AUTONOMOUS data warehouses are among a trio of new technologies that are changing the way business is conducted in Thailand and in other Asian countries, according to Cherian Varghese, Oracle’s regional managing director for Asean/SAGE.

IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, a patch of plastic trash almost 10 kilometres long was seen floating off the coast of the Gulf of Thailand in Chumpon province, prompting a wake-up call about the plastic pollution problem which has become increasingly serious in recent years.