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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

YoungUpstarts

By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. billion of them. Our region will not be the first to reach this milestone.

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Ready to expand your startup into Asia? Read this

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. . This is the first of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. countries or cities) across Asia that you would like to target. Laser focus.

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Take Your Website Performance To The Next Level

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by Roger Chen, Vice President, Asia for GoDaddy. Web hosting, check. When it comes to finding success as a small business on the internet, having a website set up is merely the first step. Surfing the web in the age of fiber broadband connections, the last thing you should expect is a sluggish website.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

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How big are small businesses in Asia? Did you know, for example, that in Asia small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 25% to 60% percent to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), constitute 16% to 69% of its exports, and employ between 52% to 97% of its workforce? Apparently, very very big. A key takeaway?

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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

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by Keiichiro Nozaki, Regional Marketing Architect/Evangelist of Asia Pacific, China, and Japan for F5 Networks. Mobile is now a significant driver to the volume of software solutions and apps created, and the coming wave of the Internet of Things (IoT) will only accelerate this trend. A century ago, we had the industrial revolution.

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The Rise Of Cloud Computing

YoungUpstarts

These consoles would usually be web-based by nature and accessible by things like your web browser. Chances are most of us have already encountered cloud browsing through our usage of web-based email services like Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Say farewell to the costly purchase and maintenance of servers and even IT staff.

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Survival Tips From A Seasoned Digital Nomad Who Made It Out The Other Side

YoungUpstarts

What was born as a year long backpacking trip in Asia evolved into something a lot more meaningful, and 5 years and two startups later we can look back at the mistakes we made and the lessons we learned along the way. Most large Asian cities have reasonable internet connection. Always have multiple sources of internet connectivity.