With the rise of new machines, new generations of talent and new business models based on insight and intelligence, the rules of global competition had already started to change. Now, these tectonic shifts are being further catalyzed and accelerated by the global pandemic.

Here are the five key actions that will help businesses augment human work with digital technologies.

Singapore’s 2021 budget is due to be unveiled in less than a month, and all eyes are on the measures to be announced.

As both vaccinations and acquired immunity spread, life will likely settle into a new normal that will resemble pre-COVID-19 days — with some major twists.

Companies take 61 days on average to fill a tech role in high demand, compared to 42 days for a non-tech role, according to the iCIMS 2021 Workforce report, released Wednesday. The study consulted 500 U.S.-based HR professionals between November and December of 2020.

The elevation Tuesday of Andy Jassy to Amazon’s future CEO was the latest evidence that the forecast for Big Tech is increasingly cloudy. “It’s a bit of a crowning glory for the cloud,” said Cognizant’s Ben Pring.

A recent study by Cognizant’s ‘Centre for the Future of Work’ found that Singapore companies felt most impacted by COVID-19 throughout the region.

Quick and accelerated digital adoption by Indian firms has helped them grow faster than their Asian and Western peers.

Even "jobs of the future" have been derailed by the intensified pandemic, but positions in environmental services are still growing strong.

While Asian businesses have been largely nimble in responding to the pandemic, India Inc braved the COVID-19 crisis much better than countries worldwide, and is also most bullish about embracing digital tools.