Insights
Oi, Asean techies and hacktivists: What about the haze?
The haze is back, harming our health and economies, while the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore seem unable or unwilling to act. Perhaps it is time for the tech community to step in, writes A. Asohan.
Microsoft-Oracle tie-up: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’
The recent announcement that long-time rivals Microsoft and Oracle will collaborate like never before sent some shockwaves through the industry, writes Edwin Yapp.
The retail future is bricks + clicks
Retailing in the connected world is about understanding the impact of mobile, online and social media – or ‘omnichannel’ retailing, writes Motorola Solutions' Anand J. Mehta.
Interested in my online bhangra class?
An e-commerce wave is surely forming in Malaysia, and now we have data from Bank Negara that supports that notion, writes Karamjit Singh.
How the PRISM surveillance scandal affects Asia
Have a Facebook or Gmail account? Been using Skype? Made any phone calls to the United States recently? Chances are the US National Security Agency (NSA) knows all about it, writes Dr Jeremy Malcolm.
Week in Review: One different approach, one traditional one
MDeC takes an interesting approach to help market its MSC Malaysia companies, while Cradle takes a back-to-basics approach to help strengthen its companies’ competitiveness, writes Karamjit Singh.
Disrupt: The science and art of media relations
As my colleague Gabey Goh announced on June 11, the Disrupt panel discussion and networking event on June 19 will focus on the science and art of media relations, with its theme ‘Rules of Engagement: Media Relations 101.’
10x for education in the developing world
One of the ‘Fathers of the Internet, Google chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf, discusses how bring the Web into the classroom promises to transform education.
DNA Disrupt #8: Media Relations 101
As a budding startup, sooner or later, you’ll need to move from pitching to venture capitalists and angel investors, to pitching to journalists. The next Disrupt session looks into this with its theme 'Rules of Engagement: Media Relations 101'.
Choke-holding performance with process controls
The trouble with governance, audit and process implementations is that organisations tend to elevate process adherence above and beyond business performance, writes Bernard Sia.
