TechTouch Asia

By Eric Wong, Head of Asia Pacific, Expereo Source: Expereo. 2024 has begun in earnest, and despite facing economic uncertainty, the Asia Pacific region is displaying a strong sense of optimism among businesses. This optimism stems from a rapidly growing digital economy and an unprecedented infrastructure expansion across key economies like India, China, and Southeast Asia. In this context, organisations are increasingly focusing on technology investment as a strategic move. To them, it is not just about gaining a competitive edge but also about building resilience against future market volatilities and disruptions. In fact, Forrester is predicting that the Asia Pacific region will lead the way with 5.7% in technology spend growth globally in 2024*. In our conversations with customers and partners over the past year, we are seeing organisations homing in on pivotal areas such as investing in connectivity as the backbone of economic growth, as well as investing in digital infrastructu...

Appear and Skyline Communications have introduced newly-developed and integrated features designed to streamline live event production workflows. Key highlights of the joint development include:  - Developing a new off-the-shelf HTML application, based on Skyline’s new dataminer.mediaOps solution, and integrating with Appear’s X Platform, providing a central view of all connections including a geographic overview depicting connections and key metrics such as bandwidth between locations.  - Software router panels, offering an intuitive interface for ad-hoc event connections. Similar to using a serial digital input (SDI) router, users can easily connect Appear sources with destinations using protocols such as SRT and JPEG-XS .  - Featured scheduling functionality allowing operators to plan connections and reserve required bandwidth ahead of time. Skyline Communications' DataMiner acts as an orchestrator, keeping track of resource utilisation and preventing overbooking. “Our...