Travellers from Malaysia and Singapore and soon Hong Kong can choose to travel first and pay later with Malaysia Airlines. This follows the establishment of a regional partnership between the airlines parent company Malaysia Aviation […]
Juniper launches AI and network research funding for universities
Juniper Networks has announced a university funding initiative to fuel strategic research to advance network technologies for the next decade. The goal is to enable universities, including Dartmouth, Purdue, Stanford, and the University of Arizona, […]
Taiwanese startups give Ukraine social media edge
While Ukrainians battle with Russia on their homeland, AutoPolitic and QSearch have to lend them a helping hand in cyberspace. The two Taiwanese startups are providing pro bono strategic communication tools and training to counter […]
Spenmo appoints first CRO
Singapore-based Spenmo has appointed Kevin Fitzgerald as its first Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), who is tasked with leading sales, marketing, partnerships, and customer success teams in Asia. Prior to joining the payables software startup, Fitzgerald […]
Baidu introduces speech to sign language interpretation using AI
Baidu AI Cloud has launched an AI sign language platform that generates digital avatars to interprete speech to hand gestures in minutes. Part of Baidu AI Cloud’s digital avatar platform XiLing, the new offering aims […]
HP avails Instant Ink subscription service in Singapore
Running out of ink when printing from home can be a pain. It can result in delay of submission for school or work projects, especially in a hybrid world. HP Inc’s Instant Ink subscription service […]
VIS Global and Uniphore partner on AI for CX
VIS Global and Uniphore have formed a multi-country strategic partnership to provide a comprehensive communication and customer experience (CX) management portfolio with conversations automation offerings in Asia Pacific. This partnership will deliver to enterprises benefits […]
SGTech and techUK sign MOU on tech ecosystem collaboration
SGTech and techUK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on their tech ecosystems, and to promote and foster trade on areas such as digital trade facilitation, artificial intelligence, cyber security, digital identities […]
Hitachi Vantara rolls out hybrid cloud products and services
Hitachi Vantara has introduced a slew of hybrid cloud products and services for data-driven organisations to automate and simplify their infrastructure and operations. First off is the Virtual Storage Software Block (VSS Block) software-defined data […]
Thai 7-Eleven operator improves customer service with conversational AI
Handling 240,000 calls a day is no mean feat. It’s a massive challenge for any call centre. CP All, the sole licensed operator of the more than 11,000 7-Eleven stores in Thailand, has turned to […]
Singtel unveils Paragon all-in-one platform
Singtel has launched the Paragon all-in-one platform for 5G network, edge computing and services to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation journey. With the platform, enterprises can tap into Singtel’s 5G network to activate network […]
SAS appoints Asean Head
SAS has named Derek Seow as its new Head of Asean to lead the regional team’s drive towards growth and profitability. Seow will also oversee the streamlining of operations to ensure efficient business operations and […]
H2O.ai’s no-code tool simplifies AI model creation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is about getting software to write software. However, writing the software to do that requires a bit, if not lots, of programming skill and time. H2O.ai has introduced a no-code tool that […]
Review: OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G
Announced in November 2021 and officially available in Singapore from January 15, 2022, the OPPO Reno7 Pro 5G phone is OPPO’s latest mobile phone from the Reno series on the market. The phone is visually […]
CYFIRMA introduces DeFNCE cybersecurity app for mobile devices
CYFIRMA has launched the DeFNCE cybersecurity app that helps mobile users be mindful of cyber safe habits such as setting a secure password, learning about emerging cyber threats, and being aware of cybercriminals targeting apps […]
Jaguar to develop automated driving system with NVIDIA
Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with NVIDIA to jointly develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems plus AI-enabled services and experiences for its customers. All new Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles from 2025 will be […]
Cabital launches secure fiat gateway
Cabital has launched the Cabital Connect secure fiat on-ramp and off-ramp gateway for cryptocurrency exchanges that makes it easy for their users to buy leading cryptocurrencies. The business solution for cryptocurrency platforms allows the use […]
Virtual GTC 2022 packs over 900 sessions
NVIDIA’s coming GPU Technology Conference (GTC) will be packed with more than 900 sessions and feature over 1,400 speakers including some of the world’s top researchers and industry leaders in AI, high performance computing and […]
India smartphone market rises 7% in 2021
Supply shortage and pandemic aside, India’s smartphone market grew seven percent in 2021 to 161 million units, according to IDC. Xiaomi led a band of China makers (Vivo, Realme and Oppo) that dominated the top […]
Huawei P50 Pro: Distinctly pro
By Edward Lim Other than foldables, most smartphones look similar at the front. When not powered on, it’s just a black reflective glass screen. Perhaps the only distinguisable difference from a frontal view is the […]
IBM and SAP team up on hybrid cloud
IBM and SAP have teamed up to make it easier for enterprises to embrace a hybrid cloud approach and move mission-critical workloads from SAPsolutions to the cloud for regulated and non-regulated industries. Moving workloads and […]
NTT and ServiceNow partner on private 5G
NTT is partnering with ServiceNow to simplify and accelerate the adoption of private 5G through an AI enabled end-to-end workflow automation platform. With this partnership, organisations will be able to utilise solutions from NTT and […]
ITE and Vizzio to launch Universal Omniverse Experience Centre
Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Vizzio Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch the Universal Omniverse Experience Centre at ITE College Central. The centre will harness next-generation technologies such as […]
NVIDIA’s Arm deal off
Seventeen months after NVIDIA announced its intention to acquire Arm, the deal has been called off. Rumours of the end of the agreement were swirling this morning with the media working on overdrive to confirm […]
Snowflake names new SVP for Asean and India
Snowflake has appointed Sanjay Deshmukh as Senior Regional Vice President for Asean and India. Sanjay will drive customer success, strengthen partnerships and consistently increase brand equity. His responsibilities include developing and executing strategic plans to […]
TCImage designs using XR
Most people would have heard of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR). However, some may not be aware of extended reality (XR), a hybrid of VR, AR and mixed reality. Taipei-based TCImage renovation studio […]
Huobi Incubator partners with DFINITY on Web3 development
Huobi Incubator is partnering with DFINITY Foundation to provide end-to-end support for Internet Computer-based Web3 dapps, DeFi, games, NFTs, social media, and metaverse projects. DFINITY is a non-profit organisation that is a major contributor to […]
Kyndryl and PureStorage forge global alliance
Kyndryl and Pure Storage are teaming up globally, combining Kyndryl’s expertise and operational experience with Pure’s storage technology of Pure to deliver mission-critical capabilities to enterprises. Under the global alliance, Kyndryl will become a key […]
Siemens to deploy VersiCharge EV charger in Singapore
Singapore electric vehicle (EV) owners, take note. Siemens has received the green light to deploy the VersiCharge EV charger in the country. The sleek and compact electric vehicle alternating current smart charger can be installed […]
NVIDIA to develop AI talents in Indonesia
NVIDIA and Indonesia’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to develop artificial intelligence (AI) talent in the country. More than 20,000 Indonesian university students will be […]
MetricStream introduces ConnectedGRC
MetricStream has announced ConnectedGRC solutions that helps organisations tackle business challenges related to risk, compliance, audit, cyber risks, and environmental, social, governance (ESG). The new solutions provide a single, intuitive platform that enables enhanced collaboration, […]
Meta builds massive AI research supercomputer powered by NVIDIA
Meta has just taken AI up another notch with its newly-designed and built AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) which is believed to be among the fastest AI supercomputers running today with 760 NVIDIA DGX A100 systems […]
Global IT spending to rise 5.1% in 2022
In a sign of economic recovery despite the ongoing pandemic, global IT spending is expected to hit US$4.5 trillion in 2022, up 5.1 percent from 2021, according to Gartner. There are high expectations that digital […]
DigiCert acquires Mocana
DigiCert has acquired Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity provider Mocana for an undisclosed fee. Following the transaction, DigiCert will be able to provide IoT manufacturers and operators with a comprehensive platform for managing security across […]
ITE and NVIDIA launch AI training programme for students
Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and NVIDIA are jointly developing an AI Workforce Readiness Programme to train the institute’s students. The three-year partnership involves the setting up of AiTE, an AI training facility at […]
Microsoft to add Activision Blizzard
Microsoft plans to acquire Activision Blizzard to its gaming portfolio, a move that should power growth in its gaming business and entry into the metaverse. When the US$68.7 billion deal is completed end of fiscal […]
UNM boosts research with NVIDIA DGX A100
University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) will be deploying the NVIDIA DGX A100 system for artificial intelligence (AI) research, teaching and learning. Expected to be operational at end February, the new system will provide much needed […]
Talend appoints Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
Talend has appointed Dustin Grosse as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. Grosse has more than 25 years of marketing, strategy and go-to-market general management experience in helping drive growth and profitability of a wide range […]
LG Electronics joins IBM Quantum Network
LG Electronics has joined IBM Quantum Network to advance industry applications of quantum computing. Being part of the network gives LG Electronics access to IBM’s quantum computing systems, quantum expertise and the Qiskit open-source quantum […]
NVIDIA acquires Bright Computing
NVIDIA has acquired Bright Computing which develops software for managing high performance computing (HPC) systems. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Bright Computing is used by more than 700 organisations worldwide, including Boeing, Johns […]
IME and Soitec to develop next-gen silicon carbide semiconductor
The Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Soitec are collaborating on a research to develop next-generation silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices to power electric vehicles and advanced high-voltage electronic devices. Both parties will leverage Soitec’s proprietary […]
JiDU l4 autonomous vehicle to begin production in 2023
The first JiDU Automotive level 4 (L4) autonomous vehicle will be powered by the NVIDIA Drive Orin system-on-chip (SoC) and roll off the production line in 2023. Under the five levels of autonomous driving, L4 […]
IBM gets new APAC GM
IBM has appointed Paul Burton as General Manager of its Asia Pacific (APAC) business. He takes over from Brenda Harvey who is assuming a senior role with the company in the US. Burton is responsible […]
NVIDIA’s new robotic platform aims to save billions with fleet optimisation
NVIDIA has introduced the Isaac Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) platform that extends NVIDIA Isaac capabilities for building and deploying robotics applications, bringing mapping, site analytics and fleet optimisation onto NVIDIA EGX servers. Besides optimising operational […]
Another year, another Samsung S21
Samsung Electronics has fired the first salvo in the battle for smartphone supremacy by adding the Galaxy S21 FE 5G to its lineup. The new smartphone comes with flagship features such as an advanced 64-bit […]
Intel sells NAND and SSD business to SK hynix
Intel has completed the first closing of the US$7 billion sale of its NAND and SSD business to SK hynix. The deal includes the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China and the transfer of […]
Thai research agency builds SEA’s largest HPC system
Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is serious about its mission to accelerate science, technology and innovation development in the country. It is deploying a whopping 704 NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs for […]
LG to debut premium monitors at CES
2022 beckons and the countdown to CES has begun in earnest with several exhibitors announcing pre-briefings, keynote addresses and giving sneak previews of their announcements, LG has just shared that it will be introducing two […]
IFFCO-Tokio tackles fraudulent claims with AI, saves US$1m annually
Frandulent claims are the bane of insurance companies. But how can one know if a case is not real? Driven by a bid to stem finanicial loss due to fake claims, India-based insurance firm IFFCO-Tokio […]
Kacific to migrate to AWS to delivery broadband to rural regions
Come 2022, Kacific Broadband Satellites will be migrating its IT infrastructure and critical business applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to scale up delivery of its broadband internet to rural regions of Southeast Asia and […]
ASUS-NTU research center to focus on smart technology
The newly-formed ASUS-National Taiwan University (NTU) Joint Research Center will combine talents from the business and academic sectors to build future leaders in smart technology. With research and development funding of more than US$3.5 million, […]
hacksingapore to drive innovation, solve challenges in Singapore
Singapore will be hosting hacksingapore to get technical and non-technical talents to create solutions that solve some of the challenges that the country may face in the coming years. To be held from January to […]
Oppo goes foldable
After four years of research and development and six iterations, the first Oppo foldable smartphone was unveiled at Oppo Inno Day earlier this week. The OPPO Find N is a compact 5.59-inch smartphone that opens […]
Boomi names new CEO
Boomi has appointed David Meredith to replace the retiring Chris McNabb as Chief Executive Officer effective January 31, 2022. He joins from Everbridge, where he held a similar position and let the company to rapid […]
Neo4J forms Asean partnerships
Neo4j has expanded its partnership network with Malaysia’s Abyres Enterprise Technologies and iEnteprise Online, and Singapore’s ABeam Analytics and KewMann. These alliances will enable partners to provide their customers with all of Neo4j’s graph data […]
H2O.ai automates document processing
H2O.ai has announced general availability of the H2O Document AI machine learning service that understands, processes and manages the large volume and types of documents and unstructured text data that businesses and organisations handle every […]
VNPAY deploys NVIDIA DGX A100 to supercharge fintech innovations
Fintech company VNPAY is utilising the NVIDIA DGX A100 system to enable AI applications for partners and customers. An example is the electronic-Know-Your-Customer (eKYC) service developed for Vietcombank and VietinBank. About 70 percent of the […]
NortonLifeLock adds dark web monitoring feature
NortonLifeLock is including dark web monitoring for selected Norton 360 plans in Singapore. This new feature patrols the dark web and notifies customers of potential threats to their identity, if detected. The dark web is […]
Cloudflare expands firewall capabilities, introduces migration programme
Cloudflare is expanding its Zero Trust firewall capabilities to help companies secure their entire corporate network. With the new cloud firewall functionality, CIOs can better secure their entire corporate network, apply Zero Trust policies to […]
Crypto.com first fintech to receive data protection trust mark
Crypto.com has become the first fintech company to receive the Data Protection Trust Mark (DPTM) awarded by Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) for sound data protection practices. With the certification, Singapore-based customers can be […]
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