Author: Digital News Asia
New Converged Cloud solutions from HP
HP has announced new Converged Cloud solutions specifically for organizations in Asia Pacific, claiming they would facilitate cloud adoption and simplify deployment to enhance business innovation and agility.
P1 broadband now in Sabah
4G service provider Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1) has rolled in the East Malaysian state of Sabah, saying it aims to provide up to 80% household coverage in the urban parts of state capital Kota Kinabalu by the end of 2012.
Malware targeting small businesses: Symantec report
The June 2012 Symantec Intelligence Report shows that 36% of all targeted attacks (58 per day) in the last six months were directed at businesses with 250 or fewer employees, compared with 18% at the end of December 2011.
Nusantara invests in clickTRUE’s expansion into Indonesia
Regional online marketing and advertising agency clickTRUE’s expansion into Indonesia has received got a boost with Series A financing led by Nusantara Ventures. clickTRUE Indonesia operates under its parent company clickTRUE Pte Ltd, headquartered in Singapore.
Gen-Y ‘BYOD’ workers have low regard for corporate IT security
Generation Y workers who are used to their own devices and coming into the workplace for the first time have very low consideration for corporate IT security, with almost one in two Asian employees in a recent survey saying they would contravene a company’s security policy that forbids them to use their personal devices at work or for work purposes.
Poor security awareness amongst Mac, smartphone and tablet users: Survey
A survey of American and European consumers found poor levels of security amongst Macintosh, smartphone and tablet users – in fact, only half of those who own Apple laptops install security software on their MacBooks.
IM the weakest link in security, says Symantec survey
A recent Symantec survey on corporate Instant Messaging use found that IM poses significant risk to organizations -- approximately 60% of respondents use IM to communicate with contacts outside the organization and 43% use it to share content not related to work. A further 29% reported using IM to send information they would not want their boss to know about.
Infineon invests US$157mil to expand R&D, manufacturing in Malaysia
Infineon Technologies said it is investing RM500 million (US$157 million) over two years to expand its research and development and manufacturing activities in Malaysia.
Hong Leong bank launches sub brand targeting Gen-Y
Hong Leong Bank has launched “Mach by Hong Leong Bank,” a new sub-brand that it hopes would be appeal to the tech-savvy Generation Y with its “bricks-and-clicks” model.
Maxis offers double data quota with off-peak special
Maxis has tweaked its new Maxis Home Wireless Internet plan with an off-peak downloading offer that could double users’ data quota -- customers can get up to a total of up to 48GB of data with no additional monthly fee.
