Tech Talk

Data breaches are becoming more prevalent in recent time. With mounting threats from different sources, organizations are moving from a simplified layer of security to the sophisticated multilayer system with encryption as the ultimate last line of defense. Sophos recently released its findings for its recent survey, The State of Encryption Today and we speak to Sumit Bansal, Director for ASEAN Sophos to share more insights into the state of encryption in Malaysia and the region.

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The Geeks talk about a new way to determine if you're genuinely nice or just plain evil! Also, GE Tech Update on a connected volcano and Matt's pick for King of the Crowd.

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Today’s show is so contentious that Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has only agreed to do it over the phone, from an undisclosed location. He’s scared that THEY will try to attack him as he leaves the station.

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Karamjit Singh plays co-host this time round as he speaks to Mastura Abu Samah, Director & President of the Malaysian Software Testing Board about their achievements and the role they play. And in the second part of the show, he talks to Jeff Sandhu about his conversation with Maxis CEO, Morten Lundal.

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Have you ever noticed that after you’ve purchased something online, you start seeing ads for the item you purchased all over the sites your browse. For you, these ads may be an annoyance because you’ve already purchased them but for brands, these are wasted ad dollars. Understanding online customers requires significant time and investment. The Malaysian and Southeast Asian brands tends to look at online for one purpose alone: performance. But online has so many more applications beyond performance media, one of which is programmatic advertising. Delivering the right ad, to the right person, at the right time, through the right channel. We speak to Stephen Tompkins, Vice President of Operations Southeast Asia for Publicis Media to find out more.

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Zomato is a restaurant search and discover service founded in 2008 in India and currently operated in 23 countries, including Malaysia. Their mission is to ensure nobody ever has a bad meal but they don’t operate or own any restaurants. Sounds impossible? Well we speak to Upasana Nath from Zomato to find out everything we can about about them.

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The Geeks talk about how the Internet of Things brings a lot of new problems, especially in adult toys and how James Bond is going to kill his next victim. Also, Matt Armitage highlights a brand new innovation in footwear in King of the Crowd and another weekly tech update by GE.

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Last week we said a sad farewell to the humble video cassette. As he’s never one to let a theme run away until every last useful drop has been bled from it, today we’re talking to Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage about the technologies that are past their prime but refuse to die.

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This time on Game Time, Jeff Sandhu speaks to Alex Fernandez, CEO of Streamline Studios about how they've managed to secure clients like Square Enix for Final Fantasy XV and Capcom for Street Fighter V. Also on the show, we speak to Azizul Hadiyan, a former BFM intern who's a massive Pokemon fan to review Pokemon GO!

Also, first dips on No Man's Sky!

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Disruptive trends such as Internet of Things, Edge Computing and Big Data have challenged Malaysian businesses by transforming quickly to gain a competitive edge. And behind all things digital lies the data centre: ensuring that the IT infrastructure supporting businesses is able to sustain business growth is crucial to digital transformation. We speak Hitesh Prajapati, Country Manager Malaysia at Emerson Network Power about how businesses in Malaysia can strategize to best harness the potential of digital transformation.

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