Tech Talk

Eugene Goostman, a 13 year old Ukrainian boy may have changed the world of artificial intelligence forever, being the first computer to pass the Turing test. Someone who much prefers electronic children is Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage.

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A. Asohan & Goh Thean Eu from Digital News Asia talks about iGene and how they're now on the verge of turning into a global player after conquering UK with eyes on Middle East and US next. Where's Malaysia? Disrupt is happening again next week, Asohan talks about what to expect and talking about expectations, what will the next MDeC CEO face? Who will take over? And because it's the World Cup, we get their predictions, including Asohan's.

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Finding a place to rent can be a tedious task, especially if you’re not from the same town. Ishwar Dhanuka, founder of myRent had that exact same problem and decided to solve it for others with an app. We find out how myRent is going head on with bigger property players.

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Recently EY Malaysia launched an industry-wide survey report on IT Risk Management (ITRM) titled “Beyond IT to totality”, the first of its kind in Malaysia, that shares the need for Malaysian banks to plan ahead in realigning their ITRM activities beyond the basic “day-to-day” operations. The report proposes that a “3R” strategy – Realign, Refocus and Refresh – is useful for banks to minimize IT risks and focus their activities in strategic business areas moving forward. Jade Leong, Advisory Partner (IT Risk and Assurance) for EY Malaysia talks about the report’s key findings and implications.

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According to Garner, Asia Pacific’s IT spending is set to grow up to 5.5 percent this year as the Digital World creates new opportunities for businesses here. Lee Chong-Win, ASEAN Managing Director for Avaya comes in to talk about the types of challenges business here in APAC face and key business trends in the networking world.

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Incredibly, he’s remembered to do a Father’s Day special in time to actually order some of this stuff. But has Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage given any thought to the budget this year?

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Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about the start of our digital TV journey and the Cradle-Golden Gate Ventures deal that aims to arrest the entrepreneurial brain brain. On show also is Dr Gabriel Walter, CEO of Quantum Electro Opto System (QEOS) talking about their big step towards being a billion-dollar company and the leader in Internet of Things with their acquisition of Centric Technologies in the US.

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To identify the market’s sentiments and readiness for the country’s impending Goods and Services (GST) system to be enforced on April 1, 2015, PIKOM conducted a survey project titled ‘GST impact on Businesses’ during the first quarter of March 2014 with over 1,000 local organisations nationwide, primarily the IT fraternity and other businesses across industry. Interestingly, the survey found out that there are more than three quarters (75%) of the local organisations perceived and accepted that the new GST system is a better form of indirect tax compared to the current Sales and Service Tax (SST) model. We speak to Cheah kok Hoong of PIKOM Malaysia to find out more about how ICT can help a better implementation of GST.

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According to Symantec’s 2014 Internet Security Threat Report, volume 19, cybercriminals have unleashed the most damaging series of cyber attacks in history that resulted in “mega” data breaches. David Rajoo, Principal Consultant for Symantec Malaysia talks about some of the key takeaways from this recent report.

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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) have both suggested that the need for a blended role of both ‘Chief Financial’ and ‘Chief Technology’ officer or CFTO could gain traction this year. This is because of the growing importance of Big Data and technology in business strategy. Tim MacCarrick, Global CFO for Qlik and also an expert on Big Data analytics and Business Discovery talks about this.

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