CIO Advisor APAC

T he decentralized nature and versatility of blockchain are what underlines the ongoing surge in the number of  blockchain startups  belonging to Asia. The region’s startups are undergoing transformative changes in its approach towards technology. Also, the current circumstances are highly favorable. The concept of blockchain came into prominence way back in 2008 as the technology driving Bitcoin. Over the years, and more than a decade later, blockchain continues to attract more and more startups in the Asian region. In fact, blockchain technology has advanced to become an integral part of our lives. The recent surge in startup ventures leveraging the technology has been instrumental in accelerating this growth. Relying on interesting features such as transparency, immutability, and security, which the technology imparts, blockchain technology is widely leveraged by startups and in turn, is being applied into real-life scenarios. Cryptocurrency and crypto p...

T he amazing combination of telematics and IoT has enhanced the vehicles’ potential to communicate with other devices. Let’s see how. We are living in an era where every other day, scientists are coming up with new innovations. It feels so good to imagine driverless cars or other exciting automotive innovations. One of those topics that trigger feverish excitement is the  Internet of Things (IoT)   and Telematics. The IoT not only holds the potential of transforming the way people do business, but also the way the public infrastructure operates as a whole. It has facilitated dramatic improvements in reliability, efficiency, and customer experience, thus taking both public and private sector to a whole new level. Where the IoT is already doing wonders in every field of technology, the integration of telematics has left everyone in awe. Telematics is a term that embodies all techniques and tools that are built with a blend of telecommunications and information co...

The Asia Pacific region is currently capable of learning unbelievably quickly and adapt even faster to the continually altering social trends and professional opportunities that are available.  Artificial intelligence   and  machine learning  have evolved to be a crucial trend in the Asian continent. Enterprises plying in the APAC region are far ahead in constructively utilizing AI technology for arriving at business improvements. About 35 percent of companies have reported that through high-end AI, They have been able to record significant value for their business. This trend is sure to continue in the future as well. This is quite an impressive number, as the same statistics stands at about 14 percent in North America, whereas in the EMEA region would be able to show about 7 percent of business growth through AI, as per a study by Protiviti, a global consulting enterprise. The study further points out that businesses based in the  APAC region ...

Increasing smartphone acceptance rates has made the APAC region one of the biggest mobile markets across the world. Also, driven primarily by productivity gains, the APAC economic contribution of mobility would increase by about $350 billion through 2023. The government has a crucial role to play to further speed up the process. Consumption of mobile data in the APAC region is sure to grow four-fold by 2024 owing to skyrocketing rise in the availability of affordable high-speed networks and smartphone adoption. It is expected that by the year 2023, the APAC region is all set to surpass $1.9 trillion. Countries included in the APAC sector continue to leverage benefits through enhanced productivity and efficiency through the rise of the mobile industry. Check This Out:  Top Networking Companies Considering this, there is a never-before need for the governing bodies in the APAC region to develop policies that support and speed up the process of the ongoing affinity towards a...