Market Trends & Outlook

Challenges for CFOs in Digital World (ETCFO)

Over the next year, technology would increase its presence in key strategic functions. Areas such as financial planning and analysis will see a 30% rise in use of technology, finance...

Malaysia

Malaysian Companies Needs To Build On AI Culture Before It Is Too Late - Microsoft (Stuff)

Microsoft, in partnership with IDC Asia/Pacific, recently conducted a study that surveyed 100 business leaders and 100 workers in Malaysia pertaining to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Malaysian businesses and...

Market Trends & Outlook

Half Of Senior Leaders Rate Their Business Transformations A Waste Of Time (Forbes)

More than 1,000 C-suite executives and a similar number of business analysts found that nearly half of senior leaders believed their business transformations had been a waste of time.  This...

Malaysia

Malaysia’s digital export can grow to RM222 billion by 2030 (Borneo Post)

Malaysia’s digital exports can increase to RM222 billion to the economy by 2030 from the current RM31 billion in the absence of digital trade barriers. The country has been very active...

ASEAN

CFOs are becoming driver of Digital Transformation (Tech Observer)

When it comes to digital transformation of an organisation, most of us think that it is the CIO or CTO that lead the digital transformation journey but that is not always the...

Thailand

Strong career prospects for digital talent: report (The Nation)

“Thailand 4.0 will continue to have a positive impact on the country and [its] employment landscape,” summed up Kristoffer Paludan, regional director at Michael Page Thailand. “We foresee a specific...

ASEAN

Digital Transformation Is Not About Technology (Harvard Business Review)

A recent survey of  directors, CEOs, and senior executives found that digital transformation (DT) risk is their #1 concern in 2019. Yet 70% of all DT initiatives do not reach their goals. Of...

ASEAN

Summary of Discussions from Asia IoT Business Platform 2019, Singapore

Asia IoT Business Platform hosted 2019 launchpad regional event in Singapore on 15 January 2019, gathering government representatives and key enterprises from Southeast Asia. The gathering was kick-started by the keynote...

ASEAN

DIS to be critical for national digital economic transformation (Telecom Asia)

New services such as mobile payments and eCommerce have the potential to transform the payments and retail industry, reducing (eventually removing) cash and re-purposing the traditional retail space. This article...

Indonesia

Riding the wave of Asia's technological disruption (The Jakarta Post)

Less than half of the population in the region has access to the internet, Information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure is required to jumpstart the digital revolution.  This article originally...

Vietnam

Digital economy: new driving force for VN’s development (Viet Nam News)

“The internet economy of Việt Nam is booming,” Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said. “It is forecast that the internet economy of Việt Nam will reach a value of $33 billion...

ASEAN

Advancing ASEAN’s digital economy (Myanmar Times)

ASEAN inked its first e-commerce agreement in 2018, which aims to spur the use of e-commerce as a driver of regional economic growth. The agreement will help the region to...

China

Keppel Corporation subsidiary to develop smart IoT city in China (Singapore Business Review)

Keppel Corporation’s subsidiary Keppel Urban Solutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Administrative Committee of Jiangsu Wuxi Economic Development Zone and marketing communications firm Envision Group to develop...

Thailand

Is Thailand 4.0 coming to fruition? (The ASEAN Post)

Thailand has also identified 10 S-curve industries that will propel the country to developed nation status. The S-curve industries are divided into two categories – S-curve and New S-curve. S-curve...

ASEAN

KPMG: CEOs still rely on intuition in this digital and data-driven era (The Star)

According to KPMG’s “2018 Global CEO Outlook: Growing pains” report, CEOs are excited about the sweeping changes that technology brings. At 95%, almost all CEOs see technological disruption as more of...

Thailand

Arrow Electronics Teams up with 10 Global Technology Suppliers to Help Thai Businesses Adopt Integrated IoT Solutions (Viet Nam News)

According to a survey conducted by Asia IoT Business Platform in 2017, companies in Thailand were most likely (89%) to explore and/or implement IoT solutions. This was followed by Malaysia...

Singapore

New initiatives launched to help companies adopt emerging technologies (Channel NewsAsia)

Call centres of the future may be able to predict the reason for a customer’s call, and banks could prompt clients to raise their credit limit ahead of a weekend...

ASEAN

Government Key Initiatives and Enterprise Digitisation Projects in ASEAN in 2018

Ranked third in terms of population, sixth in GDP and fourth in trade value, ASEAN remains to be a key player in the global economy, however, ASEAN's digital economy still...

ASEAN

Asean e-commerce pact paves way for digital economy (Malay Mail)

The Asean agreement on e-commerce paves the way for the digital economy to further flourish in the region, while advancing trade rules and building digital connectivity within it. The Asean...

Myanmar

A country full of potential, from 2G to 4G in less than 3 years - 27th Asia IoT Business Platform in Myanmar

U Soe Thein, Director General of the Post and Telecommunications Department under the Ministry of Transport and Communications said in his Government Keynote Address today that “IoT, blockchains, AI, big...