Author: Edwin Yapp

Asia to power Red Hat growth, says its Asean chief
Open source vendor Red Hat Inc is confident that it will grow even further in 2016 thanks to opportunities within Asia, according to its regional chief.
Malaysian mangrove IoT project could be a trailblazer: Ericsson
Few IoT projects have actually come to fruition despite all the buzz, but a pilot project in Malaysia has gained some traction and could serve as a model for others, according to telco giant Ericsson.
Google’s enterprise cloud play seems rather … cloudy
Google may have been the cloud pioneer, but in the enterprise space it is playing a catch-up game and really needs to be more forthcoming with information, argues Edwin Yapp.
Don’t throw money blindly at BDA projects: Gartner analyst
Companies need to view data analytics as innovation projects that have risks attached to them, and should not expect every project to yield high returns.  
Safehouse bets on data centre services for growth
Malaysian data centre player Safehouse has set its sights on expanding its data centre business and expects to invest as much as US$2.57mil over the next five years.
Innovation can be bred: Google creativity head
Innovation and creativity may not come naturally to everyone but that doesn't mean it cannot be fostered, encouraged and developed, according to the head of innovation and creativity programmes at Google Inc.
‘We’re dead serious about the cloud,’ says Google
It’s getting the edge customers to burnish its enterprise credentials, but Google will need to work harder to get more traditional organisations, Edwin Yapp reports from San Francisco.
Google’s cloud coming of age
At its first global cloud computing conference, Google is expected to lay out its plans for taking on the traditional cloud giants, Edwin Yapp reports from San Francisco.
Lenovo aims Nutanix-fuelled hyperconverged drive at SEA
Lenovo believes that its global partnership with data centre infrastructure company Nutanix would help enterprises trying to juggle their business needs with their technology demands.
MWC 2016: New devices, 5G rhetoric ratchets up
MWC 2016 saw many evolutionary rather than revolutionary devices being launched, but was really marked by much hype over 5G technology, writes Edwin Yapp.
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