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• IBM drives Mitsubishi Motors Philippines’ SAP implementation

  IBM has implemented a vehicle management system on SAP S/4HANA for Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation as part of the auto maker's digital transformation strategy.

• IBM’s Asia Pacific leadership changes hands

  Brenda Harvey is departing her role as IBM’s general manager for Asia Pacific, making way for Paul Burton, former IBM executive and ex-CEO at Mastech Infotrellis, to step into the job.

• VMware’s Cin Cin Go chosen to lead IBM Indonesia

  Cin Cin Go, former VMware country manager for Indonesia, has been named as IBM Indonesia’s new president director.

• IBM and Samsung team up on unconventional, super-efficient semiconductor

  IBM and Samsung have designed a semiconductor that promises to reduce energy consumption by 85 per cent over existing chips.

• IBM offers one-stop-shop for mainframe hybrid cloud initiatives

  While cloud companies such as AWS are offering enterprise customers new ways to get applications off the mainframe and onto the cloud, IBM moved this week to keep them on the Big Iron.

• IBM and Acclivis partner up for regional Cloud Satellite rollout

  IBM is tapping the regional data centre coverage of IT services provider Acclivis to host and manage data as part of an Asia-wide rollout of its Cloud Satellite offering.

• IBM recruits Box's Verity White to tackle Turbonomic partner business

  ​Former Box A/NZ channel chief Verity White has moved to IBM to lead the partner channel and alliances business for its application management division Turbonomic across Asia Pacific.

• Tech players team up to rate Singaporean businesses’ data handling skills

  IBM, KPMG and SGTech are among a group of local tech players that hope to level a new rating system at the data handling skills of business in Singapore.

• IBM’s Gina Wong named Kyndryl’s Singapore lead

  Gina Wong, formerly IBM’s Asia Pacific head of technology consulting and implementation services, has been named as the Singapore managing director for spin-off company Kyndryl.

• Global AI services market to hit $50B by 2025

  The global AI services market is expected reach US$50 billion by 2025, which will make it the fastest growing AI subsegment over a five-year period.

• IBM upgrades Big Iron OS for better cloud, security and AI support

  IBM continues to fine-tune its mainframe​ to keep it attractive to enterprise users interested in keeping the Big Iron in cloud and AI development plans.

• Nextgen acquires Sydney sales outsourcing firm NovaTech Ventures

  ​Australian distributor Nextgen has acquired Sydney-based sales outsourcing firm NovaTech Ventures for an undisclosed sum.

• IBM president and former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst quits

  IBM president Jim Whitehurst has stepped down amid a leadership reshuffle two years after steering Red Hat through its US$34 billion acquisition by Big Blue.

• IBM reveals global Kyndryl leadership and organisational structure

  ​IBM has revealed the broader structural plans for its soon-to-be-spun off managed services business Kyndryl, along with its leadership appointments in various regions around the world.

• Which integrators are leading the cloud security charge?

  Accenture, Deloitte, EY, IBM, NTT, PwC and TCS have been labelled as ‘leaders’ in the cloud security services market across Asia Pacific.