Malaysia stories

Spalba names Erica Seo Business Head for APAC as it accelerates regional expansion, with Singapore set to anchor Southeast Asia operations.

Teads and LG Ad Solutions widen connected TV partnership across APAC and Europe, adding markets and a single buying route for LG Smart TV inventory.

Pine Labs buys Shopflo to lift online conversion as the fintech widens its reach from in-store payments into a full-stack commerce platform.

KnowBe4 honours APJ partners in Singapore, with SSS Cybersecurity Specialists named regional winner as Australia, Thailand and Japan firms also recognised.

Sonata Software secures AWS Migration and Modernization Competency as enterprise demand for cloud overhaul, data transformation and AI delivery grows.

Asia Pacific businesses are expanding AI hardware use as new research shows strong uptake of AI PCs and workstations for different workloads.

Healix International bolsters APAC leadership with four senior hires in Melbourne and Malaysia as it expands travel risk and assistance services.

Accor Plus and Endava overhaul payments across Asia Pacific, boosting conversion 39% as new checkout options and faster load times cut friction.

Asia Pacific claims 10 of top 25 foreign investment spots as Singapore leaps to eighth, with investors prioritising innovation over old economic measures.

V2 AI has secured Databricks Silver Partner status, strengthening its credentials as it targets more data and AI work across Asia-Pacific.

Japan and Singapore drive Asia Pacific data centre build costs higher as AI demand, power constraints and labour shortages widen regional gaps.

Digital wallets still lead Asia-Pacific payments, but account-to-account rails are rising fast in Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, Global Payments says.

Asia-Pacific firms warned that weak backup controls, poor endpoint hygiene and legacy systems could worsen ransomware losses and breach penalties.

JFrog teams up with iZeno to bring software supply chain and AI governance tools to Southeast Asian enterprises amid rising compliance demands.

Johor, Mumbai and Bangkok drive Asia Pacific's surge as the region's data centre pipeline reaches a record 19.4GW, Cushman & Wakefield says.

APDCA unveils first APAC-wide sustainability baseline for data centres, backed by 11 firms, as governments weigh rising power and water demand.

Forrester says Asia Pacific tech spending will climb to USD $874 billion in 2026, but inflation, tariffs and geopolitical risks will blunt gains.

Monash University Malaysia and Emerging Payments Association Asia launch a three-year research pact on quantum-safe cryptography, stablecoins and fraud.

Data centre boom drives new financing structures across Asia Pacific loan markets, APLMA whitepaper finds, reshaping risk and investor mix.

Hitachi Vantara claims top APeJ ranking for high-end external storage as enterprises boost critical data infrastructure and AI workloads.