Packages for some tech roles are up sharply. Tech Round-Up readers reveal their experiences across the region, and we explore some of the new models of working that are expected to emerge beyond work-from-home.

How hot? Sceptical about the hype, we reality checked our numbers with specialist tech recruiters and employers. We found that while wages aren’t going stratospheric everywhere, in some talent hotspots, wage inflation has hit triple figures.

Five travel sector CEOs tell us what it was like to manage through the most difficult market conditions any of them will ever likely see in their lifetimes. And we describe the strategies that set the survivors apart and positioned them to thrive in any recovery.

Investment in space companies hit new record highs in 2020. The rush has attracted the billionaire class, tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, and a new class of sky gazing entrepreneurs.

While the technology may be space-age, the problems being solved are age-old – from quarantine, to agricultural resource utilisation, to helping investors identify the next best bet.

While data centres are trapped inside telcos, their value tends to be obfuscated.

In this article we examine the considerable potential valuation arbitrage between stand-alone data centres and those hidden within their telco parents. The theoretical potential to unlock significant shareholder value through carve-outs is significant.