FWO said the full assessment of amounts owed to current and former employees was yet to be completed. Australian government independent statutory agency, Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has found IBM Australia underpaid about 1300 former and current employees, AU$6.6 million ($7.9 million including superannuation contributions, interest, and lost earnings on…
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Provide training for the PAF’s “cyber warriors”. The Philippine Air Force will utilise Philippine Long-Distance Telephone (PLDT) to help improve its cybersecurity capabilities. The aim of the collaboration will be to enhance the skills of “PAF Cyber Warriors incorporating the newest ideas and the most up-to-date features in Cyber Operations…
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Google has set out a vision for Taiwan that will see it elevated to the world stage. Global media reports state Google will “establish a data centre in Yunlin County, the third such facility in the country as part of its “smart Taiwan” initiative”. According to Taiwan News, “Google has…
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Digital capabilities to help customers during pandemic. Financial services corporation, Manulife Hong Kong said a global pandemic hasn’t stopped it from enhanced its digital capabilities and remote purchase arrangements to help customers obtain appropriate protection, overcoming the constraints associated with social distancing. According to a report of its financial earnings…
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COVID-19 had large impacts on demand for PCs as businesses prepared for lockdowns by purchasing notebooks to mobilise their workforce. In the second quarter of 2020, New Zealand’s traditional PC market experienced a 39.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in unit shipments, reaching nearly 217,000 units according to the latest IDC Asia/Pacific…
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Government assess the impacts of a draft circular on national technical regulations on terminal devices. Vietnam will issue new technical regulations for terminal devices of terrestrial mobile communication, which will include integrating 4G into such devices. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) last week held a webinar to assess the…
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Australian State Senator says country needs to embrace technology and be globally competitive Five big issues hold up the expansion of Australia’s fintech sector and the jobs of the future that it offers. As the pandemic has shown, adaptability and technology underpin the jobs of today – let alone tomorrow,…
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Australian State Government confirms cyber attack on staff email, affecting New South Wales residents. The Australia state of New South Wales, has confirmed its agency, Service NSW is in the final stages of analysis into the cyber-attack earlier this year on 47 staff email accounts and is now working to…
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Technology drives transformation at Vietnam-based bank and ensures it stays ahead of the competition Vietnam’s Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) has accelerated its digital transformation with Backbase, a digital-first banking platform, to transform the bank’s traditional products, services, and core banking system. Nguyen Hung, CEO of TPBank said…
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Large fines for contravening code of practise. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has concluded its investigations into the broadband service disruptions involving StarHub Online Pte Ltd (“StarHub”) in April 2020, and M1 Net Pte Ltd (“M1”) in May 2020. IMDA has imposed a financial penalty of S$210,000 on StarHub,…
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