Author: Digital News Asia

Malaysian PM announces blue ocean competition
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has officially launched the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) Competition, which seeks to discover creative and innovative ideas for the business, social or public sector spaces.
NEC promotes Tetsuro Akagi to APAC CEO
NEC Asia Pacific has announced that Tetsuro Akagi has been appointed its new chief executive officer, with effect from April 1.
Thai agriculture sector gets aggressive with IT spending: IDC
The modernisation and digitalisation of the Thai agricultural sector is driving growth in IT spending to 7.02%, according to IDC.
Utar joins Cloudera big data academic programme
Cloudera has announced that Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) has joined the Cloudera Academic Partnership (CAP) programme, which will gives students access to curriculum, software and skills training on the Apache Hadoop platform.
Ubisoft to open studio in Philippines
Ubisoft Entertainment SA, behind games such as Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia, announced it will be opening a new production studio in the Philippines.  
Adknowledge Asia announces Matt Sutton as first CEO
Matt Sutton will be responsible for driving the next wave of expansion for Adknowledge Asia's proprietary social and video platform AdParlor.
Telekom Malaysia in Laotian exchange point move
Telekom Malaysia has signed an agreement with Lao National Internet Centre, which manages Internet exchange points and acts as the International Internet Gateway (IIG) for Laos.
Indonesia’s smart city drive to tackle socioeconomic woes: IDC
Indonesia is seeing increased interest and uptake in smart city initiatives to boost domestic productivity and quality of life, and to address the country’s pressing socioeconomic problems, according to IDC.
Singtel and Samsung get in on EZ-Link public transport NFC action
Singtel said that its customers can pay for their MRT, LRT and bus rides with the company’s Transit NFC SIM, while Samsung said that 10 of its phone models have been approved for use.
Former Mindshare senior exec Deepika joins CtrlShift
Marketing solutions company CtrlShift said it has appointed industry veteran Deepika Nikhilender as its new managing director.
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