Author: A. Asohan
Dell transformation to help customers transform, says senior exec
All eyes are on Dell as it seeks to go private -- its Asia Pacific and Japan president tells DNA that the company is all fired up its transformation, which would in turn help its customers better respond to a rapidly changing marketplace.
Crowd-funding lessons for start-ups … and a challenge
Crowd-funding is not new to Asia but has yet to really take off -- start-ups here are not making effective use of the platform, and the Crowdsourcing Week organizers hope to change that.
Week in Review: The certainty of taxes
The tech ecosystem was packed again this week with some major developments, from the policy-making side of things to web companies sealing strategic deals. Key amongst the former is news that e-commerce is going to taxed in Malaysia, writes A. Asohan.
Crowdsourcing: It’s about disruptive business models
Crowdsourcing has brought the sexy back to the Internet but it is not an industry in itself – it’s a practice that is enabling and disrupting industries, says Crowdsourcing Week founder and CEO Epirot Ludvik Nekaj.
Soft Space’s regional business takes off
Months of knocking on the doors of Malaysian banks didn't see any returns until a Thai bank chose Soft Space's solution -- now the start-up is close to signing on with two local banks and is eyeing other markets in the region.
Social media marketing gurus and other mythical creatures
Social media marketing is too new and fast-changing a field to have engendered any real ‘gurus’ – the next time you hear a pitch, play the Chinese Food Mind Games until you get actual business outcomes, suggests A. Asohan.
Melaka first state in Malaysia to pledge zero-piracy, launches registry
The Melaka state government, in conjunction with the BSA, became the first state government in Malaysia to make a zero-piracy pledge and to launch BSA's Licence Management Registry 360 (LMR360).
MCMC probes The Malaysian Insider over spyware story
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it investigating The Malaysian Insider (TMI) over a story the news portal published on March 14 titled “Malaysia uses spyware against own citizens, NYT reports.”
HP rolls out new Integrity servers
HP announces new HP Integrity servers, which when paired with the latest version of HP-UX, deliver triple the performance of their predecessors, while using nearly 25% less power and reducing the total cost of ownership (TC) by 33%.
‘You may never want to go online again’
HP has upped the ante with the formation of the HP Security Research organization, which published its first annual Cyber Security Risk Report. HP’s IT management evangelist Paul Muller talks about the findings.
