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Japanese multinational firm Suzuki Motor Corporation has made a strategic investment in Melbourne firm Applied EV to speed up the development of software for future mobility.

COMPANY NEWS: Yoshishige Nakamichi has been appointed Country Manager for Japan at Checkmarx, the global leader of developer-centric application security testing (AST) solutions.

RMIT University experts in diamond sensing technology have collaborated with an international research team of scientists who have taken a “promising step” towards a new generation of accurate, affordable and portable devices to detect concussion, epilepsy and dementia.

GUEST OPINION: Seeking to uncover the minds of CISOs and CIOs across Asia Pacific, my company recently asked Frost & Sullivan to take a snapshot of cloud adoption behaviour in the region.

COMPANY NEWS:  SonicWall, a global leader delivering Boundless Cybersecurity, today announced the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) regional winners for the SonicWall Partner Awards for the fiscal year 2022. The award honours SonicWall’s top-performing distributors and partners that have made outstanding contributions to drive the company’s most successful year yet.

Hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk is strengthening its presence in Japan, with plans to build a new 110+ megawatt (MW) hyperscale data centre in West Tokyo, named AirTrunk TOK2 (TOK2).

Honda Motor Company plans to launch 30 electric vehicle models by 2030, with more than two million units being produced monthly, the company has announced.

Australian-listed Internet of Things (IoT) technology company X2M Connect has secured two contract wins in China valued at approximately $1 million.

To identify how Japan and Australia can create a feasible hydrogen supply chain Asialink Business and the Melbourne Energy Institute at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the Consulate-General of Japan hosted a first of its kind event held in Melbourne last week.

Next-gen data management provider Cohesity has appointed Brian Higgins as head of channels in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region.

Three developers have put their hands up to contest for the post of leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project, an annual exercise for the community GNU/Linux distribution.

A group of technology analysts believe that the new iPhone SE announced by Apple on Tuesday will sell well despite a higher price tag due to its 5G support making it equal with its key competitors in the mid-end segment.

Juniper Networks announced that QTnet, a Japanese telecommunication service provider, has chosen Juniper’s wired, wireless and security solutions to power its eSport Challenger’s Park.

COMPANY NEWS:  Accounting software leader BlackLine won a  SAP Partner Excellence 2022 award for SAP Solution Extensions in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ).  The award was presented by SAP to the top-performing partner in the region that has made outstanding contributions to driving digital transformation for businesses that use SAP solutions.  Recipients – in partnership with SAP – help customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions.  

Critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions provider Vertiv has announced the appointment of Rob Steel as associate channel director, Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ).

GUEST OPINION: While 2020 and 2021 were marked by COVID-19, 2022 is set to be a year of recovery with organisations settling into new ways of working.

Multicloud computing company Nutanix has appointed Michael Magura as vice president, Channel Sales, Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ).

Hardware authentication security keys provider Yubico has appointed Geoff Schomburgk as vice president for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

Japanese IT prodcts distributor Daiwabo Information System and US cloud access integration and security (SASE) provider Versa Networks have begun collaborating on the domestic sales of a comprehensive solution with powerful functions related to networking, cloud access integration, and security (SASE) provided by Versa.

Consumers in the Asia region have significantly increased their use of digital channels to engage with businesses and service providers since the outbreak of COVID-19.