Hewlett Packard Enterprise public sector vice president Susan Shapero says public sector customers are pushing back on the high cost of public cloud in favour of hybrid cloud solutions like HPE’s GreenLake pay-per-use on-premises cloud platform. “I don’t think that our customers can afford...
Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed has highlighted how Bangladesh harnessed the power of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve its transformative socio-economic development during the last decade at the UN. Highlighting the success of the "Digital Bangladesh" vision of Prime Minister...
Facebook says it wants to “empower” independent writers and journalists by letting them make money from their work. The social giant on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch a new platform for writers to self-publish their content, grow their audience and make money through monetization tools...
Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries in Asia and the Pacific. This trend could contribute significantly to the region’s sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, according to a...
There is a growing concern that Covid-19 will stay for quite a while, and therefore, we need to explore innovative ways to cope with the 'new normal' realities. More and efficient utilisation of information and communication technology (ICT) could be a critical tool to handle various challenges...
iFarmer, a Bangladeshi agritech startup that connects farmers with investors, has closed a six-figure investment from Falcon Network, a Dubai based investor, and Accelerating Asia, an early-stage venture capital fund, announced the startup today. Fahad Ifaz, Co-Founder and CEO, iFarmer said, "We are super...
If an e-commerce company fails to deliver in time a product that has been paid in advance during order placement, it will have to pay double the product price in penalty. The buyer will be able to recover the fine by filing a case...
Eon Group has established the country's first automated dairy farm in a village of Badarganj upazila in Rangpur. The state-of-the-art facility will mainly produce pasteurised milk alongside other milk-based products such as ghee, curd and ice cream. Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim inaugurated the farm...
Early in the pandemic, when Amazon loosened its rules around allowing smartphones on the warehouse floor, an employee now known as “thepackman123” saw an opportunity. The 23-year-old, who works at a facility in New York and asked not to be named, started filming himself...
Bangladesh plans to train 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next five years to fortify the country’s digital infrastructure, said ICT Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Tuesday. “They will keep both Bangladesh and the rest of the world safe from cyber attacks,” he said at...