Digital Economy stories - Page 8

NEXTGEN Group, a pioneering IT distributor, appoints Sanny Hadinata as the Managing Director for Indonesia, emphasizing the company's inclusion commitment.

Workday appoints Paul Henaghan as president of Asia Pacific and Japan, as the enterprise SaaS applications vendor looks to expand its footprint.

Denodo strengthens its APAC leadership team with the appointment of two new executives, Robin Fong and Shanmuga Sunthar, to drive growth in the region.

For CSPs, their opportunity to stand out in such a crowded field is through customer experiences that are immersive, intuitive, and compelling across audiences.

The agreement is on approaches to safeguarding the privacy and other freedoms when accessing personal data for national security and law enforcement purposes.

Bendigo Bank, Macquarie Bank, and Suncorp are the only brands to provide good customer service this year, with the rest in the OK and poor categories.

The data centre campus will support up to 72MW of critical IT capacity, with STT Jakarta 1 supporting up to 19.5MW when fully operational in Q2 2023.

In APAC, organisations and customers report digital trust as important due to the expanding threat landscape within the region.

Wei Wang appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Cequence Security, leading the company's financial strategy and growth in the API protection market.

At a Microsoft Innovators event, CEO Nadella met regional developers and business leaders and reinforced how Microsoft Cloud can help businesses grow in Asia.

The modelling showed for SMEs with low digitisation levels, digitising just one or two activities could provide a benefit-cost return of 2.4 - 3.1 to 1.

The digital economy is being disrupted by data, with an estimated 79 zettabytes of data created and consumed last year.

According to Gartner's survey findings, only 35% of board directors have achieved or are on track to achieving digital transformation goals.

Despite economic headwinds, IT spending in Australia and New Zealand is forecast to grow 6% next year as organisations push ahead with digital initiatives.

NetApp appoints Anchalee Towannasoot as Country Manager for Thailand, to drive digital transformation and cloud adoption among Thai enterprises.

The centre will be strategically located near the largest internet exchanges to meet the country’s growing digital needs.

CIOs must prepare for potential disruptions caused by social, behavioural, and technological changes, says Gartner.

According to IDC, ANZ spending on BDA solutions is expected to grow at 13.3% in the five years between 2021-2026, and hit US$8.9 billion by 2026.

SoftIron has joined the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA), a platform designed to help the digital sector reduce its environmental impact.

New Zealand has dropped from place 16 to 20 on the NTI overall between 2020 and 2021; seven places behind Australia.