Author: Digital News Asia
BT expands in Malaysia with global shared service facility
BT and the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) have announced that the former will establish a global shared service facility based in the Bangsar South section of Kuala Lumpur in early 2013, as part of BT’s recently announced investment into the Asia Pacific region and in line with its geographical diversification plan.
TIME records Q3 revenue growth of 43%
TIME dotCom Berhad posted a 43% jump in revenues for the third quarter of 2012 compared to the previous year’s corresponding period, boosted by fresh contributions from its new regional business and higher data revenue from existing businesses.
Telcos face competition from Apple, Google and Microsoft: Frost
Consumers can choose how they want to communicate and it may not be via a telco service. OTT (Over The Top) platforms will hit telco core services such as SMS revenues, Frost & Sullivan said in its annual review of key ICT trends in the region.
TM rolls out new UniFi packages for business, aimed at SMEs
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has announced higher speeds for its UniFi for Business (UniFi BIZ) packages, including the availability of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) as part of these packages.
Cloud: Vendors not doing enough for their channels
Recent research from Brocade indicates that many channel organizations are being impeded in their efforts to move toward cloud-based professional services due to a lack of flexibility and capability by their vendors.
Compliance and risk will drive IT spend in 2013: Ovum
Compliance and risk regulations will drive technology spending in 2013 says research firm Ovum, as a depressed world economy and tougher regulation motivate the financial markets rally to IT in order to underpin more risk-averse business strategies.
Scammers take to Instagram
The October Symantec Intelligence Report finds that scammers are taking advantage of Instagram’s popularity which has recently crossed the 100-million user mark. The scammers are approaching it from a variety of angles, in much the same way as they have on other social networks, Symantec said in a statement.
Dell unveils new ‘Fluid Data’ solutions
Dell has unveiled a series of end-to-end storage portfolio updates designed to advance the Fluid Data architecture and to help customers further optimize data at every point in its lifecycle.
HP announces ‘Think Big’ channel initiative
HP has announced a new channel initiative that it believes will stimulate growth and expand revenue opportunities for channel partners in Asia Pacific and Japan.
Trend Micro offers extra protection for social media users
Trend Micro Inc has launched the Titanium 2013 family of security software, with extra personal data protection for social media users.
