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Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud services market will grow 17.5% in 2019 to reach a total of $214.3 billion, up from $182.4 billion in 2018. Cloud system infrastructure services, or infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is forecast to grow 27.5% in 2019…
Juniper Networks has arranged to acquire Mist Systems, a provider of cloud-managed wireless network solutions powered by artificial intelligence, for $405 million. Juniper Networks plans to use the acquisition to fill wireless gaps in its enterprise…
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) desires to be the main investor in the Long Thanh International Airport. ACV, which operates 21 airports in the country, has proposed that it contributes more than a quarter of the $5.4 billion needed to build the new…
Malaysia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is likely to return to the 4.6-5% trend range in 2020 as economic drag diminishes, said UBS Investment Bank economist Edward Teather. He said the impact of the trade war and the government’s institutional…
Contractors should look to neighbouring Singapore and Sarawak for jobs, as a slowdown in award of contracts is expected in 2019, according to Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB). The research house said in a note that contract flows are expected to slowdown on…
Vietnam’s bullet train will cut travel time between Hanoi and Saigon to five hours from the current 24. The railway project management board has submitted a pre-feasibility study to the Ministry of Transport, which quotes transport consultants’ estimate that…
Vietnam is set to complete four infrastructure projects next year, some of them after long delays lasting several years. Hanoi’s first metro line The 13-kilometer Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line is expected to open commercial operations before the Tet Lunar New…
LG U+ CEO and Vice Chairman Ha Hyun-hwoi has made it clear that the carrier does not think there are any security threats related to its use of Huawei equipment in its 5G infrastructure. Ha made the statement during a year-end press briefing on Wednesday in…
Work on Vietnam’s biggest airport would start in 2020 and it will become operational in 2025, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) says. ACV, which manages and operates civil airports in the country, also says that it will complete business appraisals…
KT has chosen Samsung Electronics, Ericsson and Nokia as suppliers of 5G network equipment. As expected, Huawei was excluded from the list. “In choosing 5G equipment providers, the company considered a wide range of factors: the level of technology,…
Vietnam’s plans for building and expanding airports and seaports have attracted the interest of companies in the U.S. and Japan. Joel Szabat, deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation and International Affairs,…
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo must have felt relieved and proud when the presidential airplane touched down at Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka, West Java, to inaugurate its service last week. The president can now showcase the airport as a…
Thailand’s strategically important geographic location gives it ample advantage to become a primary regional economic hub, not only in trade, investment and tourism, but also in communication and transportation networks that connect to other regions around…
By 2020, enterprise spending on cloud, hosted and traditional infrastructure services will be more or less on par, Gartner has predicted. The research firm said the growth of cloud and industrialized services and the decline of traditional data center…
Singapore’s M1 and StarHub are considering expanding their mobile infrastructure sharing arrangements to gain a greater competitive edge against new market entrant TPG Telecom. The companies announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding covering…
Aimed at supporting the growth of export and import demands of customers especially SMB’s in the Northern region, logistic service provider-DHL Express India, opened its new modern service facility in Chandigarh. The new facility will serve as a pick-up,…
