The agreement will facilitate the expansion of the Al Manassah sukuk trading platform solution. Malaysian tech start-up Freya Capital Sdn. Bhd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) National Bonds, the private joint stock shareholding company under the Investment Corporation of Dubai, the investment…
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Zoom2u and Locate2u connect customers and couriers
Zoom2u facilitates the delivery of everything from an envelope to a full truckload of freight. Have you ever missed a delivery because you didn’t know when the delivery driver was arriving? It’s a frustrating experience and was the inspiration for an Australian start-up that provides the technology to solve this…
Read MoreSuspicious cyber activity shuts down Toyota Motor
Former General Motors CISO Rich Armour said the dark web has been quiet on the attack so far. Toyota Motor said it will suspend domestic factory operations on the first of March. According Reuters despite the potentially losing around 13,000 cars of output, the shutdown was necessary after a supplier of…
Read MoreIndustry reacts to Singapore 2022 Budget
Strong focus towards digitalisation support. The Singapore Government’s 2022 budget will focus keeping the country ahead in the race by investing in various capabilities. These include the digital realm, innovation, and the nations people, stated Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong. “The Government will strengthen our economy’s digital capabilities by upgrading…
Read MoreData-driven patient care provides valuable insight when it comes to COVID-19
Has the potential to massively relieve the burden on health systems. As Australian hospitals, healthcare providers and aged care facilities continue to deal with the unpredictability of COVID-19, including the Omicron strain, there is an opportunity for healthcare providers to ease the burden, at least in part, nurses and healthcare…
Read MorePDPC fines Singapore hotel bookings platform for data breach
Database containing 5M customer records had been accessed and exfiltrated. The Personal Data Protection Commission (“the Commission”) received a data breach notification from Commeasure Pte Ltd (“the Organisation”) that its database containing 5,892,843 customer records had been accessed and exfiltrated (“the Incident”). The Organisation first found out about the data…
Read MoreANZ Bank hires divisional CIO
Reporting to ANZ group executive, technology, Gerard Florian. ANZ has announced the appointment of Paul White as Divisional Chief Information Officer for the Australia business. Reporting to ANZ Group Executive, Technology, Gerard Florian, White will be responsible for setting and implementing the overarching technology vision and strategy for ANZ’s Australia…
Read MoreWestpac CIO looks at new hiring model
Lifestyle changes driven by COVID requires new hiring models. In a recent interview with Westpac Banks’ internal magazine, Paul Bari CIO Consumer and Business said, he would look to “press go on an “experiment” to create a new “hub” of software engineers for the bank on Queensland’s Gold Coast”. In…
Read MoreBroad smartization industry adoption
COVID-19 accelerated the trend of smartization. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, smartization has become a topic of keen interest to individuals, companies, and society as a whole. In response to the crisis, most companies were quick to restructure their production chains to meet users’ demand and employ new technologies such as big…
Read MoreChina’s network security service market will double
Overall revenue of China’s IT security service market vendors in the first half of 2021 is US$1.11B. The scale of vendor revenue has doubled over the same period last year, with an increase of 110% and a year-on-year increase of 38% over 2019. China’s IT security service market has officially…
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