Author: Digital News Asia
F-Secure adds security layer for banking
F-Secure has released its Banking Protection feature in response to cybercriminals and their use of increasingly sophisticated financial malware.
WeChat hits Malaysian milestone
China-based Tencent has announced that its social networking mobile application WeChat has surpassed 400% growth since it became available in Malaysia in June.
Asia Pacific IT spending to hit US$743bil in 2013: Gartner
IT spending in Asia Pacific is forecast to reach US$743 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.9% over 2012, according to Gartner Inc. In 2012, IT spending in Asia Pacific is on pace to grow 7.6%.
Astro scores Premier League rights
Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad says it has won the tender for broadcast rights to the Barclays Premier League (BPL) in Malaysia for three seasons.
Sophos rolls out security appliance for small businesses
Sophos has released a new unified threat management appliance and software package exclusively for small businesses, the Sophos UTM 100 appliance which comes with BasicGuard, offering network, email, web and wireless protection.
Microsoft appoints new MD for Malaysia
Microsoft has announced Carlos Lacerda as its new managing director for Malaysia, succeeding Ananth Lazarus, who is taking on a new role as partner sales lead for the Asia Pacific region.
Facebook shuts down Albania Pirate Group
Security firm Sophos has reported that stolen passwords and banking data were being shared on a Facebook page belonging to the Albania Pirate Group, urging users to report any such pages found to Facebook immediately.
DiGi subs enjoy extended WhatsApp messaging
DiGi Telecommunications has launch a new promotion, which the company says offers an extended reload validity period and unlimited free data charges when using the WhatsApp Messenger to its subscribers effective Nov 5.
Cisco and NetApp launch ExpressPod for SMEs
Cisco and NetApp have introduced ExpressPod, a prepackaged solution for growing small and medium-sized organizations along with new improvements made to the FlexPod datacenter platform.
HDS rolls out flash storage for enterprises
HDS has unveiled Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage, a new flash module built specifically for enterprise-class workloads and also part of the flash strategy and
roadmap it announced earlier this year.
