Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.

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LinkedIn is pushing to drive growth in the Asia Pacific region by focusing on raising the experience of current users in the region, who may then influence peers to join the site.  Out of 187 million LinkedIn members worldwide, Asia currently accounts for 37 million.  Read Original Content

Supergeo has launched Mobile Cadastral GIS 3.1 for Android.  The field survey application is designed for mapping data query and measurement in Taiwan.  Read Original Content

Mobile security and device management provider AirWatch aims to meet the increasing demand in the Asia Pacific region for its AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management solution with expansion in Singapore.  Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control has integrated its Epidemic Situation Management System with GIS to assist epidemic control personnel in reporting, monitoring and comprehending epidemic situations instantly in an effort to bid to control the rising cases of dengue fever in Taiwan.  Read Original Content

Due to the decline of venture capital investment, the growth of local startups in Indonesia is forecast to slow down in 2013.  Read Original Content
Facebook has plans to outsource the manufacture of a number of its storage products to Taiwan-based original device manufacturers such as Quanta Computer and Wistron.  Read Original Content

A large part of the Australian population is using mobile technology which opens the door for new and innovative government services, creating opportunities for the government to empower Australian citizens and better manage expectations.  Read Original Content

Taiwanese startup iCook.tw has formed a partnership with Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten.  iCook will introduce a dedicated Rakuten Taiwan channel to its mobile app for users to purchase goods through promotional deals.  Read Original Content

According to recent research reported in the Digital Index: Travel and Tourism Study,
44 percent of Asia Pacific travelers use social media to help inform their decision of destination.  Read Original Content

With over 420 million mobile users in China, security researchers are worried about the discovery of a huge botnet running on the smartphones of more than a million users in the country that can allow the smartphones to be hijacked remotely and potentially used for fraudulent purposes.  Read Original Content

The China Internet Network Information Center reports China’s Internet population rose 10 percent last year to 564 million, with 75 percent of those users on mobile devices.  Read Original Content

SAP is continuing to expand its research and development centers in Asia.  In this video featured in BBC News, SAP’s Jason Yotopoulos explains why innovation is important for businesses.  Read Original Content

China Mobile’s chief executive plans to attend a local forum on 4G, the Cross-Strait Summit on TDD 4G Technology, and will meet with Taiwan industry representatives to see how they can work together on the mobile technology.  Read Original Content

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has published a final set of terms, conditions and prices for the auction of spectrum for future mobile data services, and has asked that bidders ensure they have installed the latest updates for their operating systems and browsers to maximize protection against potential security threats.  Read Original Content

The results of a study by Farncombe of Southeast Asian countries (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) reveal 30 percent of the existing broadband subscriptions offer speeds equal to or higher than 2 Mbps and the company forecasts this percentage will reach almost 50 percent by the end of 2017.  Read Original Content

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