International fleet management application provider, DRVR has selected Tata Communications as its global IoT connectivity partner to help achieve its objective of making Asia’s vehicle fleets the smartest and most cost-efficient in the world. Leveraging Tata Communications’ mobility solution– MOVE™, DRVR can convert information collected from vehicles across Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines and Indonesia into actionable insights to help drive efficiencies and improve cost savings through smarter fleet management. The advent of connected vehicles has led to an exponential increase in consumption and creation of human to machine interface applications and solutions. A Forrester report on the Internet of Things states that fleet management and…
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Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), today released its key business and technology trends for Asia Pacific in 2018. These trends are jointly predicted by Hubert Yoshida, chief technology officer, and Russell Skingsley, chief technology officer Asia Pacific. The adoption of Internet of Things (commonly referred to as IoT) platforms will dominate enterprise IT strategies in 2018, alongside a number of other areas. Yoshida and Skingsley have identified ten key trends for the Asia Pacific technology market in 2018. #1: IT will adopt IoT platforms to facilitate the application of IoT solutions IoT solutions deliver valuable…
The promise of a bottom in Singapore’s office market has caused its ranking as an investment market to soar from next-to-bottom last year to third in this year’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific 2018 report, a real estate forecast jointly published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PwC. After two years of declining rents caused by a sluggish economy and a glut of supply, investors believe Singapore’s commercial and residential markets is near its bottom. Office rents in Singapore have firmed probably earlier than expected, while completion of the region’s biggest office deal in September 2017 has now galvanized the local market…
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released a global research project commissioned by Telstra, a leading telecommunications and technology company, which assesses the confidence of business executives in their city’s environment and its conduciveness to supporting the digital ambitions of companies. It ranks Singapore 14th for overall business confidence. The ‘Connecting Commerce’ report includes the first ever Digital Cities Barometer – a ranking of 45 cities around the world across five key categories relevant to business performance: innovation and entrepreneurship; the financial environment; people and skills; development of new technologies; and ICT infrastructure. David Burns, Telstra’s Group Managing Director of…
Global GDP will be 14% higher in 2030 as a result of AI – the equivalent of an additional $15.7 trillion. This makes it the biggest commercial opportunity in today’s fast changing economy according to new research by PwC. Drawing on a detailed analysis of the business impact of AI Sizing the prize outlines the economies that are set to gain the most from AI. AI will contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030, more than the current output of China and India combined. Labour productivity improvements are expected to account for over half of all economic gains from AI…
Every week, we bring you the biggest IoT News from Asia and around the world. Today, we’re excited about the ID/AI conference at the Singapore Fintech Festival – check it out! In General: Smarter and faster – why manufacturers must embrace the Internet of Things – information-age.com Hilton and Marriott Turn to the Internet of Things to Transform the Hotel Room Experience – skift.com AI & Robotics: Ex-Google executive Anthony Levandowski is founding a church where people worship an artificial intelligence god – businessinsider.com Adobe Scan uses AI to find documents in your photo gallery – engadget.com Congratulations, it’s a…
In an effort to drive awareness and deployment of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) services across public and private sectors, Industry Platform Pte Ltd announces the launch of Asia IoT Business Platform in Myanmar. Endorsed by the country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, together with the support of the Ministries of Education, Commerce, and Industry, the conference marks the gathering of key policy makers, government officials, telecommunication operators, solution providers and local enterprises to explore the latest ICT/IoT technologies for business productivity, share case studies of IoT implementation, and establish business partnerships. In its economic policy…
Every week, we bring you the most important IoT news from Asia and around the world. This week, Stephen Hawking has joined in with the AI warnings and everyone is listening: Stephen Hawking Sounds the Alarm on Artificial Intelligence – fortune.com Stephen Hawking Isn’t Sure Whether Artificial Intelligence Will End Poverty or Kill Us All – yahoo.com Hawking tries hard — and fails — to be optimistic about AI – cnet.com In General: Looking At IoT And Connected Products Across Three Dimensions – digitalistmag.com IoT and the Cheerfully Oblivious Customer – itcronicles.com AI and Robotics: Artificial Intelligence vs Machine Learning vs…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing exponentially in value and size, and while the industry is still nascent in Asia, the growth potential is meteoric. IoT uptake in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is expected to grow extensively. From 3.1 billion connected devices in 2015, APAC is set to boast 8.6 billion connected devices by 2020, bringing Asia’s IoT market opportunity to US$583 billion, according to IDC. The organization expects to see APAC to be “the frontline for IoT” in four years or less. Several events and conferences are set to take place in Asia in the months to come.…
Every week, we bring you the latest, and most important, IoT News from Asia and around the world. This week, Fintech fans descended on Hong Kong for Fintech Week. Artificial Intelligence was a big theme on days 4 and 5 – there were discussions around AI being all hype, regulation of the technologies and how machines might be better than people for a lot of financial applications. The big question was, will China become the world leader in AI by 2030? Let us know what you think! Here’s what else has been happening… In general: AI and Internet of Things will…