Malaysia’s ICT spend to surpass US$10bil but challenges abound
Malaysian ICT spending to pass US$10 billion; relative growth to Asean countries slowing, offerings critical for sustainable boom Confusion over definition of huge information & social enterprise; cloud and BYOD continue to dominate in 2013 MALAYSIA's facts and communications technology (ICT) quarter spending is expected to breach the USA$10-billion mark for the first time in its records, according to a latest forecast by using analyst firm IDC. Speaking at its IDC Asean & Malaysia Top 10 Predictions for 2013 seminar right here on Dec 6, Roger Ling, research manager, Asean offerings research group for IDC Asia/Pacific, stated that Malaysia will spend US$10.four billion in 2013, representing a 7.7% growth from the 12 months before (2012). But notwithstanding the overall spend attaining a new milestone, the expected growth percent of 7.7% is lower than what Malaysia has been used to accomplishing inside the beyond two years, a determine that has been towards eleven% o...