ICT sector

As business digitalisation accelerates, data and applications to store and process it grows in importance but can be expensive. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may find outsourcing their data housing to professionally managed data centres is the most cost-effective approach.

In order to accelerate the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) to create an intelligent manufacturing industry, Hong Kong-based innovation and technology company Nexsen sees Industry 4.0 as an opportunity to actively expand into offshore markets.

The metaverse is set to shake up the business world and traditional supply chains previously constrained by physical boundaries. This webinar will consider the implications of the metaverse for the Hong Kong business community including the heightened cybersecurity risks. It will also examine ways in which Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can rework the architecture of their businesses in this new, decentralised era.

A showcase for information and communications technology (ICT) firms from around the world, the 18th HKTDC International ICT Expo will comprise specialised zones – Enterprise Solutions, Smart City, Startup, Smart Devices & Accessories, Retail Technologies, Home Grown Innovation and Retail Technologies. The Startup Zone includes 150 tech start-ups from Hong Kong, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, Japan, Mainland China, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” for many lines of business, the COVID-19 pandemic called to mind the second part of the opening quote to Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, not so much the first.

Asian economies such as Taiwan and Korea have swiftly grasped the possibilities opening up in the premium television market since the COVID-19 outbreak, and Hong Kong is jumping on the bandwagon.