Asia Pacific stories - Page 13

In response to growing malicious bot activity in Asia Pacific and Japan, tech giant Akamai Technologies unveils Content Protector, a new tool designed to mitigate scraping attacks while preserving beneficial traffic.

Global data leaders, including Chief Data Officers, are highlighting key technical and organisational obstacles to implementing generative AI, according to Informatica's CDO Insights 2024 survey.

Advanced AI tech leader Kore.ai raises $132 million in Series D funding, facilitated by FTV Capital and existing investors, aiming to boost market expansion and AI innovation.

Annual business cybercrime recovery costs can reach up to $5m, with firms fearing a rise in GenAI-powered attacks, according to a Barracuda Networks report.

Acumen focuses on developing AI and data solutions to aid consumer brands in aggressive promotional strategies amidst the cost-of-living crisis.

Westcon-Comstor boosts its cloud capabilities with the acquisition of London-based AWS cloud consultancy Rebura, enhancing its services to partners.

Renowned IT provider, NTT DATA, has been recognised as a Global Top Employer for 2024, excelling in talent acquisition, career growth, and diversity across 29 countries.

Leaseweb, a cloud services provider, rolls out its Multi-CDN technology in Asia Pacific, enhancing content delivery performance and slashing latency for sectors including Media, SaaS, Gaming and more.

Financial services and insurance sectors enhance client experiences with observability, according to New Relic's report, as they modernise tech stacks amidst rising multi-cloud, AI, security, and customer-management demands.

The integration of AI in Customer Experience could herald a major industry shift, bringing personalisation, cost reduction and large-scale operation.

M&A activity in Q4-2023 witnessed a record low due to factors like inflation and geopolitical instability, making deal numbers slide 27% globally.

Uptime Institute has named Mustapha Louni as its new Chief Business Officer, strengthening its commitment to global expansion.

AI and sustainability will majorly drive technology adoption in Australia and New Zealand in 2024, predicts Pure Storage.

Former Marqeta executive, Jeff Parker, has been appointed as the new CEO of global issuer-processor, Paymentology.

Vast Data secures triple-digit million-dollar funding, boosting its valuation and potential to shake up the AI data stack industry.

London-based VAST Data's valuation soars to $9.1bn following a successful $118m Series E funding round.

Cisco surpasses its goal of positively affecting one billion lives globally through its technology, a year ahead of schedule.

Nicole Coleby has been appointed as the new Managing Partner of Operations at Pop Group Holdings, intending to bolster its global footprint.

NetApp and AWS boost storage performance nine-fold with FSx for ONTAP launch, enhancing cloud migration and usage.

Gigamon has been recognised as a top vendor in the burgeoning deep observability market, according to a new study by 650 Research.