Big Data
Malaysia’s BI market to reach US$30mil+ in 2017: Gartner
Malaysia will continue as the second-largest BI market in Asean, after Singapore, reaching US$30.4 million by 2017, according to Gartner Inc, while the market in Asia Pacific itself is expected to grow 7.4% to reach almost US$1.4 billion in revenue in 2014 and more than US$1.6 billion by 2017.
This year’s tech wish list, minus the hype
Edwin Yapp kicks off the year by reflecting on what big data and cloud really meant in 2013.
CFO and CTO? It’s the CFTO next
Greater reliance on technology could see the rise of the chief financial and technology officer (CFTO) in 2014, according to the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), citing two recent studies.
Tech investments strategic to meeting goals: EMC survey
76% of respondents in a survey of IT decision-makers said that their business believes technology investment is a strategic way to achieve their goals (92% in India vs. 65% in England).
The ICT outlook for 2014: Pikom
Pikom’s new chairman Cheah Kok Hoong outlines the challenges for 2014 and what the association will be doing next year.
Malaysian IT market expected to hit US$10bil in 2014: IDC
IDC sees Malaysia having strong growth prospects for technology in 2014, with the Malaysian IT market anticipated to cross the US$10-billion mark, creating a wealth of opportunities locally. However, while the growth prospects are there, IDC cautions that the flooding of technology only serves one part of the fundamental necessity for the ‘third platform’ of technology to proliferate.
Thinking of big data? Think business first, says HDS
One of the technology trends that have dominated this year is big data – a term that is ambiguous because it means different things to different people, writes Edwin Yapp.
Big mobile push at AIA
AIA Bhd’s chief information officer Teh Kim Leng talks to Karamjit Singh about the importance of mobile in the company’s strategy, and why there is no business case for outsourcing.
Bridging the gap between big data and traditional data sources
CA Technologies has announced announced a new release of CA ERwin Data Modeler, its solution for collaboratively visualising and managing business data across the enterprise, with added support for data governance, big data analytics and business intelligence.
PaaS provider Pivotal opens innovation centre in Singapore
Enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider Pivotal said it is partnering with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) to open the Pivotal Innovation Centre in the island-republic.
