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The KSS principle: Keep storage simple(r)
There are just two points for storage professionals, CIOs and business executives to bear in mind: The accelerating growth of data to be stored, currently averaging 50% per year; and the limited storage budget increases for IT departments, currently averaging in the low single-digits, writes Dell's KT Ong.
SMEs to drive innovation in Internet-related services: McKinsey
In the next two to three years, Asia will see very rapid innovation and proliferation of Internet-related services amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), says McKinsey Global Institute.
Philippines bank to turn phones, tablets into mPOS terminals
The Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) has begun the deployment of a new solution in which a dongle could transform a mobile phone or WiFi-enabled tablet into a mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) system.
CA releases playbook for strategic planning
CA Technologies has announced the CA Clarity Playbook, a new mobile application intended to empower CxOs to strategically manage their organizations’ technology investments in the context of their high-level business goals and objectives, right from their iPads.
Embrace disruptive technologies to drive business: CA Tech
CA Tech is urging CIOs to embrace disruptive technologies such as the cloud, mobile, social and big data management analytics, to transform business and drive competitive advantage. Gabey Goh reports from CA World 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Malaysian enterprises turn to mobility for diverse reasons
Malaysian enterprises are leaning slightly more towards embracing mobility in the workplace but the motivations for doing are as divergent as night from day, according to a new study by Symantec.
The ‘industrious’ revolution: The Net driving SME business
Google executives say the Internet is leveling the playing field and we are now in an ‘industrious revolution’ where hard work and ideas matter more than size. Gabey Goh reports from Singapore.
IBM out to bridge gap between business and IT
There is a collaborative gap between the IT and business sides of many organizations, as well as a gap between the rising relevance of IT to business innovation and the funds available to invest in it -- IBM's Rational unit hopes address both these gaps by expanding the DevOps movement to encompass the entire organization.
Cyber-security among top concerns for APAC senior execs
An increased reliance on the Internet for business and finance activity is fueling fears of exposure to cyber-attacks on companies in the Asia Pacific region, according to a new report by the ACCA and IMA.
Fixated with technology? Think ‘information’
The myopia in IT manifests itself as the lack of attention to the first word of “Information Technology,” where organizations are infected by the meme of technology first, information later, writes Bernard Sia.
