IT lessons the world learned from 2020
By Rajesh Ganesan, Vice President at ManageEngine To the relief of many of us, it appears as if we’re on the verge of receiving a vaccine for COVID-19. Nevertheless, to…
The inspiring voice of our customers
By Scott Russell, Member, SAP Executive Board, SAP SE, Customer Success The world’s digital shift has accelerated drastically during the past year. Necessity has driven even the most cautious consumers…
AI and apps are business leaders’ ‘little helper’ in a disruptive age
By Anna Tan, Head of Applications, Oracle Philippines COVID-19 has shown that business stability is an illusion. Change is constant so organizations need the leadership and an infrastructure that can…
How digital customer experience became vital amid the pandemic
By Mirei Magallona, Country Vice President for Telus International Philippines When the community quarantine was set in place back in March 2020, some people have asked why BPO (business process…
Overcoming the No. 1 barrier to digital transformation
By David Rowe, SVP & CMO, Rimini Street For years, IT (information technology) has had clearly defined responsibilities: Keep critical business systems up and running, control costs, and meet security…
Inverting the ERP pyramid: New reality in the next normal
By Guruprasad Gaonkar, APAC SaaS Leader-Office of Finance (ERP) & Digital Supply Chain We are witnessing a fast-forward button on history, which translates into experiencing “10 years of change in…
Businesses need technology to be like Swiss Army knives
By Kaushik Bagchi, VP, Information Management Asia Pacific, ASG Technologies In the late 1880s, the Swiss Army desired a simple, portable tool to be used by their soldiers for cutting…
Pivot from survivor to thriver: Data warehousing for retailers
By Nilantha Brito, Senior Director, Tech Cloud, Oracle Asean A once thriving sector in Southeast Asia where consumer spending was forecasted to reach $1.38 trillion in 2025, retail is now…
Empower companies to deliver visual experiences that inspire and connect
By Sanjay Sarathy, VP of Marketing, Cloudinary The way consumers find, consume and share digital content has changed dramatically over the last several years. This means that brands and traditional…
Prioritizing digital resiliency in the road to recovery
By Maria Dzhanan, Vice President, Oracle Digital, JAPAC With 61% of small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the Asia Pacific reporting a fall in sales during the months of lockdown,…
What is the difference between 4G and 5G?
By JS Pan, General Manager, Wireless Communication System and Partnership, MediaTek A study commissioned by Cisco observed that telecom operators in the Philippines could expect their revenues to increase by…
Pushing telemedicine into the mainstream in the Philippines
By Frederic Ho, Vice President of APAC, Jumio Corporation Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, routine doctor visits have become an unnerving task for many patients. This has led to a…
Contact tracing considerations for organizations
By Sumit Bansal, Managing Director, Sophos, Asean Contact tracing is a key pillar in the efforts of many countries to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, along with mass testing and patient…
Developing students of integrity vs ‘copy and paste’ culture
By Jack Brazel, Head of Business Partnerships, Southeast Asia, Turnitin Setting strict guidelines against cheating and plagiarism shapes students’ mindset and creates a culture of integrity. Plagiarism is not just…
How to speed up cybersecurity implementation in industrial organizations
By Alexander Moiseev, Chief Business Officer at Kaspersky It is often said that cybersecurity is a process, not a result. But in business, it is regularly implemented in pieces, or…
The CIO Challenge: Helping Build a Self-Driving Enterprise
By Nilantha Brito, Senior Director, Technology Cloud, Oracle ASEAN Even in the light of the current challenging business environment, the global data sphere continues to expand exponentially at breakneck speed…
IT Leaders’ 3-Step Guide to a Security-First IT Strategy
By Kamal Brar, Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan, Rubrik Cybersecurity threats are one of the major concerns for businesses across regions and industries. The financial…
Safer, simpler and stronger authentication in the new normal
By Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer at FIDO Alliance About 15 years ago, Bill Gates said when he spoke to an audience at a cybersecurity conference in…
Applying a Resilient ‘Voucher Code’ to the Retail Industry of Tomorrow
By Adrian Johnston, Senior Vice President of Cloud Applications (SaaS), Japan and Asia Pacific, Oracle Corp. Ongoing disruptions around the world have impacted economies everywhere. As countries across Japan and…
Financial sector and intelligence-driven cybersecurity amid digital revolution in SEA
By Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky Among the obvious effects of this pandemic is the rapid rise of online payment services and digital banking across…
Building Trust in Your Manufacturing Ecosystem
By Gibu Mathew, GM and VP, APAC, Zoho Corp. Global manufacturing supply chains today are designed to save costs by moving the manufacturing process to the most efficient locations and…
Decoding the different types of threat intelligence
By Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia, Kaspersky As a cybersecurity professional, your work is never done. In fact, I have read a University of Maryland study which…
Raising the standards of authentication
By Andrew Shikiar, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Director at FIDO Alliance Cybersecurity ranks among the Top 5 global risks and reducing cyber-risk exposure has become a priority for business…
Approaching business resiliency amid supply chain disruptions
By Elder Panlilio, Managing Director, SAP Philippines Supply chain managers have long been familiar with managing the fluctuations in supply and demand to minimize risks. The arrival of COVID-19, however,…
The ‘Chain Effect’ on Manufacturing
By Adrian Johnston, Senior Vice President of Cloud Applications (SaaS), Japan and Asia Pacific, Oracle Corp. The swift shifts in the current business climate are hard to ignore – and…
The Voice of Our Generation: The Rising Popularity Of Voice Assistant Devices In The Home And Beyond
By Dr. Ryan Chen, General Manager of the Computing and Artificial Intelligence Technology Group at MediaTek Voice recognition technology is one of the most exciting innovations on the market right…
Keeping Up with Digital Transformation Acceleration
By Praveen Kumar, GM, ASG Technologies, Asia Pacific Over the last five years, data has undergone an interesting journey in the region. It has not only grown in importance for…
Critical Questions a Threat Intelligence Service should be able to answer
By Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky The new decade opened with the commercialization of 5G networks, further implementations of Artificial Intelligence, and the increased use…
Phishing, social engineering will persist in remote work setup
The sudden shift in business operations arrangement caught some companies off guard. Orders of immediate lockdowns didn’t give companies enough time to prepare the infrastructure so they could have a…
The Rise of the Generation ‘R’
By Shaakun Khanna, Head of Human Capital Management Applications, Asia Pacific, Oracle Corp. As the world anxiously waits for the lockdown to end, a new generation of workers is evolving…