Aaron Tan

Singapore

Editor-in-Chief, APAC at Tech Target

Regional Director, Analyst Services at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)

Articles

Gprnt platform to ease sustainability reporting

1 week ago | computerweekly.com | Aaron Tan

Businesses in Singapore can now use Gprnt, a sustainability reporting and data platform, to automatically retrieve their utilities data for free to generate basic sustainability metrics, including Scope 1 and 2 emissions. The platform, spun out from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and part of the Global Finance and Technology Network (GFTN), secured $4.62m in seed funding from Ant International and MUFG Bank.
New in town: Hae! Mee - 25-year-old Bai Nian 2nd-gen sells prawn noodles with palm-sized prawns

1 week ago | sg.style.yahoo.com | Aaron Tan

Aaron Tan26 May 2025 at 12:00 am·3-min readHae! Mee, a new prawn noodle stall situated at Chai Chee ESR BizPark food court recently opened to the public on 15 May 2025. For all those who find the name similar to Hae! Claypot at Eunos, you’re right! Both stalls are actually opened by the 2nd-gen of siblings whose parents run the popular Bai Nian Yong Tau Foo franchise. Credit – Hae! Mee25-year-old owner Chantal Pang, a single mother of 2, didn’t exactly have a good relationship with her family.
Just love bread 就是爱面包: $1.30 old-school breads & cakes with 30+ varieties by 4th-gen hawker

1 week ago | sg.style.yahoo.com | Aaron Tan

Aaron Tan24 May 2025 at 6:00 am·4-min readWith inflation and rising costs in today’s economy, it’s a breath of fresh air when S$1.30 breads and cakes are being offered at Just love bread 就是爱面包 over at 724 AMK Market & Food Centre. just love bread - stall frontThe superman behind the hawker stall’s 30+ varieties of bread and cakes is non other than William, a 4th-gen owner who took over the current spot 5 years ago.
Grab opens AI centre of excellence, bets on home-grown AI

2 weeks ago | computerweekly.com | Aaron Tan

Southeast Asian super app Grab has opened an artificial intelligence (AI) centre of excellence at its Singapore headquarters to build AI capabilities that enhance accessibility, boost developer productivity and contribute to smart city initiatives across the region.
Agentic AI to drive heavy infrastructure demands

2 weeks ago | computerweekly.com | Aaron Tan

Organisations that are exploring the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) agents must prepare for a substantial increase in infrastructure demands that will surpass current generative AI (GenAI) requirements, according to Soo Mei May, chief of AI global solution specialist at Dell Technologies.
Red Hat touts OpenShift Virtualization momentum

2 weeks ago | computerweekly.com | Aaron Tan

Red Hat is seeing greater adoption of OpenShift Virtualization as enterprises look for alternative infrastructure platforms, company executives said at the Red Hat Summit in Boston this week. The open source giant is positioning its virtualisation offering as a key component of its broader hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI)-ready platform.
11 best hawker stalls at Chong Pang Market & Food Centre to fuel you up

2 weeks ago | sg.style.yahoo.com | Aaron Tan

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, one of the many food destinations available for Yishun residents, was first built in 1984 and is home to over 50 hawker stalls. As many of you may know, this hawker centre will soon be a thing of the past with the development of Chill @ Chong Pang, to be ready in 2027.
We tried the trending $1.90 chicken rice at AMK - is it worth the trip?

2 weeks ago | sg.style.yahoo.com | Aaron Tan

Aaron Tan21 May 2025 at 1:32 am·3-min readThough I’ve been living in the Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood all my life, AMK Central is one place that I hardly travel to unless I’ve got an errand to run. Recently, a stall called Nguan Express 88 at 704 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 offering S$1.90 chicken rice has been making waves on various media channels. Since it’s just a stone’s throw from my place, I figured — why not rope in a colleague and check it out together?
Dell unveils disaggregated infrastructure strategy

2 weeks ago | computerweekly.com | Aaron Tan

Dell Technologies has unveiled its disaggregated infrastructure strategy, aiming to provide enterprises with a “best of both worlds” that combines the flexibility of the traditional three-tier architecture with the simplicity of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI).
Renowned 1960s nasi padang spot at Kampong Glam opens new food court stall in the West

2 weeks ago | sg.style.yahoo.com | Aaron Tan

Aaron Tan19 May 2025 at 10:00 pm·3-min readSabar Menanti along North Bridge Road near Kampong Glam is a renowned nasi padang spot that first operated as an unknown street stall in the 1920s. It later transitioned into a dine-in eatery in the 1960s. Current owner, Iszahar, a 3rd-Gen who took over his mother’s business in late 2022 has just opened a new food court stall over at Apex @ Henderson called Surya.