We spoke to leaders in Southeast Asia about the emerging threat landscape, the need for regulations, concerns related to privacy, and various other IT trends for 2024.
As we wrapped our monthly theme for January-Outlook 2024—for technology and business this year, we gathered a lot of insights from IT experts and leaders on what the year’s predictions are for cloud computing and continuum, how organisations will balance the increasing security demands in an ever-changing threat landscape, and the way Al will enable future-readiness.
Apart from this, experts also shared their opinions on the state of crypto regulations in the Southeast Asia region, how data privacy is resting on the shoulders of CX leaders and other business and market paradigm shifts.
Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.
Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.
An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.