Appointments

Morten Karlsen Sørby appointed new Digi chairman
Digi.Com Bhd and its subsidiary Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd have announced the appointment of Morten Karlsen Sørby as chairman of the board at Digi.
IO names Aaron Rasmussen director of data centre ops in Singapore
Data centre services company IO has announced the appointment of Aaron Rasmussen as director of its DCaaS (Data Centre-as-a-Service) operations in Singapore.
GrabTaxi CTO Wei Zhu quits after a year
GrabTaxi CTO Wei Zhu, the former Facebook engineer who joined the taxi-hailing startup to great fanfare in August last year, has left the company after just about a year.
CA Tech appoints Nick Lim VP for Asia South
CA Technologies has announced the appointment of Nick Lim as vice president to lead its operations for the Asia South region, effective immediately.
Oracle revenue falls, but Malaysia bucks the trend
Oracle Corp’s in-country sales is still growing as its shifts from being an on-premises software company to a cloud services provider, according to its Malaysia country head.
Ex-Microsoft exec takes on APAC COO role at Software AG
Software AG has announced the appointment of Stanimira Koleva as chief operating officer of its ‘Asia Pacific and Japan’ region. She formerly led Microsoft Corp’s Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners (SMS&P) business group in Asia Pacific.
Eyeing a US$24bil market, VMware ups mobile ante in APAC
VMware Inc said that it has centralised its Business Mobility solution sales team in Asia Pacific, which be led by Sanjay Deshmukh, general manager of Business Mobility, Asia Pacific and Japan, VMware. 
Ralph Marshall quits as Maxis non-exec director
Augustus Ralph Marshall, under investigation in two countries, has tendered his resignation as independent non-executive director at Maxis Bhd, the company said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.
Lazada appoints Michael Karb from PropertyGuru as its CFO
South-East Asian e-shopping network Lazada Group said it has appointed Michael Karb as its new chief financial officer (CFO) effective immediately.
Microsoft appoints new Asia Pacific GM for its SMB unit
Microsoft has appointed Valerie Beaulieu its general manager for Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners (SMS&P) in Asia Pacific, succeeding Stanimira Koleva who has decided to leave to pursue new opportunities.
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