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IDC’s Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA) is back for 2017. SCAPA recognizes the top smart city initiatives in Asia Pacific region across 14 functional smart city strategic domains. Projects are shortlisted from Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Thailand and China. SCAPA is the brainchild of Gerald Wang, Head of IDC’s Government and Education insights in Asia Pacific based in Singapore. He gives us a firsthand introduction to the awards and how the framework identifies projects and how it hands the power to the citizens to vote for their favorite. Gerald also shares his perspective on the challenges IT adoption faces in the public sector and educational institutes. From educating and helping non-IT decision makers take the right steps, to drilling security issues and IT investments and governance’s best practices. Gerald Wang's Online Profile: IDC Profile LinkedIn Twitter Share your feedback and connect with us at: Twitter: @IDCAnalyst, @IDCASEAN, @IDCAP, @Helen / @Feras Website: www.asean.idc.asia Email: idcmytechchronicles@idc.com Subscribe to receive the latest episodes. Join Helen and Feras as they bring you the stories behind the data.

Following IDC Malaysia’s recent publication of ICT Predictions 2017, this series brings you more insights into the predictions with our analysts It’s all about “Data” in this first part of the series. Jun Fwu Chin, Research Director, speaks about his predictions on Datacenters and how they are evolving from storage spaces into an integral part not only the operational side, but also the business side. We are also joined by Ng Quan Xiong (QX), Software Market Analyst. QX expands on his predictions on Big Data Analytics (BDA) and the state of adoption in Malaysia. He also shares his opinion on how organizations can leverage on cloud analytics to improve operations and save costs. Articles and documents discussed in this episode: IDC Malaysia ICT Predictions 2017 Guests Online Profiles: Jun Fwu Chin IDC Profile LinkedIn Quan Xiong Ng IDC Profile   Share your feedback and connect with us at: Twitter: @IDCAnalyst, @IDCASEAN, @IDCAP, @Helen / @Feras Website: www.asean.idc.asia Email: idcmytechchronicles@idc.com Subscribe to receive the latest episodes. Join Helen and Feras as they bring you the stories behind the data.

Join us for the second episode of IDC Tech Chronicles. In this installment we speak with Pranabesh Nath, Director of Research in IDC Malaysia. Pranabesh sheds light on the impact of the Malaysian government IT spending guide and how it impacts the Digital Economy in Malaysia. He also shares his thoughts on Digital Transformation in the Malaysian landscape and how its perceived, accepted and taking place.   Articles and documents discussed in this episode: Bold Initiatives in the Malaysia 2017 Budget https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prAP41912616 The digital citizen of IDC. http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prAP42352917 Share your feedback and connect with us at: Twitter: @IDCASEAN, @IDCAP, @Helen / @Feras Website: www.asean.idc.asia Email: idcmytechchronicles@idc.com Subscribe to receive the latest episodes. Join Helen and Feras as they bring you the stories behind the data.

We are excited to share with you our up-close discussion with none other than IDC (International Data Corporation) Malaysia office Country Manager, Vijay Sundararaman. He takes us through the ins and outs of his unique experiences, transitions between major roles as well as an overview of IDC Malaysia, upcoming plans and highlights on digital transformation in Malaysia. Tune in and let us know what you think.  Any questions or feedback you would like to share with us? Connect with us at: Twitter: @IDCASEAN / @IDCAP / @Helen / @Feras Website www.Asean.idc.asia / www.ap.idc.asia Email: idcmytechchronicles@idc.com Interested to find out more? Don't forget to subscribe and tune into the next episode to find out more stories behind the data with Helen and Feras in IDC Tech Chronicles.