Tech Talk

Gabey Goh and A. Asohan from DigitalNewsAsia.com comes in this week to digest two top stories of the week. The first is Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella and whether is he the right man in charge to take the technology giants forward? Followed by an update with last week’s story on the MDeC’s MSC Status issue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the past few years, cybercriminals activities have become more sophisticated. Cybercrime gangs increasingly operate in the DNS (Domain Name System) layer to launch denial-of-service attacks, send a barrage of spam, or set malware booby traps. Doug Miller, VP of Product Marketing for Nominum talks about utilization of DNS as an alternative approach to cybersecurity. See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Top Chief Information Officers today are concerned enterprises’ directions towards the mobility workforce and the fast-moving dynamics of mobile Apps that open up the doors for opportunistic hackers. Jason Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific & Japan for Getronics and Mukul Jain, Chief Sales Officer Asia Pacific & Japan for Getronics talks about mobility workforce and IT s...

Gabey Goh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about the MSC status process that recently came under scrutiny over MOLPay Application as the approval committee now dictates pricing terms for company to be accorded MSC status. More details at http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/msc-status-process-comes-under-scrutiny-over-molpay-application. Followed SEA chat app war and how KakaoTalk wan...

Mobility continues to change the way we do business at a dramatic rate. Ten years ago, no one was talking about bring-your-own-device (BYOD). Five years ago, smartphones represented just 22 percent of US handset sales – a share projected to reach 63% percent in 2014. A new study by Citrix titled Mobility in Business shows that although 63 percent of enterprises believe that enabling mobile w...

Avnet Technology Solutions established in 1921 and for Malaysia, it started its business in 1996. With more than 17 years of experience in the Malaysian market, we speak to Christopher Siah from Avnet Technology on the overview of the ICT sector and the role ot IT distribution and IT distributors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viber is a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet-Protocol applications for smartphones developed by Viber Media. We speak to Talmon Marco, founder and CEO of Viber to talk about user behaviours and the role that telco providers should play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Squawking alone, Jeff Sandhu talks about a study by researchers from Princeton University on how Facebook might lose 80% of their users by 2017 based on complex calculations and Google Trends. If you have shares in Facebook, you might wanna listen in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We often talk about the ways tech companies track our online lives. Now, it seems, they’re exploring ways to follow us offline too. According to Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage, this is the Meat Space and data companies want their slice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh and A. Asohan talks about the first DNA-TeAM Disrupt forum of the year with the theme around What’s Hot (or not) in 2014 and also, a special announcement on DNA’s first print publication titled Digerati50. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many have been predicting that the end of personal computing as we know it today will die. However in 2013, shares of Hewlett-Packard on the NYSE shot up 97%, more than tripling the 29% return of the S&P 500. If you think the PC world is dying, think again. Serena Yong, General Manager PPS Singapore at Hewlett-Packard Sales talks about what happened in 2013 and what can we expect in 2014. See...

The second phase of High-Speed Broadband project under the National Broadband initiative is expected to increase the speed and extend the access areas in the urban, suburban and rural areas. While high-speed access to the Internet will benefit many citizens, the global increase of broadband adoption also increases the malicious cyberspace activities in a country, resulting in higher risks of cyber...

With the rapid adoption of computerization in the 1970s and 80s, mainframe computers were the only option for major industries globally such as banking, finance, insurance, airlines, transportation, pharmaceutical and healthcare. As time went by, the introduction of new technologies, products and solutions started to make mainframes obsolete. And this is where iTAc MSC Outsourcing is making a name...

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com returns as he kicks off the show with the DNA-TeAM Disrupt Series #15 happening next Wednesday focusing on What's Hot for 2014 in both consumer and enterprise. He also explains the recent win for Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar and the Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast license and also JobStreet's report on IT jobs being among the best paying jobs in Malaysia. See omn...

Recently CA Technologies conducted a survey, the CA DevOps Survey 2013 TechInsights Report: What Smart Businesses Know About DevOps. We speak to Sumal from CA Technologies on the importance of DevOps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world of security and asset management has a new name and it’s called DROHN. We find out more about how DROHN works and why even property developers are getting excited. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The geeks get all geared up with CES as they speak about self-driving technologies that were all displayed at Las Vegas. From Google's Open Automotive Alliance to BMW's self-drifting cars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conference season is here again. A time when all those successful kickstarter companies come and try their products out on real people before releasing them to the world. Checking what’s hot at CES is Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Warren returns back to MDeC after a 3 month spell at Fujitsu and another major win for politically-linked tycoon Syed Mokthar as he out as the successful bidder to build, operate and manage the infrastructure for Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast (DTTB) services in Malaysia. Gabey Goh from DigitalNewsAsia.com discusses those two and more on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

The future has begun: Numerous electric and fuel cell test vehicles have proven their worth in the field trials. The technical feasibility of electromobility has thus been demonstrated. The road to emission-free driving is upon us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now in its 16th year, the annual information security survey highlights cyber crimes as one of the greatest threats to an organisation’s survival. This year’s results further show that as companies continue to invest heavily to protect themselves against cyber attacks, the number of security breaches is on the rise and it is no longer a question of “if” but “when&rdqu...

Data loss or data leak prevention solution is a system that is designed to detect potential data breach and to prevent them by monitoring, detecting and blocking sensitive data while in-use, in-motion and at-rest. Natalya Kaspersky, the CEO of InfoWatch and former chairwoman of Kaspersky Lab talks about what kind of policies should be in place in your organizations come 2014. See omnystudio.com/li...

Last week BFM’s captive tech geeks told you some of their picks for the tech developments of 2014. Still stuck in predictive mode, Kulturpop Autobot Matt Armitage has been crawling round the internet looking for some of the futuristic science we’re going to be enjoying this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia kicks off the first show of 2014 with a story on how too many of today’s so-called ‘tech startups’ are merely services companies that happen to use tech and that the 'old-school' boys are still rocking it. Other stories include Malaysia's 'stealth' software billionaire, a buzzing Japanese startup (BuzzElement) liking overall ‘liveabilit...

It’s the year end show and throughout 2013, Jeff Sandhu & Umapagan have both maxed out their credit cards on useless toys, from smartwatches to home made 3D printing equipment. They look back at their bank statements and ponder on what have been some of the best toys that they have spent on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.