Tech Talk

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about why Shell Malaysia decided to move their IT department to Bangalore, India and why Malaysia's first tech billionaire (Goh Peng Ooi) will be all smiles this year. Also, he talks about Michael Yap, former head of Singapore's Media Development Authority and his own venture accelerator called The Co-Foundry and his bespoke approach to startups.

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The Asia Pacific e-Commerce sector is experiencing an unprecedented boom. eMarketer estimates that by 2016, 38% of all business-to-consumer e-commerce sales will come from Asia-Pacific, while Ernst & Young estimates that the number of middle class consumers with disposable incomes and fast internet connections in emerging markets will grow from the current 525 million to some three billion people by 2030. So the opportunity and growth is there, but how do you go about it in your business? Jason Miller, Chief Strategist of Commerce at Akamai Technologies from San Francisco talks about the implementation strategy, challenges and the way forward for the e-commerce sector.

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Security will always be an issue that we’ll continuously talk about. From mobile security to enterprise security to Internet security, it’s a common knowledge that we’ll always be facing threats in any industry. Francis Seaw, founder and executive director of Xtend Services, a homegrown company that provides full integrated security solutions to institutions, businesses, home and individuals. We find out how it all works.

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Data lakes is one of the new technology buzz term that is emerging in the storage industry. Data lake is a large object-based storage repository that holds data in its native format until it is needed. Dmitri Chen, COO of EMC Asia Pacific and also a speaker at this year’s Communic Asia 2015 in Singapore shares more about how you can tap into its benefits for your business.

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The Huawei Honor 6 Plus is here! The battle for mid range smartphones with high end specs takes goes up another level as Huawei's recently launched Honor 6 Plus comes with features that could rival premium smartphones. But does on paper specifications relate to real world use? Jeff Sandhu gives us full breakdown on the things that matter to you in a smartphone; selfies! (and more of course).

Here are some unedited test shots from the Huawei Honor 6 Plus (click on image to view full size).

Night Shot (without flash)

Night Shot (without flash)

Night Shot (best photo feature without flash)

Super Night mode (without tripod)

Normal daytime

HDR mode

Wide Aperture (focused at the front)

Wide Aperture (focused at the back)

Selfie mode (beauty level 5; beauty level can be up to level 10)

Colour reproduction test (Auto mode)

Wide Aperture (focused at the front)

Wide Aperture (focused at the back)

Marco test (Auto mode)

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Hacking seems to be a daily fact of life. One banking hack in February is alleged to have netted the black hats an enormous USD1bn. Is it time to take the law into our own hands and hack the hackers? As usual Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has an opinion. 

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MaGIC hits 1 and MDeC launches MSC Status for Startups. How MDeC is looking to grow the talent pool in Malaysia? Also, the banks don't hold the future of banking according to John Ellis, the director of Enterprise Security Asia Pacific & Japan at Akamai Technologies. Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com wraps all this and more in this weeks tech thursday.

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Watch Tower & Friends (WTF) and Infinite Ventures (IV) has partnered up with Cyberview Sdn Bhd to come up with its Cyberview Living Lab Accelerator Programme that is in line with its plans to develop Cyberjaya into a global tech hub. Key focus areas include Big Data Analytics, Creative Content, Information Security, Mobile Internet, Cloud Computing, Green Technology, Wearable Technology, Biotechnology and Smart Grid Technology. We speak to Mahadhir Aziz, Head of Technology Hub Development Division, Shamsul Jafni, Program Manager from Watch Tower & Friends & Sathyvelu Kunashegaran, Program Manager from Infinite Ventures to find out more.

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So all know about 3D printing as Jeff Sandhu and Matt Armitage have spoken about it countless number of times on their Friday’s show. Today we bring in Peter Wee, Chief Operating Officer of Ricoh Malaysia, an expert in 3D printing, to talk about how it works, the role of 3D printing, limitations of 3D printing and every-3D-printing-else.

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We speak to Patrick J Clawson, an information security leader, author and speaker and currently is the CEO at Regenersis Software. With more than 25 years of software industry experience and running high tech companies, Clawson has extensive experience in both domestic and international sales, marketing and operations. Joining him is Alan Puah, Country Manager SE Asia for Blancco and we’ll be talking about some of the global trends and best practices for businesses when it comes to IT security management.

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