Tech Talk

Oracle is betting big on the cloud as global SaaS software, or software as a service, revenues are forecasted to reach 106B USD in 2016, increasing 21% over projected 2015 spending levels according to recent studies. Oracle realizes this potential growth and has recently hired 1000 new hires across the APAC region to support this momentum. Jimmy Cheah, Managing Director of Oracle Corporation Malaysia talks about what they see in the cloud and how these new hires will impact the region.

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The Geeks talk about China's first self driving vehicle from Baidu and how you can now find out if you'll be dead or alive in 5 years time using an online test.

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He hates driving but the global slowdown in Internet slave trading mean Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is driving for himself these days. So, with many of you planning car journeys to mark the end of the school holidays, here are some of his favourite car hacks.

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In this very first episode of Game Time!, BFM's resident gamers (Jeff Sandhu & Richard Bradbury) shares with us some of the games that they're currently playing and what they like/hate about it. Also find out what they're looking forward in next week's E3 2015 expo. This is a must listen for all gamers.

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Come July 14th, Microsoft will be officially pulling the plug for the ever-popular Windows Server 2003 operating system including critical security patches. However, more than 20 million Windows Server 2003 licenses still on the market, cybercriminals are now presented with a golden opportunity to exploit corporate users. Law Chee Wan, Manager, Technical Sales from Trend Micro talks about the Windows Server 2003 end of support aftermath and what can you do to protect your system.

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Constructional design or structure design are constantly being pushed to the limit with some buildings just boggles the mind of many us. Take Marina Bay of Sands for example. A ship like 1-hectare sky terrace that connects all 3 towers right on the roof. So what does it take to build something like this? We speak to Barry Chapman, Tekla Corporation Engineering Segment Director on how softwares are enabling designers to push the limits of the skies.

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How do you estimate the value of your technology or brand?  Is there a value-based approach to IP strategy to reveal new opportunities and pathways to maximise returns on innovation?  Tim Heberden, Director of IP Valuation at Griffith Hack and a director of the Global Business Valuation Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). who is in Malaysia for for the Global IP Valuation Conference 2015 organised by MYIPO shares his thoughts.

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The geeks talk about what can we expect from the SEA Games Opening Ceremony and why it's make or break for Jay-Z's Tidal.

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Human beings. We love to do things that we’re not supposed to. Especially things we know can be harmful to us. No one has made better currency of that fact than our own serial exploiter, Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. And he’s here today to let us in on life’s guilty pleasures.

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Taking off his suit and tie, Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about why YTL Comms may suffer a hiccup in its target of breaking even by end 2016 and why mobile operator should really be called Comco. Also on the show, reading list for the week and how UMobile plans to be a strong number 4 player according to their CEO.

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