Optus chief executive Allen Lew is of the view a "solution is in place" to address technical issues dogging the company's World Cup coverage and has apologised unreservedly, saying Optus will "simulcast the next two nights of 2018 FIFA World Cup matches with SBS".

The Federal Opposition has been quick to blame the Australian Government over the World Cup coverage fiasco saying that it is a Turnbull own goal and linking it to funding cuts to SBS or ABC.

Major global cloud service providers have huge growth expectations for the Asia Pacific region and are investing their capital in Australian data centres to reflect their rapid growth.

The Singapore Sailing Federation is claiming a world first with the launch of an artificial intelligence-powered sailing chatbot to deliver real-time wind and weather readings to regatta participants at Singapore’s 2018 national sailing championship.

A strategic partnership between CA Technologies and IBM will see joint development and marketing of new services for IBM’s zCloud.

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