Stories by Ross O. Storey

Asia Pacific tech enterprises fear rising protectionism

More than one third of Asia Pacific technology companies now fear the rising wave of protectionism by governments as a threat to enterprise expansion, according to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Cyber attacks frequent on Asia Pacific enterprises

Three quarters of Asia Pacific enterprises -- and two thirds of businesses in Singapore - have experienced cyber attacks in the past 12 months, according to new global research.

Smart phones the new security frontier: Kaspersky Lab

Absent-minded people who lose their smart phones have had a win and thieves who steal mobile devices have had another setback, with the Singapore launch of a new mobile phone security product.

Singapore's National Broadband Network progresses

More major milestones have been passed in Singapore's journey towards the landmark next generation national broadband network (Next Gen NBN).

Lenovo clarifies Singapore - Beijing shift

Computer maker Lenovo has clarified reports that it is shifting its Asia Pacific (AP) headquarters from Singapore to Beijing, saying that many HQ functions, including some Asia Pacific ones, would still remain in Singapore.

IT security hindering innovation: IDC

Organizations are struggling to strike the right balance between driving new innovations to market and instituting effective IT security practices, according to new research by IDC.

Instant messaging to overtake business e-mail

Instant messaging (IM) is set to overtake e-mail as the preferred form of business communication by the second half of 2010, according to research by IDC.

Study: Billions to be outlayed on Web spending by 2013

Asia and Western Europe will take up more than 60 percent of the US$300 billion annual global mobile payment transaction value, for digital and physical goods, by 2013.

The world in an iPod soon

In the foreseeable future, all the world's content will fit in the palm of your hand, according to Google, which made some fascinating IT predictions at the 2007 Captains of Industry Conference held in Singapore in November.