Author: Edwin Yapp
RCI banks on South-East Asia to fuel expansion
Last week, Malaysian IT company Rapid Cloud International Plc was listed on London's Alternative Investment Market. But the journey getting there wasn't a walk in the park for Raymond Chee, founder and managing director. Edwin Yapp has the story on that journey, and what the company's strategies are going forward.
Malaysian cloud player makes debut on London’s AIM
Malaysian software development and cloud service provider Rapid Cloud International Plc (RCI) was successfully listed on the London AIM (Alternative Investment Market) on Aug 14.
Mobile operators must fix weakest link or lose customers: Tellabs
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link -- this adage is perhaps the most apt phrase to describe the escalating challenges faced by mobile network operators in South-East Asia, according to telco equipment maker Tellabs Inc.
Malaysia a good market for cloud service providers: EMC
The deployment of cloud computing in Malaysia in these past few years has been largely confined to enterprises implementing private cloud configurations. But unbeknownst to many, service providers offering virtual private clouds – or hybrid clouds – are expected to grow “amazingly fast” in Malaysia, says the local head of EMC Corporation.
Great Eastern Life, Symantec in security suite deal
Great Eastern Life Assurance has turned to Symantec Corp in a bid to streamline its operations, improve its IT systems and ensure that it has the technology capabilities to serve its customers in a more holistic manner.
Is Indonesia still a safe haven for BlackBerry?
As Canada’s iconic smartphone maker BlackBerry – once a dominant force in the smartphone world – struggles to turn its fortunes around, one country in South-East Asia remains an extremely important market to the company outside of the United States, say industry watchers.
BlackBerry finds comeback hard going
The curtain call for Blackberry, one of the pioneers and maker of the most popular smartphones in history, is coming down sooner than many would like, as efforts to turn around its fortune continue to hit snag after snag.
Application performance a real Achilles heel: Compuware
While much effort is being put into ensuring that the data centre and its associated infrastructure run efficiently, enterprises are unknowingly facing gaps in managing IT, especially at the service management level, according to Compuware Corporation.
Malaysian ICT salaries trail SEA region ... again
For the second year running, data revealed by Pikom's ICT Job Market Outlook for Malaysia suggest that the other countries in South-East Asia are offering better salaries than Malaysia.
Microsoft-Oracle tie-up: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’
The recent announcement that long-time rivals Microsoft and Oracle will collaborate like never before sent some shockwaves through the industry, writes Edwin Yapp.
