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Geopolitics, economy motivating cyber activity in APAC-AN/Z

Wed, 20th Mar 2019
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opinion
Flashpoint's Aaron Shraberg says economic tensions between the US, China, and North Korea are influencing risk management decisions in APAC.
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Unencrypted Gearbest database leaves over 1.5mil shoppers' records exposed

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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data analytics
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planning
A breach at Gearbest has left over 1.5 million shoppers' records exposed, including payment details and national IDs, due to an unencrypted database.
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Flashpoint: APAC companies must factor geopolitics in cyber strategies

Fri, 15th Mar 2019
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risk & compliance
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opinion
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politics
As geopolitical tensions spike, APAC firms must integrate political risk into their cyber strategies, as both criminal and state-sponsored threats grow.
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Check Point names February's most disruptive malware

Tue, 12th Mar 2019
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security vulnerabilities
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coinhive
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cryptomining
Coinhive tops Check Point's Global Threat Index for February 2019, marking its 15th month as the most disruptive malware despite its impending shutdown.
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Bridgewest deal a welcome boost for Provoke Solutions

Tue, 5th Mar 2019
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document management
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ecm
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martech
Bridgewest New Zealand's acquisition of Provoke Solutions' holding company ignites new opportunities in R&D and growth, aiming to triple Provoke's size.
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Adobe study finds ANZ marketers aren't very good at their jobs

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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martech
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marketing
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adobe
40% of local consumers think the promotional offers they receive just aren't the right ones for them. That figure is higher than the global average of 33%.
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Spending on public cloud services to reach US$160b in 2019

Thu, 28th Feb 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
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iaas
The bustling public cloud services and infrastructure markets in aggregate are set to undertake substantial growth this year.
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Singapore seeks inclusion of data portability in Personal Data Protection Act

Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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data privacy
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nato
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singapore personal data protection commission
Singapore is looking to implement a data portability requirement as part of the ongoing review of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA).
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TIBCO named leader in integration platform-as-a-service by Forrester

Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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paas
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iaas
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multi-cloud
IPaaS and hybrid integration platform (HIP) providers are gaining recognition as strategic elements of digital transformation.
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US-China trade war a 'double-edged sword' for ICT spending

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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digital transformation
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ai
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healthtech
The trade war, among other factors, is set to negatively impact global ICT spending but the market will still experience positive growth.
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Experts comment on record 772mil-user data breach

Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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casb
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Largest ever database of breached login details leaked on dark web, containing over a billion unique combinations of email addresses and passwords.
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How HCI helps enterprises stay on top of data regulations

Thu, 17th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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converged infrastructure
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dc
Increasing data protection requirements will supposedly drive the demand for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure solutions across the globe.
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Serverless architecture market to reach $14B by 2024

Mon, 14th Jan 2019
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manufacturing
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hyperscale
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fintech
According to KBV research, the drive for agility and flexibility in enterprise IT is driving the adoption of serverless architecture worldwide.
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DanaBot banking Trojan: How to protect your organisation

Wed, 5th Dec 2018
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malware
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email security
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cybersecurity
DanaBot is a Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that includes banking site web injections and stealer functions.
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Spark named as self-sovereign identity steward

Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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blockchain
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healthtech
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spark
The Sovrin Network ledger is operated by Stewards, trusted organisations within the ecosystem who have agreed to abide by certain requirements.
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Interview: Hitachi Vantara talks challenges of compliance in financial services

Wed, 10th Oct 2018
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storage
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fintech
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risk & compliance
Technology is advancing a lot quicker, and the incumbent banks need to be more up to speed but are held back by a lot of legacy systems.
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Alibaba Cloud to close gap with rivals in APAC - GlobalData

Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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devops
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iot
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iaas
Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.
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SD-WAN adoption growing, but MPLS is here to stay - report

Fri, 5th Oct 2018
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
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sdn
The report represents 850 companies in five industries: manufacturing, healthcare, banking, financial services and insurance, healthcare, retail, technology.
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Security spending to reach $133.7bil in 2022 – IDC

Fri, 5th Oct 2018
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cloud services
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mssp
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analyst report
The United States will be largest geographic market for security solutions with total spending of $39.3 billion this year.
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Xero pays NZ$103m to acquire Canada-based cloud bookkeeping firm

Thu, 2nd Aug 2018
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fintech
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financial systems
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xero
Xero to acquire Canadian cloud bookkeeping firm Hubdoc for NZD $103 million, enhancing its financial data integration for small businesses globally.