Indonesia is riding a wave of innovation, with some of the region’s most exciting startups bringing opportunities for growth and economic empowerment to every segment of the country’s diverse population. And today, Indonesia’s cloud journey just got more interesting. I’m excited to share that the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region is now open! The new […]
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As we close out the year and approach 2022, the new year offers an opportunity to address burgeoning activity on the horizon. The last 18 months have brought significant change, and with it, increased reliance on cloud technologies for enabling remote work and social interaction. Our relationship with the cloud will continue to strengthen and […]
High energy costs put the economic benefits of IoT projects beyond doubt, and they tackle sustainability at the same time, says Jonathan Custance of Green Custard Wholesale gas prices have increased by a factor of 14 since summer 2020, and electricity prices by a factor of 8. Such dramatic increases change the economics of energy […]
The AWS Region in Jakarta, Indonesia, is now open and you can start using it today. The official name is Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and the API name is ap-southeast-3. The AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region is the tenth active AWS Region in Asia Pacific and mainland China along with Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Ningxia, Osaka, […]
In our digital age, people can order lunch from their phones and have it delivered in 30 minutes. Citizen development makes work as easy as ordering food from a food app. Citizen developers are non-IT employees who use technology to make their work easy and more efficient. They are business users with little to no […]
Former head of U.S. Cybersecurity, Chris Krebs, recently cautioned that digital experts are fighting a “pandemic of a different variety” as ransomware attacks across the country increase. Ransomware attacks were up 150% in 2020 versus the previous year, with the amount paid by victims up 300%. Ronald van Loon is a HYCU partner and is […]
Bitcoin mining or cryptocurrency mining has been widely vilified for it’s environmental impact. Why it does draw a huge amount of energy, more and more of it is coming from renewable sources and many advocates of Bitcoin have pointed out that the global financial system also draws a massive amount of power – we simply […]
As individuals, we go through life sharing information about ourselves in every aspect of our daily existence. From credit checks for securing a loan, through to entire personal and family medical histories for securing health insurance. Without providing personal data, many services would be unavailable to the average person – but in our modern online […]
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic-induced supply chain and market challenges, 2021 started to course correct, allowing many companies to resume business operations. As a result, request for proposals (RFPs), sales proposals, and revenue are flowing again. In fact, a new survey from QorusDocs found that companies saw sales deal velocity increase by a median of 50%. […]
We have reached an inflection point. After AWS pioneered cloud technology more than 15 years ago, cloud infrastructure has evolved to a place where we are seeing all parts of the cloud reach practically anywhere on the planet—and even into space. The cloud has allowed what was once science fiction to become science fact. Models […]