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 […]
Category: Enterprise
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NVIDIA gives enterprises leg up with instant AI infrastructure
Building an AI infrastructure can be a daunting endeavour. But help is at hand with the NVIDIA AI LaunchPad to give enterprises a leg up in their AI efforts. Delivered through hybrid-cloud providers, the comprehensive […]
Baidu targets carbon neutrality by 2030
Baidu aims to use advanced technology and innovative mechanisms to minimise its ecological footprint to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030. Starting from 2020, the China search giant is eyeing to fulfill carbon […]
Accenture to buy umlaut
Accenture has agreed to acquire German engineering consultancy and services firm umlaut. The acquisition should boost Accenture’s deep engineering capabilities to help companies use digital technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud to transform […]
Informatica tightens Snowflake integration for easier migration
Informatica is making it easier for enterprises to move data to Snowflake through its Intelligent Data Management Cloud. With the tighter integration, data scientists and developers can scale analytics and cloud applications with ease and […]
LintraMax and Merchantrade team up to enable cashless transactions for plantations
LintraMax and Merchantrade Asia are partnering to bring digital payment solutions to oil palm plantations across Malaysia. The partners will introduce Merchantrade’s digital payment solutions to oil palm plantations that are currently using LintraMax’s Quarto […]
DataStax sets up regional HQ in Singapore
Fuelled by fresh funding from Goldman Sachs, DataStax has established its regional headquarters in Singapore to reinforce its commitment to better serve customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Locating the RHQ in Singapore gives the company […]
Optimizely named a leader in feature management and experimentation
Optimizely has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Feature Management And Experimentation, Q2 2021. The digital experience platform provider has the largest market presence score and received “differentiated” scores in experimentation, audience targeting […]
Transforming 3D workflows
Before anything is made, it is first designed. And whether it is a design or simulation, 3D workflow has become an essential component of every industry. Designers, engineers and simulation experts need physically based, photorealistic […]
NVIDIA CEO: AI is powerful force as computer industry reshapes
What is Computex without NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang? When the NVIDIA keynote was helmed by two NVIDIA executives — Jeff Fisher, GeForce Senior Vice PresidentManuvir Das, Head of Enterprise Computing — it seems like the […]
Fast production AI scaling with NVIDIA Base Command Platform
NVIDIA kicked off its Computex activities by unveiling the NVIDIA Base Command Platform that lets enterprises move their AI projects swiftly from prototypes to production. The platform is designed for large-scale, multi-user and multi-team AI […]
NVIDIA-Certified Systems programme gathers momentum
NVIDIA announced at Computex that dozens of new servers have been added to its NVIDIA-Certified Systems programme. The list has now grown to more than 50 systems with the latest additions coming from the likes […]
Delyva introduces mobile app
Malaysia startup Delyva has launched the DelyvaNow mobile app as a booking platform for delivery services for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Available on Android and iOS, the app lets users book, manage and […]
NERSC dedicates world’s fastest AI supercomputer
The numbers are insane. 1 powerful AI supercomputer = 4 exaflops of AI performance.driven by 6,159 NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs. That’s the Perlmutter, the new fastest AI supercomputer named after astrophysicist Saul Permutter. It […]
little Birdie nets A$30m CBA investment
Little Birdie has received A$30 million investment from Commonwealth Bank (CBA), ahead of its launch next month (June 2021). The investment values the online shopping startup at A$130 million, making it among the largest pre-launch […]
1 in 3 APAC business deprioritises security and fraud prevention
Businesses in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are deprioritising security and fraud prevention with nearly one third favouring revenue generation, according to an Experian global study. This makes the digital ecosystem even more vulnerable for consumers. […]
Trackunit sets up regional HQ in Singapore
Denmark-headquartered software-led telematics solutions provider Trackunit has set up a regional HQ in Singapore and offices in Australia and Japan to better serve its customers in the region. Focusing on the digitisation of the construction […]
Thales announces multi-cloud data security solutions
Thales has announced data protection solutions for Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. Each cloud provider has its own unique data protection mechanisms and key management offerings, making multi-cloud data protection a complex […]
hoolah and BridgerPay pair up in Asia
hoolah and BridgerPay are teaming up to provide merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong the opportunity to offer their customers to pay later in a flexible, convenient and transparent way. Singapore-headquartered hoolah offers merchants […]
Gojek and Tokopedia in US$18b merger
Two of Indonesia’s brightest tech stars are merging to form GoTo Group in a deal reported to be worth US$18 billion. Gojek is the archipalego’s top ride-hailing and payments firm while Tokopedia is the nation’s […]
Capgemini strengthens SAP offering with acquisition
Capgemini has agreed to buy Mutibook’s SAP global services line to boost its SAP capabilities and enrich its client portfolio of business services in Japan and Southeast Asia. The acquisition will reinforce Capgemini’s partnership with […]
SPH to spin off media business
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will be hiving off its media business amid declining advertising revenue. Despite its efforts to digitalise and provide contents online, revenue has kept dropping. While media used to be the core […]
Acronis receives US$250m injection
Acronis has received more than US$250 million funding from CVC Capital Partners VII and other investors to further accelerate growth by expanding its product portfolio. A significant portion of the investment will be used to […]
ForgeRock expands Google Cloud partnership
ForgeRock has availed its Identity Cloud platform on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling deeper product integration, unified billing and an expanded relationship to better serve customers’ needs globally. Joint customers can now integrate the powerful identity […]
China to lead APAC in IT security spending in 2021
China will lead the way as organisations in the Asia-Pacifc (except Japan) spend more in IT security this year, according to IDC. China will account more than 40 percent of total APAC security spending in […]
Microsoft establishes its first data centre region in Malaysia
Microsoft will establish its first data centre region in Malaysia as part of the “Bersama Malaysia” (Together with Malaysia) initiative to advance the country’s digital transformation across the private and public sectors. With this move, […]
NVIDIA unveils first cloud-native, multi-tenant supercomputer
At GTC21, NVIDIA unveiled the next-generation NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, the world’s first cloud-native, multi-tenant AI supercomputer. It features BlueField-2 data processing units that offload, accelerate and isolate users’ data to provide users with secure connections […]
Global semiconductor market soars 10.4% in 2020
Amid the current chip shortage, Gartner has reported that the worldwide semiconductor revenue rose 10.4 percent to US$466.2 billion in 2020. Intel retained its pole position by revenue in 2020, followed by Samsung Electronics, SK […]
NVIDIA arms with Grace
While its acquisition of Arm is still awaiting approval, NVIDIA has forged ahead by launching Grace, its first Arm-based data centre CPU that is said to deliver 10x the performance of today’s fastest servers on […]
US blacklists 7 China supercomputing organisations
Under the Biden Administraion, the US Department of Commerce is continuing on its trend of blacklisting China companies deemed to be linked to or supporting China’s military. The latest strike involves seven supercomputing — Shanghai […]
RIKEN and Fujitsu team up on quantum computing
RIKENand Fujitsu have established the RIKEN RQC-Fujitsu Collaboration Center to research and develop foundational technologies to put superconducting quantum computers into practical use. The partners will develop hardware and software technologies to realise a quantum […]
80% of IT leaders to adopt cloud-based IAM
Four in five global IT decision-makers have already adopted, or plan to adopt or expand, cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) initiatives over the next two years, according to a ForgeRock and Google Cloud commissioned […]
Lotte Hotels & Resorts deploys IBM’s ITSM system
Korea’s Lotte Hotels & Resorts has successfully deployed an IT service management (ITSM) system from IBM. The implementation gives it an established standardised IT service processes and systems for chain hotels around the world and […]
Informatica accelerates with NVIDIA
Informatica has boosted its serverless, Spark-based cloud data integration engine with NVIDIA RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark. The accelerated computing power will give users access to end-to-end machine learning operations capabilities by operationalising machine learning […]
IBM adds executive team members to new services business
IBM has made two key leadership appointments for its new managed infrastructure services business. They are Elly Keinan as Group President and Maria Bartolome Winans as Chief Marketing Officer. Keinan has more than three decades […]
Dell opens US$50m Global Innovation Hub in Singapore
Dell Technologies has set up a US$50 million research and development (R&D) facility in Singapore that’s plugged in to its network of Global Innovation Hubs around the world. The Singapore centre will focus on R&D […]
South Korea tops world innovation ranking
South Korea has reclaimed the top in the latest Bloomberg Innovation Index ranking. It ousted Germany, which slide to fourth behind Singapore and Switzerland. Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Finland, the Netherlands, and Austria complete the top […]
Bridge builds 3rd data centre in Malaysia
Bridge Data Centres is building a third data centre in Malaysia. When completed in Q2 2022, it will deliver 16 megawatts (MW) of IT capacity. Called MY03, the new data centre is located at Bukit […]
IBM gets Taos boost
IBM has boosted its cloud migration and transformation offerings with the acquisition of Taos. Taos is a cloud professional and managed services provider with more than 30 years of experience with leading brands across technology, […]
Informatica rolls out cloud-native CX solution
Informatica has introduced Customer 360 SaaS, an enterprise-scale cloud-native solution that helps enterprises deliver customer experience (CX) in a post-pandemic, digital-first, cloud world. Based on the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services platform, the solution provides all-in-one […]
Cognizant to acquire Servian
Cognizant has agreed to acquire Australia’s Servian, a privately-held enterprise transformation consultancy specialising in data analytics, artificial intelligence, digital services, experience design, and cloud. This marks the company’s 10th digital-focused acquisition since January 2020, highlighting […]
Genesys sets up digital business unit
Genesys has launched its new Genesys Digital business unit to help companies address the latest technology trends and consumers’ ever-changing needs in the digital landscape. As lines between marketing, sales and service are blurring for […]
Zoom to establish R&D centre in Singapore
Zoom Video Communications will make Singapore home for its fourth research and development (R&D) centre — the others are in China, India and the United States. As part of the move, it is looking to […]
AsiaPay and Azupay link up for digital payment in Australia
AsiaPay and Azupay have teamed up to facilitate digital payments aross Australia. They aim to provide for e-commerce customers a simple, secure, seamless and real-time checkout experience, and for merchants to receive payment instantly and […]
AWS to open 2nd region in Australia
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to open a second infrastructure region in Australia in the latter half of 2022. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region will consist of three availability zones (AZs) at launch. […]
Shippit raises A$30m to fuel SEA expansion
Shippit has raised an A$30 million in Series B funding to fuel its further expansion into Southeast Asia. The fund will also support the Australian logistics technology company in product and technology enhancements and boosting […]
CSIRO to create helmet that detects and prevents brain seizures
Researchers at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will use a A$1 million Australian government grant awarded to Anatomics to develop a smart helmet to monitor brain swelling in stroke and traumatic brain injury […]
Malwarebytes strenthens protection against remote attacks
Malwarebytes has enhanced its protection suite with Brute Force Protection and next generation scan and detection engine to help enterprises cope with a remote workforce. kers. By detecting high volumes of invalid login attempts, Malwarebytes […]
NVIDIA and Thai universities collaborate on AI and HPC
NVIDIA and a consortium of Thai universities have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on driving research and accelerating scientific breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing (HPC). The partnership will help spur […]
Salesforce picks up Slack for US$27.7b
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Slack for US$27.7 billion, creating the operating system for the new way to work. Slack will be deeply integrated into every Salesforce Cloud. As the new interface for Salesforce Customer […]
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