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Kiwi Stories

Malaysia stories

China to ban plastic bags

Environmental pressure is forcing China to curb single-use plastics, with major cities set to lose plastic bags by year-end.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 17th Feb 2020

Disaster Recovery

Canterbury planning project takes top honours in international awards

The Waimakariri District Council’s red-zone recovery work has been recognised as best in the Commonwealth for helping rebuild earthquake-hit communities.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Nov 2019

Sustainability

The grim truth about recycling

Household waste is often dumped or shipped overseas, fuelling a worsening plastic-recycling crisis and illegal trade in Asia.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Sun, 12th May 2019

Smart Cities

Australian projects win major infrastructure awards

Australian projects have been recognised among 57 finalists from 420 nominations in Bentley Systems’ global infrastructure awards.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 1st Nov 2018

Smart Cities

‘Year in Infrastructure 2018’ awards finalists announced

Fifty seven projects from 340 user organisations worldwide have made Bentley’s annual awards shortlist, with winners due to be named in London in October.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Fri, 24th Aug 2018

Global Stories

Malaysia stories

Internet of Things

Infor appoints Isabella Kusumawati as SEAK vice president & managing director

Isabella Kusumawati has been appointed as SEAK VP & MD at Infor, tasked with scaling the business and driving customer success in Asia.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Jul 2022

Podcast

FastCo appoints Colin Pal as Product Head

Colin Pal joins FastCo in Malaysia as product head, bringing his expertise in tech and startup from previous roles at Photobook Worldwide and Gnowbe.

By Zach Thompson • 1 min read • Mon, 27th Jun 2022

Cloud Services

Pax8 appoints Patara Yongvanich as sales vice president

Pax8, the cloud technologies distributor, has hired Patara Yongvanich as sales VP to build its team in Asia, with Chris Sharp as CEO for the APAC unit.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 17th Jun 2022

Customers

KYOCERA Document Solutions Australia appoints Motohiro Sato as managing director for the region

Motohiro Sato named as new managing director for Kyocera Document Solutions Asia, bringing 22 years of experience to the role.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 13th May 2022

Data Analytics

New roundtable series by The Malaysia Global Business Forum to discuss threat matrix in digital economy

The Malaysia Global Business Forum (MGBF) is launching a new roundtable series addressing the evolving threat matrix of the digital economy.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Jan 2022

Data Analytics

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is dotdigital?

dotdigital is a marketing technology company, specialising in marketing automation, email and customer engagement services.

By Nick Forrester • 5 min read • Wed, 6th Oct 2021

Microsoft

Microsoft to create data center region in Malaysia to drive digital growth

Microsoft plans to launch its first data center region in Malaysia, delivering local cloud services to support the country's digital growth.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Apr 2021

Robotics

Malaysia investing in data-driven future – but obstacles remain

The country has openly expressed its desire to become the prime destination for high-tech industries in Southeast Asia.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Thu, 6th Dec 2018

Stories from Other Regions

Malaysia stories

Hybrid Cloud

VMware appoints Sarene Lee as Malaysia country manager

Sarene Lee appointed as Malaysia country manager for VMware, taking charge of driving business strategy and development in digital transformation.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 13th May 2022

Leadership

KYOCERA Document Solutions Australia appoints Motohiro Sato as Managing director

Motohiro Sato appointed as the new managing director for the region, succeeding Ryosuke Okochi, of Kyocera Document Solutions.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 13th May 2022

Health Technologies

Malaysian enterprises must be prepared for a post COVID-19 world

Malaysian enterprises urged to reorient business models to adapt to post-COVID world, says GlobalData. ICT spending expected to decline by 8.3% in 2020.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Jun 2020