S-E Asian firms 'see value in data storage for innovation'

San Francisco

DATA storage firm Pure Storage, a New York-listed outfit that counts Singapore chipmaker Avago and property developer Ascendas-Singbridge as customers, says South-east Asian businesses contributed to some of its strongest growth in latest global revenues. It is a sign that the region is grasping that data storage is integral to innovation.

Michael Alp, Pure's vice-president for the Asia-Pacific (Apac) and Japan, told The Business Times: "All our Asean markets are growing at good rates. We are winning a lot of enterprise accounts, many in financial services and high-tech manufacturing. Governments are picking up too, including Singapore government agencies, which I cannot name."