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FedEx impact in Asia Pacific hits USD $5.7 billion
Digital Transformation

FedEx impact in Asia Pacific hits USD $5.7 billion

FedEx says its Asia Pacific operations delivered USD $5.7 billion in economic impact in 2025 as it ramps up routes, tech and green investments.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
Hitachi Vantara names Wendy Koh APAC Sales Vice President
Storage

Hitachi Vantara names Wendy Koh APAC Sales Vice President

Hitachi Vantara has named veteran executive Wendy Koh vice president of sales for Asia Pacific to drive AI data and hybrid cloud growth.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 6th Jan 2026
10x Banking & audax join forces to speed bank upgrades
Disaster Recovery

10x Banking & audax join forces to speed bank upgrades

10x Banking and Singapore's audax have teamed up to help banks launch full digital services in six months while phasing out legacy cores.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Tue, 6th Jan 2026
Infinix taps Pininfarina for NOTE 60 Ultra flagship design
User experience

Infinix taps Pininfarina for NOTE 60 Ultra flagship design

Infinix enlists Italian studio Pininfarina to craft its NOTE 60 Ultra, kicking off a new design-led flagship smartphone series.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 31st Dec 2025
AI-fuelled cyber onslaught to hit critical systems by 2026
Firewalls

AI-fuelled cyber onslaught to hit critical systems by 2026

AI-driven hackers are tipped to ramp up attacks on critical infrastructure and governments by 2026, exploiting ageing industrial systems.

By Kaleah Salmon • 8 min read • Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
HPE dominates TOP500 with trio of exascale leaders
Robotics

HPE dominates TOP500 with trio of exascale leaders

HPE cements supercomputing lead as its exascale systems take the top three TOP500 spots and half of the Green500's 20 most efficient.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Mon, 22nd Dec 2025
Exclusive: How PvX Partners tackles the mobile app financing gap
Gaming

Exclusive: How PvX Partners tackles the mobile app financing gap

PvX is betting on data-rich user acquisition, offering mobile game studios revenue-linked funding and analytics that banks still overlook.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Fri, 19th Dec 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Southeast Asia stories

Airwallex buys Indonesian fintech to boost APAC growth
Digital Transformation

Airwallex buys Indonesian fintech to boost APAC growth

Airwallex snaps up Indonesian fintech PT Skye Sab Indonesia to secure a key payments licence and accelerate its Asia-Pacific expansion.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
Razorpay unveils smart checkout offers for Singapore
Fintech

Razorpay unveils smart checkout offers for Singapore

Razorpay launches smart checkout discounts in Singapore to nudge shoppers to cheaper payment methods and cut cart abandonment rates.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
8x8 buys Maven Lab to boost APAC CPaaS & messaging
Unified Communications

8x8 buys Maven Lab to boost APAC CPaaS & messaging

8x8 buys Singapore-based Maven Lab to scale APAC CPaaS, folding Moobidesk into its CX platform for richer, multi-channel messaging.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
SHAREit unveils AI ad platform for emerging markets
Marketing Technologies

SHAREit unveils AI ad platform for emerging markets

SHAREit launches AI-powered ad platform to tap emerging-market growth, handling 180 billion daily requests and 150 million impressions.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
CelcomDigi & Vircle unveil SafePAY Jr, and e-wallet for kids
Fintech

CelcomDigi & Vircle unveil SafePAY Jr, and e-wallet for kids

CelcomDigi and Vircle launch SafePAY Jr, a prepaid card and e-wallet with parental controls to teach kids cashless, safer spending.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
Sirisoft & Red Hat champion automation for AI-ready IT
Virtualisation

Sirisoft & Red Hat champion automation for AI-ready IT

Sirisoft and Red Hat urge Thai enterprises to treat automation as core AI-ready IT infrastructure, redefining ROI beyond simple cost cuts.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
Salesforce names Paul Carvouni to lead ASEAN AI push
Software-as-a-Service

Salesforce names Paul Carvouni to lead ASEAN AI push

Salesforce appoints Paul Carvouni to spearhead ASEAN AI growth from Singapore as region targets trillion-dollar agentic enterprise boom.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Jan 2026
Netskope boosts SASE reach with new Malaysia hub, Indonesia push
Software-as-a-Service

Netskope boosts SASE reach with new Malaysia hub, Indonesia push

Netskope opens first Malaysia data centre and deepens Indonesia presence as demand for cloud-based SASE security surges across Southeast Asia.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Fri, 19th Dec 2025
RETN & BBIX extend Asian peering to Hong Kong, Singapore
Network Infrastructure

RETN & BBIX extend Asian peering to Hong Kong, Singapore

RETN extends its BBIX partnership to Hong Kong and Singapore, adding new Asian peering hubs and launching its Flex IX service in the region.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025
AppWorks Demo Day links Malaysian, Singapore startups
Agricultural Technology

AppWorks Demo Day links Malaysian, Singapore startups

AppWorks Demo Day in Kuala Lumpur links eight Malaysian and Singapore startups chasing cross-border growth across ASEAN's tech economy.

By Kaleah Salmon • 7 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025
World App adds encrypted chat & human ID in Malaysia
Surveillance

World App adds encrypted chat & human ID in Malaysia

World rolls out an updated World App in Malaysia, merging encrypted chat with proof-of-humanness checks to tackle bots and deepfakes online.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025