Author: Digital News Asia

Hootsuite appoints new VP for Asia Pacific
Social media platform Hootsuite has appointed Simon Trilsbach as vice-president, Asia Pacific (APAC). He will be responsible for growing and expanding Hootsuite’s presence across the region.
And the winner of the most pirated motion picture is …
Irdeto, a world leader in anti-piracy and Revenue Assurance solutions, revealed that the Academy Awards draws massive consumer interest outside the US, evidenced by a 385% increase in piracy worldwide for nominated films following the announcements on Jan 15.
Defining, managing identities of entities crucial in Internet of Things: Gartner
Managing identities and access is critical to the success of the Internet of Things (IoT), but in its current form identity and access management (IAM) cannot provide the scale or manage the complexity that the IoT brings to the enterprise, according to Gartner Inc.
Talent Lounge Slurp-ing up POS
Talent Lounge restaurant located in Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia has selected Silent Mode's cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system.
ShopBack ventures into Malaysia
Singaporean startup company ShopBack is introducing a fresh and novel approach to online shopping, by providing Malaysian users cashback when they shop.
Brocade VCS fabric portfolio enhancements improve IT agility
Data centre fabric networking solutions company Brocade has announced advancements to the Brocade VCS fabric portfolio that are designed to significantly improve IT agility and help customers migrate to the New IP.
Domain wars: MYNIC gears up .my for competition from .ml
With the Feb 16 launch of the .ml domain in the country, Malaysian domain registrar MYNIC has come out to say that the .my domain name is the one and only Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) representing Malaysia.
Smartphone sales peaked again in Malaysia in 2014: GfK
Malaysian consumers just cannot get enough of smartphones, buying more of them each year to bring annual sales volume to yet another peak in 2014 at 8.5 million units, according to GfK reports.
MoneyMax takes pawnbroking online
The pawnbroking business in Singapore has now gone online with the launch of MoneyMax Online, the island republic's first pawnbroking chain to offer an online platform to shop, sell and appraise their valuables.
Company vet appointed VP of Schneider Electric Malaysia’s IT Business
Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Serge Noraz as the Malaysia IT Business vice president, replacing John Atherton, who after four years is moving on to a regional role.
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