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Digital Realty: The Cloud, the data center and the growth of APAC

Businesses in Asia Pacific are more ambitious with the need to expand their businesses not only in the region but globally as well.

By Phillip Lay • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Apr 2018

Global Stories

McKinsey and Company stories

Ransomware

Rise in cyber risks targeting third-party vulnerabilities

New report reveals a worrying concentration of cyber risks in just 15 vendors, underlining the global economy's vulnerability to third-party cyber threats.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 7th May 2024

Unified Communications

LeapXpert reveals Maxen, a GenAI app to boost client communication

LeapXpert introduces GenAI application, Maxen, envisioned to revolutionise client communications and enhance the productivity of relationship managers, with the official launch set in March 2024.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Mar 2024

Digital Transformation

IWD 2024: Recruiting, retaining and sponsoring a diversity of talent for better business outcomes

Record low numbers of women in the workforce spotlight a pressing need for diversity recruitment and sponsorship for improved business results.

By Kelsey Stein • 5 min read • Fri, 8th Mar 2024

Space

The four business models for professional services firms and their benchmarks for success

Diving deep into what you should be measuring and what the benchmarks are, you'll leave this article with a fresh new approach to the way you run your business.

By Nicola Stewart • 7 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2024

Ransomware

Asigra predicts SaaS data protection trends for 2024

Asigra, a key player in ultra-secure backup and recovery, discloses five forecasts for SaaS data protection in 2024, amid rising global cyberthreats.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2024

Supply Chain

Schneider Electric named Circularity Lighthouse by World Economic Forum

Schneider Electric, a global pioneer in circular business models, has been named a Circularity Lighthouse by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey, acknowledging its significant strides in sustainable practices.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2024

Digital risk

Allianz SE CEO Oliver Bäte joins Coalition's Board of Directors

Allianz SE CEO, Oliver Bäte, brings his extensive industry expertise to Coalition's Board of Directors.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 29th Nov 2023

Data Analytics

How AI is reshaping global transport and fleet insurance

AI revolutionizes transport and logistics, introducing an estimated $6.5 trillion to the global economy through fleet insurance.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Oct 2023

Hyperscale

Hyperscale data centres to drive clean energy in APJ: AirTrunk

The report developed with McKinsey also urges industry collaboration to advance the region's clean energy transition.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 18th Aug 2023

Marketing Technologies

Daniele Grassi Takes the Helm as President of General Assembly

Daniele Grassi appointed as President of General Assembly leading tech training provider and talent solutions company. #edtech #leadership.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Wed, 16th Aug 2023

EduTech

Forter announces the senior appointment of a new CCO

Forter, the Trust Platform for digital commerce, appoints Ozge Tuncel Ozcan as their new CCO to oversee customer success functions.

By Tom Raynel • 1 min read • Wed, 18th Jan 2023

Internet of Things

Smart building opportunities abound this year

A specialist executive in the smart building world explains the trends that will give the smart building market a boost in the coming year.

By Karl Mahoney • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Jan 2019

Unified Communications

AI: Get started now, but on the right foot.

AI specialist Rick Rider's guide to getting AI experimentation right as the technology becomes a necessity in 2019.

By Rick Rider • 4 min read • Mon, 7th Jan 2019

Internet of Things

The great data divide: Baby boomers vs. millennials

To put things into perspective, one zettabyte equates to one trillion gigabytes of data - imagine you can store two billion years of music or 250 bill.

By Louis Tague • 4 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

How to see the world more clearly through interconnection

Interconnection, quantified by Equinix's Global Interconnection Index, is the backbone of digital business, driving agility and scalability across regions.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2017