Global Stories

AI tools widely adopted by Southeast Asia & India developers

A report reveals 95% of Southeast Asia and India developers use AI weekly, boosting productivity yet showing cautious trust and uneven training access.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 6th Nov 2025

Digital Transformation

Simon de Winter Group partners with MCG for supply chain revamp

Simon de Winter Group teams up with Middlebank Consulting Group to digitally transform its supply chain, boosting efficiency across Australia and New Zealand.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Nov 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Affiliate marketing budgets surge as brands seek cost efficiency

Brands worldwide are boosting affiliate marketing budgets, citing its cost efficiency and stronger ROAS amid rising paid media costs, per new global research.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Thu, 6th Nov 2025

Firewalls

Why utilities must make packet-level visibility their priority

As Asia Pacific's energy sector digitises, guaranteed packet-level visibility must underpin operational resilience to secure critical utility networks from rising cyber threats.

By Michael Fisher • 5 min read • Wed, 5th Nov 2025

Malware

Halloween scams spike as 63% of festive spam found malicious

Bitdefender reports a 63% rise in malicious Halloween spam, with scams posing as festive giveaways and retail offers to steal data or spread malware.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Oct 2025

Ransomware

Australia & New Zealand lag in rapid ransomware recovery rates

Despite high confidence in ransomware readiness, 55% of ANZ firms struggle with slow recovery, lagging behind UK and US in rapid ransomware response.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 28th Oct 2025

Power / Energy

APAC IT leaders struggle with visibility, putting AI savings at risk

Over 70% of APAC IT leaders lack full visibility of their IT spend, risking AI cost savings and innovation amid growing investments and complex cloud use.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 28th Oct 2025

App Store

YouVersion to reach one billion Bible app installs by November

YouVersion Bible apps are set to hit one billion installs by November, showing a 12% global increase and reaching users in over 2,300 languages worldwide.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Mon, 27th Oct 2025

Financial Systems

Adactin appoints Avinash Peter as CFO to drive APAC growth

Adactin appoints Avinash Peter as CFO to lead finance operations and support its expansion across the Asia Pacific technology services sector.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Mon, 27th Oct 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Semiconductors

CloudMile raises USD $20 million for Southeast Asia AI growth

Taiwan's CloudMile has raised USD $20 million to boost AI growth and expand industry solutions across Southeast Asia's key markets.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Nov 2025

DevOps

Singapore rewards researchers with USD $250,000 for bug bounties

Singapore's Government Bug Bounty Programmemes, partnered with YesWeHack, rewarded cybersecurity researchers over USD $250,000 for uncovering system vulnerabilities.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Nov 2025

DevOps

Generative AI transforms legal roles but people skills remain key

Generative AI is transforming legal roles in Asia, but the Legal Innovation Asia 2026 report stresses that strong people skills remain crucial for success in the sector.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Thu, 6th Nov 2025

Digital Transformation

Apptio launches FinOps tools to manage rising AI cloud costs

Apptio launches new FinOps tools to help organisations in Singapore and beyond manage soaring AI cloud costs with better visibility and control.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Nov 2025

Physical Security

QAI Ventures launches Asia's first QuantumAI accelerator in Singapore

QAI Ventures has launched Asia's first QuantumAI accelerator in Singapore, aiming to boost startups blending quantum computing and artificial intelligence.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Tue, 4th Nov 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Smart Communications launches AWS-powered data centre in Singapore

Smart Communications has launched an AWS-powered data centre in Singapore to enhance secure, compliant digital engagement for ASEAN enterprises.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Nov 2025

Generative AI

Manus AI & Heicoders launch agentic AI skills course in Singapore

Manus AI and Heicoders Academy launch GA100, Singapore's first hands-on agentic AI skills course for mid-career professionals, promoting practical AI adoption.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Nov 2025

Cloud Security

Joey Lim appointed to lead Exclusive Networks' Singapore growth

Joey Lim has been appointed Country Manager for Exclusive Networks Singapore to drive growth and expand its cybersecurity market presence.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Oct 2025

Crypto

Openmarkets to raise USD $50 million for Asia DeFi expansion

Openmarkets plans to raise USD $50 million to expand its DeFi capabilities and presence across Asia and the US, targeting crypto trading and asset tokenisation.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Oct 2025

Internet of Things

Singapore firms urged to anticipate evolving cyberthreat risks

Singapore firms must anticipate evolving cyberthreats by understanding wider political, economic, sociocultural and technological forces shaping digital risks, experts warn.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Thu, 30th Oct 2025

Risk & Compliance

Responsible AI governance drives business gains but risk gaps persist

Organisations with strong responsible AI governance achieve 34% higher revenue growth and 65% better cost savings, yet risk gaps persist, survey shows.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Oct 2025