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NEWS: Latest news round-up from across APAC

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE: The latest whitepapers from StarHub and Adobe

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TRENDING: Rapid GenAI application adoption drives new era of application and infrastructure modernisation

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INFOGRAPHIC: Beyond Silicon: Exploring new materials for Photonic Integrated Circuits

PROJECT LATEST: Updates from Japan, India, Thailand and Brunei

EDITOR’ S QUESTION: Does world-class analytics require centralisation?

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TALKING BUSINESS: Integrating Agentic AI to deliver results today, without compromising tomorrow

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FEATURE: How AI will revive private cloud

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CIO OPINION: How the desire for truly unified communications is transforming the telecoms industry

COUNTRY FOCUS: The Bank of Thailand: Empowering data-driven decisions with Cloudera’ s AI-powered solutions

FEATURE: Avoiding technology bottlenecks is all about seeing the bigger picture

CASE STUDY: Racing WA bets on Progress

CASE STUDY: OneNet: Taking IT service levels to new heights

INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES

INDUSTRY WATCH: New MHI and Deloitte report focuses on orchestrating end-to-end digital

supply chain solutions

TECH TALK: Agentic AI is a sea change for business – but needs event-driven thinking to unlock its full potential

GET TO KNOW: Keir Garrett, Regional Vice President, Cloudera ANZ

FINAL WORD: Future-proofing connectivity with lightpowered networks