Online users in India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea are steadily growing reliant on smart home assistant such as Amazon Echo and Google Home to make it easier to access information and entertainment as well as automate many tasks, such as regulating the thermostat, lighting, refrigerators, and maintaining their calendars. Jaheer Abbas, senior director, Southeast … Read more
The IDC report, titled “Enterprise Horizons 2025: Technology Leaders Priorities: Achieving Digital Agility,” underscores that limitations in current network infrastructure pose significant challenges to realising AI’s transformative potential. Commissioned by Expereo, the findings from the survey, which included 650 technology leaders across Europe, the US, and APAC, reveal that networking and connectivity have become the … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping just finished his Southeast Asia tour to Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. It was his first overseas trip this year and, notably, he chose neighbouring countries. I couldn’t help but think of the Chinese saying that a relative far away is not as helpful as a neighbour close by. This idea has … Read more
IoT is powering digital transformation – that’s the message from the organisers of this year’s IoT World Asia, part of the annual mega-event, ConnecTechAsia. 2020 marks the first time that ConnecTechAsia will be held on a pure virtual environment. Slated for September 29-October 1, 2020 the conference will feature 220 speakers and more than 200 … Read more
Diverting scarce military resources to the Indo-Pacific makes little sense at a time when Europe must contain the threat of Russia, argues Peter Harris. The transatlantic alliance is in trouble, with some Europeans fretting that President Trump is preparing to abandon not just Ukraine, but Europe as a whole – perhaps even exiting the NATO … Read more