Vietnam

Vietnam Immersing Herself In The Industry 4.0 Flow

At the summit, Head of the Party Central Committee (PCC)'s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh introduced the Politburo’s Resolution No. 52-NQ/TW, with a number of guidelines and policies to ensure...

Global

The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail (Harvard Business Review)

Plenty of cash is flowing into digital initiatives at large, industrial companies. In fact, the executives we surveyed recently at 1,350 of these businesses globally reported investments in digital reinvention totaling more...

Vietnam

Smart city to boost sustainable growth and prosperity (Vietnam Plus)

Smart city building is a crucial solution to boost economic growth and prosperity in Vietnam, while investing in ‘smart city’ projects is the best way for Vietnam to digitalise, an expert has said. This article...

Asia Pacific

Challenges loom for Asia’s digital landscape (Inquirer)

Last week, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its first ever annual Digital Economy Report (2019). “Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines have the scale, with populations over...

Vietnam

Making a breakthrough transformation to drive Vietnam towards a Digital Vietnam

This year, the Ministry of Information and Communication is drafting the Prime Minister’s Decision on National Digital Transformation Project to make a breakthrough transformation to drive Vietnam towards a Digital...

Indonesia

Kimia Farma and Pertamina Win the Enterprise Innovation Award (Bisnis)

Kimia Farma and Pertamina ranks among the more than 30 candidates and won the annual Enterprise Innovation Award held by the Asia IoT Business Platform. Launched in 2017, the Enterprise Innovation...

Indonesia

Digitalisation Projects in Indonesia - Key Discussion Points from Day 1 Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia 2019

Day 1 of the 32nd edition of Asia IoT Business Platform in Jakarta, Indonesia demonstrated opportunities for local digitalisation within the enterprise space, with conversations across various aspects of digital transformation from...

Vietnam

Việt Nam wants to have 10 tech “unicorns” in 2030 (Việt Nam News)

Việt Nam wants to have at least five billion-dollar tech firms (unicorns) by 2025 and 10 by 2030 as planned in its draft on national strategy on the Fourth Industrial...

Thailand

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, KMUTT build AI for EEC hub (Bangkok Post)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Thailand, a local unit of the US tech firm, is joining forces with King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) to build a high-performance computing prototype...

Indonesia

Less than 10 percent of Indonesian companies take advantage of IoT (CNN Indonesia)

Based on research conducted by the Asia LoT Business Platform (AIBP), less than 10 percent of Indonesian companies have benefited from digital transformation through IoT (Internet of Things). AIBP noted that only 8.9 percent of...

Asia Pacific

What's Tripping You Up On The Path To Digital Transformation? (Forbes)

Enterprises globally have entered into a race to transform how they operate through the digitalization of every business unit in the hopes of remaining competitive, but there are four common...

Thailand

AIBP Thailand Media Workshop Takeaway: Collaboration is key to Advance Industries for Thailand 4.0

A media workshop was held on 26 June 2019, as a preview to the 31st edition of Asia IoT Business Platform Thailand. Media partners and guests were invited to learn...

Thailand

Thailand outlines outstanding projects expected to drive digital economy (Channel Asia)

Thailand’s ministry of digital affairs has laid out 10 outstanding projects across five broad themes that aim to drive the country towards a modern economy and society. The government is looking...

Indonesia

Kemenperin will build the Digital Capability Center (IndoTelko)

The Ministry of Industry will establish the Digital Capability Center (DCC) to increase productivity and competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in the industrial era 4.0. This article originally appeared on...

ASEAN

Arrow and IBM take smart IoT to airports (Channel Asia)

Arrow Electronics has launched a Smart Airport Asset Management Solution, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution co-created with IBM. The offering is designed to provide airport operators with improved operational...

Thailand

En Route to Thailand 4.0

With the help our advisory panel comprised of four main stakeholders across the digital ecosystem - government agencies, telecommunication companies, solution partners, local end users - we have identified 2 key growth areas set...

Thailand

DPM Somkid urges industrial sector’s technological transformation (Thai Visa News)

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday that the move following the progress made by the Ministry of Industry on the establishment of InnoSpace Thailand, with concrete progress expected in...

Thailand

Thailand’s depa signs deal with 6 Singaporean IoT innovators (FutureIoT)

Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) has signed agreements with six regional Internet of Things (IoT) innovators for the exchange of know-how and technology. The agreements are expected to boost the agency’s Digital...

Malaysia

Malaysia sees rising need to prioritise digital skills (Malay Mail)

The expansion of Malaysia’s digital ecosystem will see the implementation of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, while spending on IT products and services is projected to...

Thailand

Thailand's investment agency nods to Bt2.28 tn investment (Eleven Myanmar)

The Board of Investment (BOI) has approved investment proposals by both Thai and foreign firms of about Bt2.28 trillion for four years, with 54 per cent of them targeting the...