Enterprise cloud service provider Zadara has set up base in Malaysia as part of its Southeast Asia expansion plans. It has also formed a strategic partnership with KH Datagate, which will see the rollout of […]
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Acronis intros advanced protection pack for service providers
Acronis has announced the new Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud advanced protection pack, which includes Advanced File Sync and Share, for service providers. Building on the file-sharing capabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Advanced File Sync […]
Asus hops on hoolah BNPL platform
Asus is hopping on the buy now pay later (BNPL) trend to offer customers a more flexible and convenient way of payment. The new payment option will kick off in Singapore across all Asus physical […]
Walmart to help businesses with digital transformation
Walmart will begin offering its own technologies and capabilities to help other businesses and brands better serve both onsite and online customers. Over the past several years, the US supermarket giant has developed technologies and […]
Raise a pet in metaverse
Remember the wildly popular Tamagotchi pet game that got the world hooked on caring for and feeding a digital pet? Korean pet curation platform Mongplus is revisiting the virtual pet raising concept by working with […]
Quadpay rebrands as Zip
A year after its acquisition of Quadpay, Zip is renaming the buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform to increase brand presence for its growing global business. It is investing deeply to escalate its brand awareness […]
SambaNova and ScaleWorX align to drive AI adoption in APAC
SambaNova Systems and ScaleWorX are partnering to drive AI adoption in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the partnership, ScaleWorX will offer innovative and best-in-class AI solutions from SambaNova to its end users. It will implement SambaNova’s […]
NVIDIA AI software halves inference time for language queries
NVIDIA has launched the eighth generation of the TensorRT AI software that slices inference time in half for language queries to help developers build search engines, ad recommendations and chatbots. TensorRT 8 delivers the speed […]
2 in 3 Indian organisations in early AI adoption
Artificial intelligence (AI) is THE must-do technology these days. In India, two out of three organisations are exploring AI technologies to enhance customer experience, improve operations, and enhance decision-making, according to IDC. However, only 8.4 […]
Singapore is top global innovation hub
Singapore has retained its pole position in KPMG’s global ranking of leading technology innovation hubs outside of Silicon Valley/San Francisco. The 2021 KPMG Technology Industry Survey of more than 800 global leaders ranked Singapore ahead […]
Informatica expands APAC footprint with Azure
Informatica has launched its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform on Microsoft Azure to expand its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. The move follows Informatica and Azure’s collaboration which grew 109 percent year-on-year in 2020. […]
Hubilo enhances all-in-one event platform
With the pandemic still impacting the events industry, Hubilo has enhanced its virtual and hybrid event platform with better overall attendee engagement, human connections and ROI of events. The improved version integrates attendee experience and […]
Palo Alto Networks develops firewall using NVIDIA DPU
Palo Alto Networks has introduced the first virtual next-generation firewall (NGFW) to be accelerated by a DPU to boost the network defence of data centres. NVIDIA’s BlueField data processing unit (DPU) is used to accelerate […]
Uzabase introduces Speeda Edge research platform
Tokyo-based Uzabase has announced its Speeda Edge research platform for professionals in venture capital, corporate strategy and innovation, mergers and acquisitions, and at funded startups. The emerging industry intelligence platform contains custom profiles and proprietary […]
HP launches light Pavilion Aero for Gen Zs
HP Singapore has released the lightweight HP Pavilion Aero 13 laptop designed with Gen Zs in mind. Weighing under one kilogramme, it lets them work and play with the laptop wherever they go. Besides being […]
Acronis names Patrick Pulvermueller as CEO
Acronis has appointed Patrick Pulvermueller (above) as Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Serguei Beloussov, who founded the company in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2013. Most recently President of the Partner Business at […]
Choco Up pumps US$8m into Janio to fuel expansion
Fintech firm Choco Up has invested USD$8 million in Janio, a cross-border platform that provides integrated, end-to-end e-commerce logistics solutions in Southeast Asia. Singapore-based Janio aims to simplify deliveries across borders and integrate the logistics […]
CyberLink partners with Asus on smart IoT/AIoT apps
CyberLink has linked up with Asus to develop a solution with integrated facial-recognition capabilities for use in areas such as security, access control, visitor management and contactless experiences for retail, public services, and hospitality. The […]
Huawei unleashes new flagship products in APAC
Huawei has announced new flagship products for the Asia-Pacific region. Most of these have already been introduced earlier in China. Huawei nova 8i smartphone: Targeted at a younger audience, it is slim with curved design, […]
Fusion Broadband taps Equinix for global expansion
Australia’s Fusion Broadband has expanded into Equinix to increase its global footprint and offer customers enhanced performance and more advanced connectivity options. Leveraging the massive global infrastructure of Equinix, which has more than 220 data […]
NTHU wins ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge again
Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has done it again — winning the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge for the second year running. It outperformed more than 300 teams from prestigious universities around the world to […]
China blocks DiDi app
What was supposedly a week of celebration for DiDi following its listing on the New York Stock Exchange ended with a whimper with its app being blocked in China. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) […]
NVIDIA-based AI systems ace MLPerf benchmarks
For years, hardware enthusiasts have been pushing their graphics cards to gain the best possible performance in benchmark tests. That’s no different at the top end where GPU-accelerated AI systems are tested on their capabilities […]
Movandi and Mavenir team up on Thailand’s first smart city project
Movandi and Mavenir have partnered on deploying the 5G mmWAVE Open Radio Access Network (RAN) for a smart city in Thailand. Mavenir’s Open RAN radio units (RU) for the smart city private network include Movandi’s […]
India’s server market up, external storage market down in Q1
In back-to-back Q1 updates, IDC has reported that India’s server market grew 33.8 percent to reach US$310.6 million while its external storage market dropped six percent to US$83.0 million. The x86 market contributed 88.8 percent […]
Nikon unveils the Z fc mirrorless camera
Nikon Singapore has released the Z fc compact DX-format mirrorless camera that blends the design of the classic Nikon FM2 with the latest technologies to produce up to 4K UHD output. Weighing about 390g, it […]
Changi Airport to install optical LAN for CCTV ops
Singapore’s Changi Airport will be installing Nokia Optical LAN to better support existing CCTV operations and enable new services as part of its digital transformation. Nokia Optical LAN leverages the fibre bandwidth capabilities to cover […]
ClearScore secures US$200m funding
Fintech firm ClearScore has received a US$200 funding from Invus Opportunities to grow its team, product suite and customer base globally.. The credit marketplace serves more than 14 million customers worldwide, with more than 400,000 […]
Acronis sets up R&D centre in Israel
Singapore-headquartered Acronis has established a new office in Herzliya, Israel to conduct cybersecurity research and development, and support local Acronis partners and customers. It is part of a plan to invest US$80 million in Israel […]
Fujitsu absorbs middleware subsidiary
Fujitsu Middleware will be part of its parent company by October 1, 2021. The move is part of Fujitsu’s optimisation of operations, including domestic group companies, with the aim of enhancing the value delivered to […]
