Malaysia stories
Instarem's 2024 SME Spend Barometer reveals evolving spending habits of SMEs in Singapore, Australia and Malaysia amid economic pressures and digital transformation.
Impact.com has appointed Emma-Jayne Owens as Senior Director for the APJ region, focusing on enhancing community initiatives in Southeast Asia.
A revolutionary shift in recruitment technology is transforming the job market, empowering candidates to say, 'A job came looking for me!'.
Southeast Asia's data centre sector is booming, driven by AI growth and projected to expand by 10-28% over the next five years, according to research.
Moomoo has launched its first global paper-trading challenge, offering a total of USD $100,000 in prizes for participants trading US stocks and ETFs.
Following its 10.10 Travel Fest campaign, Traveloka has experienced a 127% surge in travel searches, signalling a boost in travel planning across Southeast Asia and Australia.
Symbio Holdings has launched Scam Shield, an AI system designed to enhance scam detection in voice and messaging services, starting in Australia.
Businesses in Southeast Asia faced over 24 million on-device threats in H1 2024, with Vietnam and Indonesia topping the list, according to Kaspersky.
AirTrunk has partnered with Pekat Solar to install a 1 MW rooftop solar system at its Johor Bahru data centre, advancing its Net Zero by 2030 goal.
Kaspersky has revealed a staggering 330,000 financial phishing attacks in Southeast Asia in early 2024, a rise of 41% from last year.
Heriot-Watt University has adopted AI tool Explorance MLY to enhance the analysis of feedback from its 27,000 students across multiple campuses.
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint has appointed JP Yu as Vice President for Southeast Asia and Korea, aiming to bolster sales across the rapidly evolving region.
Kaspersky has detected over 57,000 ransomware attacks in Southeast Asia this year, with Indonesia facing the most incidents as cybercriminals target key sectors.
A report by Amazon reveals that ASEAN-6 MSMEs contributed 38% of USD $18.9 billion in eCommerce exports, highlighting vital growth and export challenges.
Westcon-Comstor has partnered with Cloudflare to distribute security and connectivity solutions across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Prudential is set to enhance medical insurance claims processing by partnering with Google Cloud to implement the MedLM model in Singapore and Malaysia.
Loqate has partnered with GrabMaps to enhance location data services in Malaysia, aiming for regional expansion amid Southeast Asia's booming eCommerce.
Michael Freeman has been appointed as the Country Lead for Malaysia by construction consultancy Linesight, aiming to enhance growth in the booming sector.
Oracle plans to invest over USD $6.5 billion in AI and cloud services in Malaysia, launching a new public cloud region for enhanced digital capabilities.
Google breaks ground on its first Malaysian data centre with a USD $2 billion investment, boosting cloud and AI capabilities, creating 26,500 jobs.
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