Author: Benjamin Cher

TradeGecko marketing VP leaves a mere 3mths after appointment
TradeGecko is parting ways with its vice president of marketing Jaime Ng only about three months after her appointment, and denied it is seeing a high degree of employee churn.
BeautyFresh says cheaper prices + better tech = happier customers
BeautyFresh has tech under the hood to optimise e-commerce for beauty products, reports Benjamin Cher.
Open source integrator Talend to invest ‘big’ in APAC, says its CEO
Talend Inc is planning to invest big into Asia Pacific says its CEO Mike Tuchen, who believes its open source and integration combo will stand it in good stead.
Preparing for the bandwidth crunch in an IoT future
How are network operators dealing with the bandwidth demands of smart devices while gearing up for an IoT future?
Digital transformation a team sport, CIOs need to be captains
CIOs need to lead and play along with the other teams to ensure digital transformation runs smoothly for an organisation, says a senior Gartner analyst.
Datasets for the rest of us, via Data.gov.sg
The IDA launched Data.gov.sg in June 2011 as a repository for publicly-available datasets, originally aimed at so-called ‘power users,’ but is now taking it a step further.
From entrepreneur to angel: Douglas Khoo’s journey
Malaysian entrepreneur-turned-angel Douglas Khoo of Qunar fame has a lot on his mind and is perfectly willing to share, as Benjamin Cher finds out at Echelon.
Echelon: How telcos can forge a path through today’s OTT world
In this new world, ‘smart pipes’ – as opposed to dumb ones – are learning to play the game and are becoming part of the ecosystem.
Singapore’s Internet cutoff (and the resounding silence from the industry)
Does an ‘air-gap’ philosophy have a place and time in today’s hyper-connected world? And why is the industry so hesitant to weigh in? Benjamin Cher reports.
Black market selling hacked server access, Malaysia among top 10 countries affected
Kaspersky Lab researchers have exposed a massive underground market selling access to more than 70,000 hacked servers across 173 countries, with Malaysia within the top 10 and the most compromised in South-East Asia.
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