Global Stories

Batelco and Avaya bring cloud solutions to Bahrain's SMBs

The regional telecoms operator will offer Avaya Contact Centre and Unified Communications solutions in the cloud with Avaya IP Office PoweredBy.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Oct 2019

Software-as-a-Service

8x8 wins Cloud/SaaS Gold in Golden Bridge Awards

It also received Silver in the Unified Communications (Service) Innovations category in the 2019 11th annual awards.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 7th Oct 2019

Fintech

Global fintech investment drops, but APAC deals stand strong

Investors have signalled a shift away from fintech ventures as fundraising and deal activity in China showed a significant slowdown in the first half of 2019.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Oct 2019

Health Technologies

IBM Singapore appoints Veronica Allen as new MD

IBM Singapore has named Veronica Allen as its new managing director, taking over from Abraham Thomas and reporting directly to the Asia Pacific CEO.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 7th Oct 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

IDC lowers cloud spending forecast amidst global slowdown

IDC has lowered its forecast for total cloud infrastructure spending for 2019 as the market enters a slowdown period.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Sep 2019

Health Technologies

Mercy Ships: Bringing hope and healing to developing nations

Mercy Ships, known for medical aid in developing nations, now seeks IT volunteers to support their floating hospital, Africa Mercy, in West Africa.

By Owen McCarthy • 5 min read • Mon, 30th Sep 2019

Fintech

Mindtree launches blockchain-powered solution for banks

The solution uses Hyperledger fabric blockchain to enable financial institutions to facilitate both debit and credit payments, faster.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Sep 2019

Distributed Denial of Service

DNS amplification attacks increase 1000% since last year - Nexusguard

Enterprise networks and communications service providers (CSPs) need attack mitigation as DNS patch adoption creates new threats.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Sep 2019

Gaming

Apple Arcade & Apple TV+ want you glued to your screen

Whether you're into films, TV shows, documentaries or gaming, Apple is certainly pulling out all the stops to tempt people in a market that's spoilt for choice.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Sep 2019

Unified Communications

Avaya to showcase latest AI-powered applications at GITEX 2019

Avaya will unveil their latest AI-powered applications, highlighting cutting-edge advancements in AI and collaboration tech, at GITEX Technology Week 2019.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Sep 2019

Hyperscale

Kenyan ICT provider first in Africa to embrace Open Compute Project

Atlancis Technologies pioneers OCP use in African ICT, enhancing innovation for its cloud platform, Servannah.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Sep 2019

AR, VR & Metaverse

AR 'Live View' navigation is coming to Google Maps

Live View will allow those travelling on foot around cities to navigate streets a little easier with turn-by-turn navigation.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Aug 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

UPS market continues to grow due to need for hardware uptime

Transparency Market Research (TMR) predicts that the global UPS market will grow at a respectable CAGR of 7.8% over the period between 2018 and 2026.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Aug 2019

Marketing Technologies

Cambridge startup celebrates 10 years in the business

A student flat in leafy Waikato town of Cambridge started as the home of a software startup called Rocketspark.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Aug 2019

DCIM

EkkoSense appoints new CFO

Data centre solutions specialist EkkoSense welcomes Pete Le Noury as its new chief operations and chief financial officer.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Aug 2019

Financial Systems

Trintech financial solutions see strong growth across APAC

Financial software provider Trintech is expanding globally, with a 60% increase in sales for the first half of 2019.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 26th Aug 2019

Digital Transformation

Discord between execs and IT holding back digital transformation efforts

Lack of collaboration and strategic ownership is hindering digital transformation efforts, says NTT report. Only 11% are satisfied with leaders driving change.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2019