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Sluggish Q1 2015 for SEA smartphone sales despite overall growth: IDC
Total smartphone shipments in South-East Asia reached approximately 24 million units in the first quarter of 2015, posting a year-over-year growth of 65.6%, IDC said.
Customer experience: Innovate or suffer consequences, says IDC
Senior IT executives must ensure that they are able to offer IT-enabled products and services to address gaps in customer experience so that their companies can survive in today’s ever-changing business environment, according to IDC.
In retail: From data deluge to data insight
Retailers may not always know what their customers’ needs and sentiments are, but what they have is data – lots of it. They can tread water in the data deluge, or dive in to create data dividends, writes Dr Dzaharudin Mansor of Microsoft Malaysia.
Chinese fingerprint on smartphone trends in Malaysia, Singapore
Whether it is in the shift to larger screens for smartphone and phablets and the fast-disappearing mid-tier price segment, to the erosion of Samsung’s market share, Karamjit Singh sees the fingerprint of Chinese smartphone vendors.
Microsoft in Surface Pro 3 distribution deal with ECS and Ingram Micro in Malaysia
Microsoft Malaysia has signed nationwide distribution agreements with ECS Astar Sdn Bhd and Ingram Micro Malaysia Sdn Bhd for the Surface Pro 3.
The billion-dollar opportunity for ‘data smart’ manufacturers
Manufacturers in Asia must look beyond just new ways to automate and create efficiency, and focus on new opportunities for innovation in their operations and business models – and at the centre of their quest for reimagining their organisations is data, writes Dr Dzaharudin Mansor of Microsoft Malaysia.
APAC cities to kickstart pervasive IoT adoption in 2015: IDC
IDC Government Insights predicts that several regional authorities will develop new sourcing models for transformational ICT such as ‘third platform technologies’ (cloud, big data, mobility and social business); smart city programmes; and for connected smart machines and intelligent sensors leading to the eventual construct of Internet of Things (IoT) landscapes.
Nexmo to ‘double or triple’ its presence in Asia
Fresh off a 2014 that saw its business volume double and revenue move up 85% year on year, London-based cloud communications provider Nexmo is planning to significantly increase the size of its team in Asia, in a bid to secure a larger piece of the growing regional pie.
Innovation gets more budget and mindshare in APAC banks: IDC
The new benchmark for spending on ‘new’ categories of technology, as opposed to spending on ‘business-as-usual,’ is 25% in the banking industry, according to IDC Financial Insights.
Worldwide tablet growth expected to slow to 7.2% in 2014: IDC
The worldwide tablet market is expected to see a massive deceleration in 2014 with year-over-year growth slowing to 7.2%, down from 52.5% in 2013, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC).
