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Australian investment into Asian start-ups has surged over the past decade, totalling $23.8 billion from 2013 to 2023, according to a new paper from Asialink Business and the Tech Council of Australia (TCA).

Malaysian integrated telco and digital technology group TM is partnering Nxera, the regional data centre arm of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit, in a joint venture to develop data centres in Malaysia.

The technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors were the most targeted industries in Australia by cyber threats in 2023, with a newly published report assessing that this could be attributed to Australia’s significant digital growth over the last decade, reshaping its digital ecosystem and creating new opportunities.

Live entertainment, ticketing and technology soltions provider TEG, has appointed Belinda Shaw, as the Group’s chief financial officer.

Consumer electronics company Lenovo will expand its 8.8-inch Lenovo Legion Tab from China to select markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and Asia.

GUEST RESEARCH: Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management leader, released the findings of its annual survey of global data leaders – CDO Insights 2024: Charting a Course to AI Readiness.

Industrial property and digital infrastructure specialist Goodman Group has entered agreements to deliver up to 1,000MW power in Japan, commenced construction of a new 50MW data centre in Tsuen Wan in Hong Kong SAR, and has opened a new regional office in Singapore to support its data infrastructure initiatives in Asia.

Kris+ by Singapore Airlines has selected fintech platform Airwallex to power the expansion of its lifestyle reward app for over 1.3 million of KrisFlyer members in Australia.

Asian communications technology group Singtel and global investment firm KKR have reached a definitive agreement under which a fund managed by KKR will commit up to S$1.1 billion (US$800 million) for a 20% stake in Singtel’s regional data centre business.

Fujitsu has completed the full integration of data, analytics & AI consultancy Versor one year after acquiring the company in April 2021.

Intra-Asian internet bandwidth has steadily increased from 36% in 2012 to 60% in 2022, but during the same time period, the share of bandwidth that connects Asia to the US and Canada decreased from 49% to just 20%, according to telecommunications market research firm TeleGeography.

COMPANY NEWS: Artificial intelligence (AI) software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Appier has announced that its co-founder and COO Winnie Lee has been selected as "Woman of the Year" at the Women in IT Asia Awards 2022.

Australian-listed technology company Spacetalk has appointed Georg Chmiel as independent non-executive chairman.

COMPANY NEWS: Leading managed services provider blueAPACHE today announced it has signed a new strategic, three-year IT managed services agreement with the Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL).

Unified customer experience platform Emplifi has launched Emplifi Social Care, part of the its Unified CX Platform. Emplifi Social Care is aimed at powering teams outside of the service centre to help support the volume of customer requests that come in across social media channels.

Cybersecurity company Virsec has appointed technology industry veteran Brian Marlier as its Chief Revenue Officer to drive its next stage of growth.

Intel has appointed Steven A. Long as general manager of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

Startup digital car dealership Cars24 has launched ia claimed world-first tech enabled car couch which it says will transform digital car buying in Australia.

Australian listed digital advertising business specialising in property REA Group has reported revenue growth of 13% to $928 million across its global markets and a net profit increased to $313million for the 12-months to the end of June 2021.

ASX listed telecommunications, cloud and IT solutions provider Over the Wire is expanding its network internationally into Singapore and the United States..