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...

Indonesia

Indonesia’s new capital to be developed as smart, forest city: Minister (The Jakarta Post)

"The development of the new capital will attract the world’s attention as we will build the new capital city in Kalimantan. But we can assure that we will build a...

Thailand

Digitalisation Projects in Thailand - Key Discussion Points from day 1 of Asia IoT Business Platform Thailand 2019

In the Government Keynote Address delivered by Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, she highlighted five primary sectors with examples of IoT...

Taiwan

Taiwan has the potential to inspire ICT development in the country (Manila Bulletin)

With the rise of AI and IoT, Taiwan is shifting from an economy based on high-tech manufacturing, to an economy driven by intellectual property and innovation. Taiwan’s high-tech competitiveness includes...

Philippines

IoT Strategies and Implementations to Speed Up Digital Transformation in the Philippines – Day 1 of Asia IoT Business Platform Philippines 2019

The 30th Edition of Asia IoT Business Platform, co-organised by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), started off with DICT Undersecretary Eliseo Mijares Rio who delivered the Government...

Indonesia

Unprotected Digital Industry (The Jakarta Post)

With smartphone penetration estimated to near 48 percent of the population, Indonesia has become one of the most fertile grounds for e-commerce businesses in the world. Unsurprisingly, the number of...

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

AIBP Indonesia Media Briefing Takeaway: Indonesian Stakeholders are Ready for Indonesia 4.0

A media briefing was held this week as a preview to the 32nd edition of Asia IoT Business Platform in Indonesia this coming August. Local media partners were invited to learn about...

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...

Indonesia

Is Digital Transformation in the Company Threatening Workers? (Kompas)

"Technology, including IoT, is not a threat to workers. We see it as an important tool," Hendra told Kompas.com at Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia media briefing held at the...

Thailand

Asia IoT Business Platform (AIBP) Services and Retails of Thailand survey, shows Thailand still behind the digital plan in ASEAN (Techsauce)

In the 2018 Annual survey, conducted by AIBP of 1,624 Business & Information Technology professionals throughout Southeast Asia revealed that businesses in this part of the world are increasingly adopting...

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

EEC perk extension to go before new government (Bangkok Post)

Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said the office will submit a proposal to extend the privilege packages, which are scheduled to expire on Dec 30, once the new...

Indonesia

Govt goads cooperative units to apply digital technology (ANTARA News)

All cooperative units in Indonesia must apply digital technology to gain a competitive advantage to win in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, Secretary General of the Indonesian Cooperative...

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...

Indonesia

Indonesia-South Korea Strengthens Industrial Sector Cooperation Priority 4.0 (Merdeka)

The Indonesian government continues to improve bilateral cooperation with South Korea in various fields, especially in the industrial sector. Whether it's an increase in trade or investment. In order to open up...

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian SMEs challenged by digital transformation (Channel Asia)

According to findings, SMEs currently invest their resources in current technologies (77.2 per cent), transformative technologies (76.4 per cent) and fixed assets (74.0 per cent). SMEs face a number of challenges...

Philippines

Managing Cybersecurity Concerns: First Step in Charting Philippines Digital Future

In Southeast Asia, cybersecurity remains a key consideration in the midst of digital transformation efforts where the increase in usage of internet facilities and low cyber resilience have increased vulnerabilities...

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...

Southeast Asia

SGTech Leads Eight Companies to the 29th edition of Asia IoT Business Platform (SGTech)

From 23-24 April 2019, SGTech led eight Singaporean companies to participate in the Singapore Pavilion at the 29th edition of Asia IoT Business Platform held in Kuala Lumpur. 2019 is the...