Posts by Zafar Anjum
Inside APL Logistics’s digital-transformation journey
APL Logistics CIO Hakan Yaren had big challenges cut out for him when he joined the global supply-chain logistics provider in 2019. The Singapore-headquartered company had previously introduced one of the industry’s first web-based ordering and ship…
Read MoreHow ADB is future-proofing itself with digital innovation sandboxes
Nearly six years ago, Shirin Hamid joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as its director general (the CIO position). The ADB is a regional development bank established in 1966, headquartered in the Philippines, committed to achieving a prosperous, in…
Read MoreDigitalisation ultimately belongs to the CEO, with the CIO’s help: Balakrishnan
Where is the biggest gap in Singaporean business for skills and information? It is “probably biggest at the CEO level”, said Vivian Balakrishnan, the country’s minister for foreign affairs and minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative, at a rec…
Read MoreSingapore’s new programmes to help enterprises digitise their businesses
As announced in Singapore’s 2021 budget, the Singapore government will start offering its CTO-as-a-Service programme to small and medium enterprises in the country later this year.“The CTO-as-a-Service initiative will include a one-stop self-help we…
Read MoreBudget 2021: Where Singapore’s government plans to boost digital transformation
The Singapore government has charted out tech directions for businesses and industries in its fiscal 2021 budget even as the country is in the midst of fighting its way out of the COVID-19 global pandemic.To read this article in full, please click here…
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