Author: A. Asohan
Innovations from emerging nations disrupting the world order
GE's Vscan handheld ultrasound scanner is a perfect example of a technology developed to address the problems of an emerging nation having a disruptive impact elsewhere, writes A. Asohan.
Malaysia has environment conducive to innovation: GE survey
Most senior business leaders in Malaysia who responded to a survey on innovation gave a resounding thumbs-up to the Malaysian Government’s various programs to inculcate innovativeness, in stark contrast to their counterparts overseas.
Office: Suite deals rolled out, including consumer cloud version
Microsoft Malaysia launched the latest iteration of its Office productivity suite by having 60 of its employees working off their laptops and tablets at the KLCC LRT station earlier this week; the new versions include the first consumer edition of its subscription-based Office 365 cloud service.
Diabetes device start-up seeks crowd-funding boost
Geob International Sdn Bhd has launched a crowd-funding drive to bring to market the first batch of its HypoBand medical alert device for diabetes patients.
Journos and bloggers revisited: What’s the diff?
After scolding PR agencies for not being able to tell the difference between bloggers and journalists, A. Asohan now has the tough job trying to explain it all.
State of the Internet: Malaysia lags Thailand, but improving
The average speed of broadband connectivity in Malaysia (ranked 71) lags that of Thailand (58), but continues to improve, according to the quarterly State of the Internet Report released by web technologies company Akamai for the third quarter of 2012.
Disrupt pointers for start-ups in the app economy
The much-touted ‘app economy’ has a lot of 'white spaces' which canny start-ups and developers can explore while established companies and telecommunications companies (telcos) struggle, participants at the DNA-TeAM Disrupt session on Jan 22 were told.
Week in Review: Data centers, unsung heroes and digital economy drivers
If there was one take-away from the Second International Datacentres Malaysia Summit in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week, it’s that the data center industry gets no love, despite being the lynchpin of the digital economy, writes A. Asohan.
Malaysia’s data center industry hits US$133mil in revenue
The data center industry in Malaysia is on track to hit RM400 million (US$133 million) or higher in revenues in 2012, after recording revenues of RM320 million (US$106 million) in 2011. The Government is also tageting revenues of RM480 million (US$160 million) for 2013.
We’re all bloggers, we are
A. Asohan has a '101' message to all public relations agencies and conference organizers: Journalists are not bloggers, or vice versa.
