Infortrend Technology has introduced an EonStor CS scale-out NAS solution for large-scale surveillance video archiving from more than 1,000 IP-cameras.
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Visa calls on APAC payments industry to adopt tap to phone solutions
Tap to pay via the smartphone is a quick and easy way to make contactless payments. However, businesses are slow in adopting tap to phone solutions even though 55 percent of Asia Pacific consumers surveryed are willing to use this mode of payment.
PropertyGuru nets S$300m to drive growth
PropertyGuru Group has secured S$300 million in funding to build product offerings and drive expansion acorss the region.
Tech Data to acquire Innovix Distribution
Tech Data has inked an agreement to acquire Hong Kong-based Innovix Distribution. The deal will grow Tech Data’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region and strengthen its end-to-end solutions capabilities.
Supermicro and PFN build world’s most efficient supercomputer
A Super Micro Computer (Supermicro)-Preferred Networks (PFN) collaboration has achieved the top ranking for the Green500 semi-annual industry assessment.
PG Mall goes multi-channel with Netcore
PG Mall is powering its multi-channel marketing automation and engagement campaigns with Netcore Smartech.
Genesys and Adobe collaborate on delivering contextual CX
Genesys and Adobe are partnering to help organisations break down data siloes between marketing, commerce, sales and service departments.
Google helps small businesses in Thailand go digital
Travel restrictions and curfews have been devastating Thailand’s 1.3 million small businesses. With international tourism far from being normalised, many are reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and struggling for survival.
Cisco to buy BabbleLabs
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire BabbleLabs whose noise supression solution leverages artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to distinguish human speech from unwanted noise.
Zendesk announces Explore Enterprise
Zendesk has introduced Explore Enterprise, a real-time analytics solution that lets leaders share insights instantly with teams and departments for faster decision making improving customer experience (CX).
Zoom establishes first SEA data centre in Singapore
Source: Zoom
Zoom Video Communications has set up its first Southeast Asia data centre in Singapore — its 18th in the world.
DigiCert simplifies TLS certificate management with multi-year plan
DigiCert has announced a new multi-year plan for TLS certificate purchases in the DigiCert CertCentral TLS Manager.
Working from home doubles enterprise notebook sale in India in Q2
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India’s country-wide lockdown drove everyone to work from home. While this does not augur well for the economy, the move drove sales of enterprise notebooks up by a record 105.5 percent in Q2, according to IDC.
Cloud Expo Asia, Hong Kong goes online
Cloud Expo Asia, Hong Kong is the latest tech event in the region to move online — another casualty of the coronavirus. The dates remain the same — September 23 and 24 — and its contents will be remain online for three weeks after the event.
Huawei unpacks enhanced live streaming solution for merchants
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In the midst of the pandemic, e-commerce is thriving and creating opportunities for many. At a webinar for developers last week, Huawei unveiled an enhanced live streaming solution that can help merchants and e-commerce platforms tap this fast growing market, which raked in US$3.46 trillion in 2019.
Intuit acquires TradeGecko
Intuit has acquired Singapore startup TradeGecko, the inventory and order management platform that makes omni-channel commerce easy for small businesses, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to be completed in September 2020.
NVIDIA advances Arm acquisition talk
The rumours surrounding NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm continue to swirl. According to Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, the talk is in an advanced stage with a deal expected to be reached in the next few weeks.
Infineon introduces smart entrance counter solution
In response to the urgent need for secure social distancing solution in public buildings, Infineon Technologies has developed a solution that counts people while entering and leaving buildings or rooms and ensures social distancing at the same time.
Intel rejigs technology organisation
It has not been a good week for Intel. AMD has surpassed Intel in share value while Intel’s 7nm manufacturing process has grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. Not to mention, the delay of its 10nm desktop CPUs for a year.
NVIDIA eyes Arm deal
NVIDIA is reported to have sounded out SoftBank on acquiring a stake in British chipmaker Arm. If this pans out, it could be one of the biggest chip deal in the industry.
Adobe, IBM and Red Hat partner on CX transformation
In an age where personalisation is a big thing, enterprises need to be more mindful of being relevant and relational to customers while ensuring that data security is not compromised. A newly-announced strategic partnership among Adobe, IBM and Red Hat aims to enable companies to deliver more personalised experiences across the customer journey, driving improved engagement, profitability, and loyalty.
Euclideon makes 3D data visualisation software free
Australia-based Euclideon has made free udStream, a 3D data visualisation product that unlocks for businesses the value of volumes of data that previously might have been left untouched.
Genesys Cloud integrates with Microsoft Teams
Genesys Cloud has been fully integrated with Microsoft Teams to give users a more connected, intuitive and productive experience. The move enables call centre agents to collaborate with employees using Teams to resolve customer issues faster and deliver better service.
Fortinet makes OPAQ acquisition
Fortinet has acquired OPAQ Networks, a secure access service edge (SASE) cloud provider for an undisclosed sum.
Fujitsu starts new company in Japan
Fujitsu to integrate domestic operations in one company
Fujitsu has formed a new company, Fujitsu Japan Ltd, which will start operations in Japan on October 1. The new setup aims to further expand business in the Japan services market.
Indonesia telco turns to ForgeRock for identity infrastructure
Indonesia mobile telco XL Axiata has chosen selected ForgeRock Identity Platform for its cloud-based initiative to unify its many customer-facing systems.
Singapore startup JobForesight launches career advice app for students in China
Acronis adds DeviceLock to its stable
Acronis has acquired DeviceLock, which provides endpoint device/port control data loss prevention (DLP) software for enterprises and government institutions around the world.
FaceCruit lets jobseekers share video resumes for free
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The COVID-19 pandemic has left a massive impact on the job market with many losing jobs and seeking employment. Compounding this are safe distancing and other measures that make face-to-face job interviews challenging.
12CM and Line Taiwan pioneer contactless order pickup confirmation
Echoss Smart Stamp: contactless validation
Korea’s 12CM and Line Taiwan have launched Takeout, a contactless way of validating orders that are being picked up in Taiwan.
Google to invest US$10b in India
Google will be investing US$10 billion in the Google for India Digitization Fund for the next five to seven years.
Cloud4C establishes South Korea offfice
Cloud4C has launched in South Korea to provide an array of services including cloud migration to hyperscalers, hybrid cloud, cloud managed services, IT modernisation services, disaster recovery services, and managed security services.
NVIDIA’s latest virtual GPU a boost for remote workers
Working from home will no longer mean limited access to GPU computing power. NVIDIA’s vGPU July 2020 virtual GPU software will let millions of artists, designers and data analysts work remotely without compromising on GPU grunt.
Fugaku supercomputer tops world’s fastest list
The Fugaku supercomputer jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu has been crowed the world’s fastest supercomputer in the Top500 list. This follows its achievement as the world’s most efficient supercomputer on the Green500 list in November 2019.
New NVIDIA AI platform cuts downtime for supercomputing datacentres
The new NVIDIA Mellanox UFM CyberAI platform minimises downtime in InfiniBand datacentres by harnessing AI-powered analytics to detect security threats and operational issues, as well as predict network failures.
HTC Vive introduces Vive XR Suite to help enterprises with the “Next Normal”
HTC Vive has announced its entry into the cloud software business with the VIVE XR Suite offering that comprises five applications — remote collaboration, productivity, events, social, and culture.
Cohesio to push Fetch Robotics solutions in ANZ
Cohesio Group has partnered with Fetch Robotics to bring advanced automation through flexible and scalable solutions to retailers and logistics providers in Australia and New Zealand.
Infosys readies Return to Workplace solutions for enterprises
Photo by Macau Photo Agency on UnsplashWith India emerging from a 10-week lockdown due to COVID-19, Infosys has launched Return to Workplace solutions to help enterprises ensure safety and wellness of their employees as they adapt to new ways of working.
Alibaba to add 5,000 to cloud unit
Source: Fooksou LamimoWhile some IT bigwigs are trimming their workforce, Alibaba Group plans to add another 5,000 employees globally till March 31, 2021.
AWS and Slack collaborate on tightening tools
Amazon Web Services and Slack Technologies have agreed to work together on delivering solutions for enhanced enterprise workforce collaboration.
Lotte Card adopts hybrid cloud strategy
In an industry that’s witnessing rapid innovations across the value chain, Korea credit card issuer Lotte Card is transitioning its entire enterprise system, including mission critical and core financial accounting systems, to a hybrid cloud environment in collaboration with IBM Services.
Facebook and PayPal sow into Gojek
Photo by Afif Kusuma on UnsplashFacebook and PayPal have pumped undisclosed sums into Indonesia ride-hailing firm Gojek.
NTU and Facebook launch programme to develop data centre talents
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Facebook have announced a new programme that offers course on data centre.
Huawei announces next-gen OceanStor Pacific Series
Zhou: Mass data will play an increasingly important role in enterprise digital transformation.Huawei has launched the next-generation of its OceanStor Pacific Series mass storage system that delivers efficient, cost-effective, and reliable services for AI, HPC, videos, and other mass data scenarios.
Huami and USTC establish joint lab on brain-computer interface
Photo by Robina Weermeijer on UnsplashHuami and the Institute of Advanced Technology at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC-IAT) have established the Brain-computer Interface Joint Laboratory.
Chulalongkorn Uni strides towards Thailand 4.0 innovations
Indochina is certainly becoming a happening place for innovations. Just a week after Vietnam’s VinAI announced that it was using the new NVIDIA DGX A100 for natural language processing research, Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University is now turning to the same system to power its Thailand 4.0 innovations.
Facebook and Instagram offer Shops to businesses
Set up shop on Facebook and Instagram (Photo: Facebook)Having an online shop is so important today. With people huddled at home and movement limited, online shopping has spiked, leaving those without an online presence behind.
NVIDIA powers on Ampere line-up
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a belated keynote address for GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2020 yesterday (May 14). The delay was due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the event, which was to be held in March, to go digital.
Visualise the future with new Vault Client release
Australia-based Euclideon has released the latest version of its Vault Client software for Windows, which incorporates tools for visualising massive 3D datasets and related information to meet the increasing demand for new ways of handling such huge files.
Fusion Broadband is IBM Beacon Award winner
Australia-based Fusion Broadband has won the IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Infrastructure Services Solution.
Microsoft to establish data centre region in NZ
Microsoft to set up data centre in NZ. (Photo by Dan Whitfield from Pexels)Microsoft will be expanding its global data centre footprint by establishing its first data centre region in New Zealand. With the new addition, it will have 60 regions around the world with Microsoft Azure available in more than140 countries.
NVIDIA adds Cumulus to its network software portfolio
Hot on the heels of its Mellanox purchase, NVIDIA has boosted its networking software capabilities following its acquisition of Cumulus Networks.
Zoom rides on Oracle Cloud
Source: OracleZoom Video Communications is banking on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support its dazzling growth to 300 daily meeting participants in March.
IAR Systems to open India office
Sweden-based IAR Systems will be further expanding into Asia with the opening of an office in India in Q3. It opened an office in Taiwan earlier this year.
SiPearl aims to be the third party
For the longest time, the CPU market has been predominantly about two players — AMD and Intel. While there are others, they are way behind the Big Two. But French company SiPearl seems to be making a play to be the third party with the signing of a major licensing agreement with Arm.
NVIDIA completes US$7b Mellanox acquisition
Ten days after it received approval from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, NVIDIA has completed its US$7 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies.
NVIDIA CEO to deliver GTC 2020 keynote on May 14
Huang to make announcements in keynote address.If things had gone as originally planned, NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) would have been done and dusted by now. But the coronavirus has forced the conference to go digital with NVIDIA Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang set to deliver his keynote address on May 14, 9pm (Singapore time).
SyncWords makes Facebook Live real-time translation a reality
The dreams of organisations reaching a global audience via Facebook Live has just become a reality. Whether it’s an online church service or a press conference, SyncWords’ LanguageSync solution for real-time translation of English live programming to more than 40 languages is certainly an answer to prayer.
ForgeRock raises US$93.5m to drive R&D and expansion
Digital identity solution provider ForgeRock has completed a US$93.5 million Series E round of fundraising to fuel research and development, cloud, global sales, and market awareness.
BCM One buys nexVortex
Managed solutions provider BCM One has acquired nexVortex, a provider of business cloud communication services with operations in Herndon, Virginia, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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