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Forrester Forcasts APAC Tech Spend Will Remain Robust And Grow By 5.8% In 2023
74% of growth will come from software and services
APAC’s digital growth is witnessing the rise of digital nationalism
According to Forrester’s Asia Pacific Tech Market Forecast, 2022 To 2027, technology spending in Asia Pacific (APAC) will grow 5.8% to reach US$732 billion in 2023.
Digital-only banks, insurers will gain ground in APAC in the next two years: Forrester
Non-traditional players will fill the void if retail banks and life insurance providers do not provide better and more relevant digital experiences.
Bluzelle secures US$19.5mil from ICO
Singapore-based company will use funds to build decentralised database that will solve blockchain data storage issues.
Emarsys launches AI capabilities to simplify the role of B2C marketers
Emarsys, a global B2C marketing cloud company, announces the launch of Emarsys AI Marketing to support progressive marketers, and increase revenue and return on investment for global brands.
The inevitable rise of the robots
According to market research company Forrester, by 2021, robots will have eliminated six percent of all jobs in the US, starting with customer service representatives and eventually drivers.
Does Singapore have too many telcos?
With the entry of MVNO Circles.Life, Benjamin Cher asks: Is the market ready for yet another mobile operator, or will Singapore’s incumbents maintain the status quo?
Analysis: Making sense of the Dell-EMC mega-merger
On Oct 12, Dell Inc made a whopping US$67 takeover bid for EMC Corp. Since then there has been a myriad of stories out. Edwin Yapp tries to make sense of it all.
Microsoft becomes full-fledged PC hardware vendor with Surface Book
Microsoft Corp’s hardware division announced its first ever notebook PC, the Surface Book, highlighting clear intentions to chart its own course in the growing 2-in-1 PC market rather than just relying on third-party partners like Lenovo Group Ltd and HP Inc.
The Federation will live long and prosper, says EMC
Questions about whether EMC Corp would consider selling off its stake in VMware Inc dogged Joe Tucci at the EMC World conference in Las Vegas in May, but the CEO stuck to his guns, saying that the value proposition of the Federation will be proven.
In Citrix’s future, Asia not that ‘inscrutable’ after all
Asia Pacific is a “vast question,” but one that holds much potential for the future of Citrix Systems Inc, according to its chief executive officer Mark Templeton.
