ASEAN

2020 will be the year of making smart cities sustainable (The Business Times)

5G is fast becoming a reality, with Asia Pacific leading the 5G race in terms of deployment and adoption. South Korea was the first in the world to launch commercial...

ASEAN & China

Technology to fight virus gets fast-tracked (The Star)

Drones that disinfect. Robots that talk. Artificial intelligence that can scan thousands of medical images in a flash. “When faced with a challenge like responding to the virus outbreak, there...

ASEAN

ASEAN Economy & Enterprise Digital Transformation Projects amidst COVID-19

To curb the COVID-19 outbreak, countries in ASEAN have implemented measures such as shutting down their borders, public places and enacting social distancing and quarantine procedures. Many enterprises have turned...

Indonesia

Microsoft Teams Up with Telkomsel to Develop IoT and AI in Indonesia (Kompas)

Microsoft and Telkomsel agreed to do a new partnership. In this partnership, the two companies strive to bring a number of the latest technology to remote areas in Indonesia. The two...

Indonesia

Microsoft wants to invest in Indonesia data centers, says Indonesian president (REUTERS)

Microsoft Corp is keen to invest in data centers in Indonesia which will soon make regulatory changes to facilitate the move, the country’s president said after meeting with the software...

Thailand

Armed with data and nowhere to go (Bangkok Post)

Companies across Thailand are beginning to build teams like this as harnessing big data becomes vital for corporations to stay competitive and avoid being completely overtaken by disruptive newcomers. The...

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...