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• Asia Pacific claims second place in data centre capacity race

  Global data centre capacity is growing at unprecedented rates, with the Asia Pacific region claiming nearly 30 per cent of the world’s total capacity.

• Regional IT salaries rise as skills crunch continues

  IT professionals in the Asia Pacific region have seen average salaries surge by more than 10 per cent compared to a year ago, the biggest jump of any region globally.

• AWS’ managed Prometheus service comes to APAC

  ​Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its managed Prometheus service into general availability, granting its access to partners and customers in Asia Pacific.

• Here’s how much COVID-19 is driving regional network security growth

  The Asia Pacific network security market is estimated to hit US$7.32 billion by 2025, driven by remote work trends and an increase in cyber threats.

• Huawei sets up new startup hubs in key Asian markets

  ​Huawei is set to develop new startup hubs in Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam as part of its plan to invest US$100 million in startup support across the Asia Pacific region.

• REvil and JSWorm ransomware groups rise in Asia

  ​There was a re-emergence of two highly active ransomware groups, REvil and JSWorm, in Asia Pacific last year, according to Kaspersky.

• Nextgen teams up with Secureworks across Asia Pacific

  Nextgen Group has signed a distribution deal with Secureworks to bring the company’s unified detection and response solutions to the Asia Pacific market.

• Smartphone sales on the rise again amid ‘healthy’ consumer appetite

  Global smartphones are on a steep upward curve again as consumer appetites return to “healthy” levels amid the coronavirus vaccine roll-out.

• Asia Pacific security spend to hit US$23.1B this year

  ​This year looks to be a good one for partners in the information security game, with spending in the Asia Pacific region expected to reach US$23.1 billion in 2021.

• Ex-Workday boss David Hope to lead ForgeRock APJ

  ForgeRock has appointed a new head of Asia Pacific and Japan in the form of former Workday regional lead David Hope.

• Google Cloud brings Anthos migration tool to APAC

  Google Cloud has debuted a new migration tool to move applications from on-premises and public cloud environments to its Anthos hybrid cloud platform.

• Google Cloud reveals new incentives in partner push

  Google Cloud has revealed a new host of partner incentives and funding in an effort to become 100 per cent channel.

• AR and VR spend in Asia Pacific to hit $10B in 2019

  Regional consumer and business spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) will reach $10 billion (US$7.1 billion) this year

• SecureSoft lands double cyber security distribution deals in Asia Pacific

  Australian distributor SecureSoft has signed exclusive deals to bring two global cyber security firms into Asia Pacific.

• Mobile solution spending set to reach $542B across Asia Pacific

  Investment in mobile solutions is expected to hit US$542 billion in Asia Pacific in 2018, as regional businesses look to become 'mobile first'.