Tech Talk

Business is asking IT to change around the world, IT professionals are now coming to the realization that legacy architectures can’t accommodate today’s business demands – such as new cloud delivery models, dramatic data growth and the need to roll out new services in a matter of days. The old ways as we know don’t work anymore but the new ways are complicated and not easy...

Here on Tech Talk we don’t normally talk about property. Actually this could be the first but there’s a reason to it. Question, how do you perform due diligence when intending to purchase a property? Is there transparency in prices transacted? Does your real estate agent really know? The property industry isn’t as transparent as we think and that’s where it’s about to...

It’s been over a year now since the Personal Data Protection Act or PDPA has been implemented in Malaysia. How has the data security industry changed so far? What’s working and what need to be improved? What can you do to continuously be protected? We speak to Mohamed Anwer Mohamed Yusoff, Head of Innovation & Commercialisation Department, CyberSecurity Malaysia and Alan Puah, Mana...

Jeff Sandhu and Matt Armitage from Kulturpop talks about how you soon might be able to control your TV and why egaming competitions should be broadcasted on live TV! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sleep. It’s one of Tech Maestro Jeff Sandhu’s favourite pastimes. Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage claims not to have slept since birth. With new research showing that we can learn during our sleep, it’s no wonder that Matt knows so little. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about why Astro is unfazed by the emergence of new Video-On-Demand and OTT players. Also he talks about MDeC's focus on the gaming scene and Cradle's new seed venture intiative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IT brings many changes to an organization: when it is introduced, as it evolves, and even when it gets replaced or decommissioned. To reap the benefits of IT, the organizations needs to adjust its operational parameters: its processes, its information flow, its control mechanisms. All these changes directly and indirectly impact the way the organization’s people work. Bard Papegaaji, Researc...

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 Malay...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Wind...

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...

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...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From your smart wristbands to smart clothing to even smarter ovens, the Internet of Things market size is set to explode to USD862 billion in 2020. The Industrial Internet Consortium is an initiative founded in 2014 to bring together the organization and technologies necessary to accelerate this growth. We speak to Dr Richard Soley, the Executive Director of the Industrial Internet Consortium to f...

VMware is going full throttle in the cloud computing game with a host of new product updates earlier this year, including One Cloud. To explain further on these updates and how One Cloud can bring benefits in your organization, we speak to Matthew Hardman, Head of Strategic Business Development VMware ASEAN and Laurence Si, Country Manager VMware, Malaysia & Brunei. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Asia is considered to be the smartphone centre of the world as many research firms have shown figures to justify that claim. Malaysia is right in the thick of it. But are we doing anything on the business side of things to capture this mobile penetration growth? Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director of Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific Limited will help you better understand the mobile landscape...

Whenever we trust Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage to concentrate on a specific body part for Tech Talk we always wonder whether we’re going to have our broadcast license revoked. No danger this week as Matt will be staring deeply into Freda's eyes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about how Shinjiru has been queitly building its hosting business, from building websites to hosting 40,000 sites and is targeting  US$5.5mil in revenue by 2016-17. Also, how PropSocial is out to disrupt the property listing space, Nuffnang’s parent company Netccentric heading for ASX listing and can intellectual property be sexy or rel...

The Internet of Things is a game changer in many industries, including the Internet itself. Thingful is a search engine for the Internet of Things. To explain more, we speak to Usman Haque, co-founder and CEO of Thingful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cybercrime is now a global issue effecting millions of businesses every day. Asia Pacific, which has the highest number of internet users in the world, has recently witnessed a large number of highly sophisticated cyberattacks targeting well-known and respected companies. Parvinder Walia, Sales Director Asia Pacific at ESET, talks about cybersecurity landscape in Malaysia and how we can tackle the...

According to a joint study between IDC and the National University of Singapore, organizations in Asia-Pacific are expected to have spend USD$138 billion last year dealing with attacks from cybercriminals. In Singapore alone, nearly 2 billion SGD was lost last year due to data loss or unplanned downtime arising from illicit cyber activities. Trent Heisler, Vice President Worldwide Sales Engineerin...