are the potential competitors and how to displace them.

As data moves between cloud, on-premise data centres, edge computing servers and consumer mobile devices, how does an enterprise design...

Given that logistics leaders face pressure from their stakeholders to optimize logistics costs while maintaining service and performance levels, Gartner...

Data analytics can help your business gain a competitive advantage, make better decisions faster, and cut costs with more efficient...

For more than a decade, telecom service providers have been struggling to solve declining average revenue per user (ARPU). Local...

 The latest Gartner hype cycle lists Sensing & Motion, Augmented Human, Postclassical Compute and Comms, Digital Ecosystems, and Advanced AI...

Global blockchain revenues on track to hit close to US$10 billion - despite 2018 crypto winter

Cloud solutions melded with disruptive and emerging technologies – like blockchain, AI, IoT, big data and predictive analytics – can...

Digital-only banks and insurers will gain ground on traditional players in Asia Pacific in the next two years.

C-suites Lack of alignment and collaboration between C-suite, IT teams and wider business holding back digital transformation

Security and privacy are two distinct issues that are nonetheless connected. Rob Hinson, a privacy expert at OneTrust, believed that...

Augmented intelligence reduces mistakes while delivering customer convenience and personalization at scale, democratizing what was previously available to the select...

Understandably there is more than one way to skin a cat, in this case, to monetize data.

https://youtu.be/dHI4B39GKkg In the IDC Financial Insights report, Regulatory Guidelines for Open Banking: Asia/Pacific Markets and their Varying Paths to Open Banking,...

CIOs must be aware of the risk that blockchain governance issues might pose for the success of their project.

We live in a connected world where it is almost difficult to avoid using the Internet for personal or for...

a time in the future is coming when regulation will drive a wedge in the personalization journey of banks calling...

https://youtu.be/xUX4354HGN4 The StartmeupHK came and went. Now it’s back to the grind for most start-ups trying to get funding, make...

Telcos have fairly large data estates. They collect a fair amount of data, and throw away the majority of it....

For years telco revenues as measured in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) have been on a decline. As consumers and...

https://youtu.be/e6k7IDSa9mk How much is regulatory compliance? The Thomson Reuters&nbsp Annual Cost of Compliance survey (issued November 7, 2018) raises a...

Gartner has identified seven emerging security and risk management trends that will impact security, privacy and risk leaders in the longer term....

https://youtu.be/28e137dHYeI Fifty-three percent of Asia Pacific’s connected consumers use their mobile devices to make payments. It helps that smartphone adoption...

Banks are reluctant to adopt blockchain because they don’t want to share data with others.

Googling “banking cyber threats 2019” yields 25.4 million results in a matter of 0.57 seconds. Is that alarming or fantastic?...

https://youtu.be/h1RBpl9RUNA Most organizations store and analyze data to better understand customers – this is the norm. Leonie Valentine, managing director...

https://youtu.be/kmG9i4TYWys The Institute for Robotic Process Automation defines RPA as the application of technology that allows employees in a company to configure...

I have started to lose track of the number of times we’ve covered “cashless” as a topic of interest in...

PoCs, pilots and the scaled-down application running via sandboxes will continue to be the norm, until such time as when...

https://youtu.be/bN8mfxMFOS0 <p>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLgr_4iQ7hY" title="On the Internet, no one knows you are a dog">On the Internet, no one knows you are...

What is a reasonable rate to charge for services rendered? It used to be that financial advisors could charge a...

The benefits of the cloud are well understood. The chief reason is the ability to lower capital expenditure (CAPEX) when...

Many companies view Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as a double-edged sword. It offers ideal solutions for age-old problems of business agility and...

https://youtu.be/h-JZU79kp1k For most startups the road to securing funding is a long and hard process. It’s not exactly a “beg,...

https://youtu.be/gVIZO73gdrk A global survey of bank CEOs by KPMG highlights a commitment by senior to pursue innovation – with two-thirds saying technological...

https://youtu.be/yzk-AicFeZE When was the last time you went to a bank and was greeted with a warm and sincere ‘welcome...

https://youtu.be/umGhDN2ivWM Perhaps it is not altogether surprising if security professionals view digital transformation with apprehension. While some may be up...

https://youtu.be/Io1LH0721Ss Gartner defines digitalization as “the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and...

https://youtu.be/lCmDD3-J93w “Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee...

https://youtu.be/8awxRzHHdAc The 2019 Asia Pacific Banking Insights: Trusting in the Banking Experience highlights the predicament that banks in the region, including Hong...

The 10th annual Temenos survey of challenges, priorities and trends in the financial services sector predicts that customers will increasingly...

https://youtu.be/umGhDN2ivWM Perhaps it is not altogether surprising if security professionals view digital transformation with apprehension. While some may be up...

Now every insurance company is trying to frame the solutions and the strategy around the customer. We have started to...

Token dongles are heading out the door even as banks continue to struggle to deliver secure banking experience for customers...

IDC predicts businesses will continues to invest in projects that utilise cognitive and AI. The IDC Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive Artificial...

A new commentary by Fitch Solutions Macro Research suggests that smart city initiatives in China gained traction after the 12th...

The perceptible shift from reactive healthcare to proactive patient care is a direct result of the technological advances in sensor...

Grid instability and power outages caused by the peaks in energy demand are emphasizing the need for cost-efficient demand response...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is basically a network of connected “smart” devices that communicate seamlessly over the Internet. More...

Image by iStockPhoto/AntonioGuillem By Jayajyoti Sengupta, head, Asia Pacific, Cognizant IoT is already influencing the latest wave of digital transformation,...

Image courtesy of iStockPhoto/Chaay_Tee By Jouko Ahvenainen Digitization is coming to all services, also linked to physical services. It will...

Location data is increasingly becoming an important component in many business strategies, including customer engagement and satisfaction, product and asset...

Image from iStockPhoto/ijeab By Jayajyoti Sengupta, Head, Asia Pacific, Cognizant IoT is already influencing the latest wave of digital transformation,...

Image courtesy of iStockPhoto/metamorworks Hong Kong carrier, 3 Hong Kong claims to be one of the first operators in Asia...

Image from iStockPhoto/visualspace In 2015, the travel and tourism trade contributed more than US$10 trillion to the global economy with...

UnaSensors is a brand new sensor-as-a-service offering that can kickstart anyone's IoT journey at a maximum retail price of US$5...

Image above courtesy of iStockPhoto/metamorworks The latest report on IDC's Global IoT Decision Maker Survey — India Perspective, reveals the...

Image by metamorworks (from iStockPhoto 692834394) A new study from Juniper Research predicts that by end of 2026 over 50 million...

    https://youtu.be/Ojb45XZhPpc It’s that time of the year when we pull together predictions about what’s in store for the...